Nutcracker Series

This was a two-week project and the kids loved how it turned out.  I used this sketch from Art Projects for Kids and walked the kids through step by step directions of how to draw a nutcracker.  I used regular computer paper (8 1/2" x 11") cut in half length wise.  They drew the nutcracker on both pieces of paper (thus, a series).  Next, they outlined their drawings with thin, black sharpies.  This is as far as we got on the first lesson. 

Week two: We used watercolors for one of the nutcrackers and oil pastels on the second.  Then we pasted them on black cardstock because everything looks better when it is framed in black, right?  (I also tried drawing the nutcracker on black cardstock -with white colored pencil, and then colored in with pastels on the black paper.  It looked really nice).

The kids were so excited to take these home.