Cub’s art project guide
Wednesday 17th
Introduction to children
· Tell them who am, and what I want to do with them
New game: Red Light, Green Light
· Green means go, red means stop. Simple rules. Change it up a bit by using coloured paper instead of words, and reversing the colours.
Tie into traffic laws and proper use of crosswalks.
· Talk about the importance of traffic rules
· Talk about pedestrian rules & crosswalks
Creative break:
· Kids design new & interesting ways to incorporate colour with the laws about traffic/pedestrian safety. Inventing their own laws and ways of implementing those laws, ie) brightly coloured signs, lights, or lines on the ground etc.
· Supplies include: coloured paper, markers, safety scissors, glue sticks,
Wednesday 24th
Start with Red Light, Green Light
Begin talk about colour symbolism
· Ask ‘Why red and green?’
· Discuss examples of colours in figures of speech ie) feeling blue, green with envy, yellow bellied, etc.
· Reveal the relationship of Colours & Emotions – possibly a slideshow or video that the kids could ‘play along’ with.
Colour Charades
· Children divide into 2 teams. Each player takes a turn describing a colour through movement and emotional representation. His/her team has to guess the colour before the 30 second time limit expires. The 2 teams compete to guess the most acts correctly.
Culminating project
· Students will make a colourful piece of art that describes how they feel about cubs.
· Materials will include: coloured paper, markers, pencil crayons, glue sticks, plastesine, pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks, glitter glue

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