This project was based off of the illustrations of author Eric Carle. He is widely known for book such as Brown Bear Brown Bear and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We were given an animal outline and four different textures of painted paper and construction paper within the same color family. We then cut out the textured paper for the body, legs, tail, and head of the animal. We had to use at least three different textures included in our animal. We then glued them together, cut out our animal, and wrote three sentences about it.
I chose to do a yellow cat on a red background. I used all four different paper textures to create the cat. I then used black marker to add toes to the feet, eyes, a nose, and mouth. I added texture paper to create the cat's whiskers. On the bottom I wrote, "I see kitty cat looking at me. She is yellow with two ears and a tail. She loves to eat and sleeps on plastic bags and cardboard boxes. She is puurfect!"
For an extension activity, students would use the different textures of paper to create an outdoor scene. Instead of just one color, they could use multiple colors in on picture. They could create a city scene, mountains, jungle, forest, etc. This would require them to be a little more creative, as Eric Carle mostly illustrated animals.
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