Winter collages in the summer eh?

Well that’s if you are reading this right around posting time, which is in the summer.

Very easy explanation for that.

Our art camp had topsey turvey day. But the truth is if you live in Australia it is winter now.

Another thing is that this type of crafts, collage can be used with any season and many other topics.

You just prepare the item you think would go well in a picture depicting that season or holiday (In this case winter and snowmen) and let the children create according to their own levels.

If you’ll notice the image above is done by a child of a more advanced level than the 2 below

The child who created the picture in the image below is having difficulty in many areas and it is obvious by her picture.

A child that is given parameters and materials to make a snow picture and creates a picture like the one below, is obviously not ready to create something more sophisticated.

Wouldn’t it be sad if we would push the children into creating what we think is a good picture without waiting to see what they can produce.

If a child totally misses the point of what the craft is supposed to be then we can tell that they still need lots of time for very sensory and free art activities.