Paper Trees and Owl Stamps

This was a long unit, but it encompassed a lot of things.  The results were mixed, but for the most part it was successful.  It started with a background- some classes did watercolor, others did oil pastels.  The oil pastels worked better because they were much more vivid and bright.  They then drew a tree with lots of branches, and began collaging torn paper to complete the tree.  After that, basic stamps were made out of thin foam and cardboard.  The students then stamped their owl stamp onto their tree.  I wanted them to add eyes/beaks/feet later, and realized crayon did not work with the oil pastel/tempera paint stamp because it just rubbed the paint off.  The best solution was using a q-tip and adding those details with paint.

These are the watercolor backgrounds, which haven't had faces added yet.  I'll be posting the oil pastel backgrounds as soon as they are finished.