"Postcard from Paris" Valentine

I've been putting together a few projects for St. Valentine's Day and this is one of them. A vintage looking photograph/ postcard idea. To make this postcard you need:





MATERIALS REQUIRED:

- watercolor or heavy paper

- white and black paper scraps

- black and white tempera paint

- pieces of corrugated cardboard

- red felt

- template (Paris Postcard)

- glue

- bubble wrap

- fine black sharpie

- glue

- photo

Mask off your paper to get a nice finished edge.  Draw in a faint horizon line and paint the sky with a light grey.

Using a Kleenex light off some clouds while the paint is still wet.

Put in a few drops of color into your clouds for some contrast.

Using a darker grey shade paint in the ground and add a few shapes into the background, they look like blurry trees or buildings in the background.

You can add some texture using a piece of bubble wrap.

Now I'm planning to do this with Grade 2 so I needed an easy way to make an Eiffel Tower.  This is where the cardboard comes in.  You need a variety of sizes to construct your tower.  There is black tempera in the plate and you will be using the side of the cardboard to make your print.

Taking a long piece curve it slightly so it flares out on the bottom and stamp in one side of your tower.

Do the same for the other side.  You can always add some extra length to the bottom to make your tower bigger.

Now you need to add the 3 levels......

With a fine sharpie you can add a few details to your tower.

Now you can borrow my templates but it would be great to get your students to draw out their figures. Use your photo for the face if you wish.

Add some details to the clothing.  I want the kids to keep to the black and white theme.

Glue into place and add a red heart for that punch of color.  I'm using some red felt cutouts I got from the dollar store.

The last thing the kids have to add is the "From Paris with Love" and that's it.  I will mount them on black paper so they look like an old fashioned photograph.

See you soon.