First, after covering the tables with newspaper, I gave them some dark grey pastel paper I had ordered for the big kids. We took blue chalk and outlined a masking tape roll in the center of our paper. Then, I demonstrated how to use the side of the blue chalk to lightly shade around the moon circle and smear to fill the paper edges. (Remind them not to blow the chalk dust, but rather walk it to the trash can and tap the back of their papers gently). Next I gave them white acrylic paint and sponge brushes and let them paint inside the moon-it's ok if it's not perfect here. After handing them a wipe to clean their hands, they use that very wipe to gently smear rings around the moon, allowing the white paint to blend Into the blue chalk, creating that awesome moon glow in the sky. I tell them not to overdo it so they don't remover the chalk! It's important to touch the edges of the moon when smearing to pull the paint into the blue to blend.
Finally, quiet tables received black paint and painted a bumpy diagonal line across bottom for their owl to sit on. They are allowed to add a few more small ones with a skinny brush. Fort the owl, we simply drew a nice cream cone-a "V" with a bump on top, fill it in black and add pointy triangle ears. If there was extra space they added a couple more baby owls. Voila!!!
Next week we will add gold slanty eyes using metallic acrylic paint....
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