1st grade – Chameleons

This is a project I did last year with first graders, and I just adapted to work for the Kids Kreations fundraiser. First, we read A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni and we also watched an awesome video watching real chameleons change colors. The kiddos loved these! Then we did a LOT of art. First we used a sponge and painted using the primary colors, mixing to get the secondary colors – all in ROYGBIV order, to eventually become our chameleon. Then, we did some gadget printing with green and yellow to eventually become our leaves. And lastly, we did a texture crayon rubbing with brown and black crayons to eventually become our tree trunk and tree branches.