Topic: Seasonal/Holiday
Happy Valentine's Day!
To make something like the above, fold a piece of paper in half and draw as in the diagram below. Then cut. I cut the above papercut freehand without drawing. The swan did not get cut across the bottom so that it could stay connected to its background paper. It has red paper inserted behind the swans. The swans can be cut out as a whole unit and glued to a red paper.
Below is my demonstration drawing for the kids' library drawing class this week. We had brainstormed a list of Valentine motifs from which we would choose what to draw. We decided we'd do a heart first. "How many of you know how to make a heart?" Apparently everyone did. "OK, we will raise the bar a bit. We'll start with a heart and I bet you don't know what this will turn into!", I said as we started to draw what I knew would become the kissing swans (above). After the heart shape came the neck (still trying to keep them guessing). Then the back, the wing and the tail. At this point an adult let out, "Oohh! A swan!" "You gave it away!" I love how sometimes the kids and adults become almost equals in these classes. Everyone loves to cut things out and see the magic unfold. "Can we color now?" "Yes." After a long time of contented and concentrated decorating with crayons, they were somewhat ready to try some of the other motifs. We did a stencil style rose, a bow, some lace, and birds made of hearts. The kids don't know what lace is. To them lace is what you tie your shoes with. Hopefully they'll have gotten a chance by now to see a better example than my demo drawing.
Valentine Birds Coloring Page
