Shapes are all over the place and there are many ways to explore shapes. We will be doing some shape work through drawing and we have introduced beginning shapes in a beginning collage when we started with collaging with circles.

In this painting series I wanted to bring shapes into the picture (literally)

I created a chart with many different cut out shapes, some geometric and some organic(free from).

I explained two ways of painting shapes.The outline method and the blob method.

The outline method is  utilized by  making an outline of the shape  itself and the blob method is just painting the shape itself without creating an outline.

I had the children make an assortment of shapes on their papers using whichever method they preferred.

Then they had to make a painting using many different shapes by covering the entire paper with their shapes.

Below is a copy of one child’s two paintings.

shape painting

As a continuation of discovering shapes we extended this activity further .

The children were told to make pictures with a  pen or pencil that were as they call it “scribble scrabble”.

They were then instructed to look for different shapes in their scribble scrabble’s and to outline as many shapes as they could find within their pictures with a marker.

It is a very interesting experience for the children and a new way of seeing shape.

After they did this they colored in their shapes.

Cut them out.

And collaged with them.

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Shapes are all over the place and it’s very important for children to notice shapes in things order to be able to paint (or draw).

This was a great activity for the kids as it encompassed a string of directions and follow through. Plus many skills were included in this one activity.

• They made scribble scrabble (which they loved)
• They found shapes within with markers (a new way of looking at things)
• They colored those shapes  (can be done with crayons and makers and doesn’t have to be only colored solidly)
• They cut them out. (some of the shapes were tiny and the cutting was not so easy for many of them)
• They made a collage

I actually think many ages can enjoy doing this activity.

Great for a rainy day. (or sunny for that matter)

Enjoy!