The Mom I Want to Be

What do to with paint swatches?  Today we used them to make a jack-o-lantern mosaic. First, I drew an outline of a jack-o-lantern on a big piece of paper. I set out paint swatches in shades of orange, green and black. I cut and glued on a few, so the children would get the idea of what colors went where.

 

 

In the beginning, it was a little tricky for some of the children to visualize what in the world we were trying to make, but as the jack-o-lantern filled in, they all caught on. It was kind of like working on a big puzzle, each child stopped by the mosaic throughout the day, pausing to cut and glue on a piece or two (or twenty), and then went along with his or her daily business.