Modern Art

This group's lesson was teaching us about modern art. For their activity they had us make masks out of clay. We got to cut the clay into any shape we wanted for the mask. We then made lines on our masks so that they were four divided parts on it. We decorated those four parts with different patterns and designs. Next, we used left over clay and cut out eyes, a nose, and a mouth and put those wherever we wanted on our clay masks. After we were done decorating the clay, we then put on a coat of black paint. Once the black paint was dry we paint each of the four sections different colors. We cut out a circle on top of our masks to hand them and they were finished.

For an extension activity, I would have preschoolers cut out the letters of their names and paint them. They could then either bring them home or hang them above their cubbies. This way you are letting them experiment with class and paint and working on fine motor skills and letters.