So we've been participating in the Leap Frog online summer camp. Each week they have a photo contest in which you may submit up to 3 photos each week. The photo must include your child with their project. The first week, I failed to remember to submit a photo on time. The second week we submitted our 3 photos but we were outshined by two adorable little boys and their birdhouses. This week I was determined. It was puzzle week filled with worksheets. So as the photos started popping up of dozens of beautiful children and their worksheets, I knew we needed to do something bigger. There was a project that looked different and difficult and in my mind meant that if we could pull it off we had a good chance at winning. And the project began!
Tessellation. A Tessellation is a shape that fits together, like a pattern or puzzle. The activity had two Tessellations that you could choose from, one being a fish and one a bird. Or you could make your own. Challenge excepted! Wednesday's favorite animal at the zoo is the giraffe and I thought, hey, long neck, long legs, I can figure something out. It had to be measured perfectly so that they all fit together perfectly. Once I made the pattern piece, Wednesday said that it could be a horse, and so the idea of making multiple animals from this one design was born. With the pattern I then traced it onto a poster board size piece of paper. By this time we are 3 days into this project. After the paper was full we then put faces and legs on all the animals. It was so much fun to figure out all the animals we could make. There are giraffes, zebras, horses, bunnies, monkeys, pigs, snakes, fish, and random mixed up animals. Oh and Wednesday's favorite animal, the spotted doggie on the bottom. After the animals were done with crayon, she then used watercolor to paint them. It took about 2 hours to paint it all. When it was all finished I snapped a picture and submitted it. We checked today and she won!!!! It's great to be able to show her that hard work pays off. One full week of putting together a fun project and now she will receive 3 games for her Leap Pad! I'm so proud of her for being so imaginative and sticking with it until it was finished!
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| Original Pattern. |
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| Drawing the Animals |
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| Painting |
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| Painting |
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| Painting the last one. |
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| Her winning picture! |
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