Hidden Safari
This art project was created by first looking at different pictures of animals. After we each choose which animal we wanted to draw we took a sky blue colored pencil and turned the picture of the animal so it was upside down. We then drew the animal using the colored pencil. When we were done drawing the animal we took warm-colored crayons (red, yellow, and orange) and used them to create different designs to cover up the animal drawing. We had glasses made from a red film-like plastic taped to a construction paper frame. These were used to see through the warm colors and allow us to see if the animal was visible. Below is a picture of what the project looks like through the red glasses as well as a picture of the ruby red glasses that were created.
Extension Activity
An extension activity for this project could be to have students create all different types of animals on larger pieces of paper or poster board. These could be set up in the classroom and other objects, like trees, bushes, etc. could be set up in the classroom to create a real-life safari in the classroom. The animals could then be placed in a real-life camouflage situation. Multiple pairs of the red glasses could be made and other classes and/or parents could be in the safari in the classroom.
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