Something I am sure all art teachers have an abundance of is colored construction paper. I wanted to think of new ways to use the paper for image making, when I came across some paper mosaic projects on Pinterest. After talking with the other elementary art teacher in my district, I decided to narrow the subject matter down to sea life, which fourth grade students created using small squares of colored paper.
Assignment Description: Create a paper mosaic of a sea creature, using squares of colored paper to make the image, modeled after the appearance of ceramic mosaics
Materials:
- black construction paper
- 1/2 inch strips of colored construction paper
- stick glue
- scissors
Mosaic Suggestions:
- stress uniformity in the size and shape of the squares they will cut from the provided strips of colored paper
- stress leaving spaces between squares for mosaic appearance
- if they don't use enough stick glue or press hard enough, squares will fall off
- the animal needs to be recognizable, so something too detailed will not work well
- cut lots of paper strips in advance, you will use ALOT
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| Wonderful jellyfish mosaic |
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| My fourth grader worked so hard on the pattern for his crab |
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| adorable purple killer whale |
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| I cannot get over the cleverness and detail of this piece |
Students loved working on their mosaics, which I think was therapeutic for them. The process was tedious, but they did such a great job creating bright colored sea life using little squares of paper. I would definitely do this again, but perhaps on a smaller scale so it isn't as daunting or time consuming.
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