Christmas Everything
A coloring project where kids take anything and draw it as a "Christmas thing!”
ADDED December 07, 2009
Length: A few minutes to half an hour.
Parental Involvement: Explain the concept -- admire the results.
Kids Should Be Able to: Draw with colors. Use their imaginations.
Christmas is coming, as you might have heard. Somehow there's only a little over two weeks left until that most exciting of holidays.
Holiday spirit is definitely in full swing with holiday displays in the stores, lights up on houses, and cards making their way through the mail.
(Today's activity was created by my five-year-old son, I'm happy to report. I'm happy to report this, because the more fun ideas he has for kid's activities, the less work it is for me. He's welcome to take over my blogging duties any time. And I really can't wait until he's ready to take over the rain-gutter-cleaning and oil-in-the-car-changing chores, too.)
Today your kids should grab some paper and a handful of crayons and create some Christmas art. This art will "Christmas-ize" anything that your child wants to draw. You guys can make Christmas houses, pirates, princesses, Batmans, cars -- you name it.
The trick? It's just a matter of color-selection. The kids should just draw each item using red and green. (They could mix in a couple other colors -- brown, black, purple -- if they absolutely need to.) Limiting the color selection isn't just appropriate for the holidays, it also can lead to some interesting artistic results. What does a princess look like using only red and green? How does a house look made up of only red and green parts?
(White is also an official Christmas color -- and we encourage your kids to work it in where possible -- but that one, for obvious reasons, is kind of tricky.)
Of course, if you guys celebrate Hannukah, this activity works well, too. Just use blue and silver instead.
My son drew the photo accompanying these words. As you can see, he used more than just red and green. That's okay, too. Truth be told, the picture started out in only red and green . . . but he decided he needed to add some color. The activity was still a big hit and a great use of time.
We'd be delighted to see your kids' efforts.
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