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.
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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:)
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| The kids spent time coloring the pictures and deciding where the pictures should go in relations to our landscape |
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| 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.
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Wow! Your kids are great artists! I love the idea of wall murals as a means of synthesizing/wrapping-up a unit.
ReplyDeleteI think the murals are much more colorful and interesting to look at than if they were just colored. Looks like a lot of fun and what a keepsake!
ReplyDeleteThose are wonderful!!! Don't forget you still have room on the ceiling..lol
ReplyDeleteI am visiting form NOBH...this is a great idea...I love that your family approaches life as an adventure...what a joy to get to share so many experiences together
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