October in Kindergarten

Brendon's Pumpkin Patch

Dylan's Pumpkin Patch

At first glance this project may seem like a typical cut and paste pumpkin lesson. However, students actually took two weeks just mixing their own primary colors to make the secondary colors.

red + yellow = orange pumpkins

blue + red = purple background

yellow + blue = green grass

We then had to cut out our shapes (circles, ovals, rectangles, and a big zig-zag) and assemble our pumpkin patch. This took another art class. On the back of each painting there is also some "Color Math" which the students filled out to show how they made their secondary colors. Overall, this is a four week lesson! These paintings were inspired by some pumpkin patches the kindergartners had seen on a recent field trip to a farm. Happy October, Kindergarten!