Serengeti Wall Mural

 The wall mural idea started nearly 4 years ago when I first started home schooling the kids and they have since created 5 different murals that we have put up throughout the house.  It is a art project they still enjoy doing.  Since coming home from Tanzania the kids have been working on creating a wall mural  to show case all the different animals we saw in the Serengeti.

First the kids decided what elements of the Serengeti they wanted to include in the mural.  They decide on a watering hole,  Kopjes and a Acacia tree.  They then planned out the layout and began to paint.  We use large packing paper that I saved from our move.  I still have a few pieces left from our move 4 years ago:)

The kids spent time coloring the pictures and deciding where the pictures should go in relations to our landscape

I wanted the kids to add the Swahili names to all the animals but they thought that it distracted from their art! So instead we just discussed the names

We hung the mural up and I think I only have room for one more large scale mural but the kids have ideas for many, many more! Here is a link to some other murals we have created, plus its kind of cute to see my kids and how they have grown up:) in the last 4 years.

other wall murals and 

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