Monarchs and Marigolds

                     

Last week, 4th grade started their Monarchs and Marigolds lesson, for their Square 1 art. We watched a short video on the migration of Monarchs to Mexico, and learned a little bit about Dia de los Muertos

       

I then showed them a quick clip of the Monarch butterflies we saw on our farm in Tennessee, a couple of weeks ago. I read this generation of butterflies will be the ones who make the trek to Mexico! I read they fly between 1,200 and 3,000 miles on that journey! That's incredible! 

Then, they drew along with me and Art for Kids Hub and made their own Monarch butterfly by drawing with a pencil, tracing with a sharpie, and painting the wings. We're going to add the marigolds in the background the same way, but color them with oil pastels.

Materials used:

Pencils, Sharpie markers, oil pastels, watercolors, brushes, cups

                                                

Here's our progress so far!