Hidden Safari

Description: For this activity we started out by creating 3-D glasses as a group and was introduced to the project. Then I chose a picture of an animal that we wanted to trace. The animal that I chose to draw was a giraffe. Once we had picked our animal, I took a blue color pencil, and I drew the animal on a white piece of paper. Then I took warm colored crayons like the colors of red, orange and yellow and drew different patterns completely over the paper. I started out by making yellow spirals all across the paper in different rows, then I used a red-orange crayon to make squares on top of the spirals. I continued with the project by drawing red and orange squiggle lines completely over the project. I ended my art covering by using a yellow orange color to create diamonds across the whole page. When my giraffe was covered with other patterns in warm colors, I took and glued my drawing onto a background of red paper to help it stand out. To finish the project, I wrote three different hints about the animal that I chose to draw so that when people go to look at my project they have an idea of what animal to look for. Then I was able to use the 3-D glasses that I had at the beginning to look at my project, and I was able to see through all of the warm shapes, lines, and colors and see the original picture of the giraffe that I had originally drew.

Extension Activity: After we have finished this project, the students have to write a short story about their animal and why they are hiding. The students can give character details and expand on the background of the story