This was a project I did with my 2nd graders at the beginning of the year. I thought it would be neat to have them make something that would pop off the page...and glow!
First we learned about fireflies and how they are bioluminescent (integrating some science into this project).
Then we created our value scale moonlit background using sponge brushes and paint. We used cool colors (blue, purple, teal) and a little bit of white. I absolutely love the effect of sponge brushes for blending.
The next class we used oil pastels to draw our designs and details. They could choose which direction they wanted their paper to face (horizontal or vertical). They added trees, limbs, grass, mason jars, leaves, etc.
After that they designed their lightning bugs on a separate sheet of paper. I showed them examples of different perspectives and details they could add to the background. We talked about how they needed to make sure they didn't draw them too small because cardboard would be going behind the bugs. They used sharpies for the outline and markers/construction paper crayons for the inside.
The last step was cutting out the bugs and adding cardboard pieces to the back using liquid glue. We used silver paint to add stars to our sky and GLOW paint on our bug tails. They loved seeing their art light up when we turned the lights out. I got my glow paint from Michael's, it was very affordable and you don't need much.
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