Fall Mural

We are almost done with our fall mural. We have been working on different pieces of it over the last few weeks.
First, we painted construction paper Maple and Oak leaf shapes with orange, red, yellow and brown tempera.
Then we used sponge brushes and hands to paint with different shades of brown...


Then we put a large piece of paper on the floor with wide brushes and different shades of blue...

Finally, we glued the brown painted paper to the bottom of the blue sheet, added a bumpy, cardboard tree, and glued our painted leaves all over...

Here's what it looks like so far. We may call it finished and add it to our hallway gallery, or we may add some more components. Birds? Squirrels? Pumpkins? Birds and squirrels eating pumpkins, (as discussed during a recent, lively lunchtable conversation between the kids where everyone shared what happened to their Jack-O-Lanterns post halloween...)? Hmmmmm...Keep your eyes out to see what happens!