Grade 3 Cherry Blossoms

Third graders looked at some Asian art that included CHOP MARKS, otherwise known as a stamp used in lieu of signatures on art, contracts, and personal documents. They made their own chop marks by pressing their initials using a pencil into styrofoam. Then they inked the new chop mark and pressed it into their paper. We used watercolor crayons to color the page around the chop mark. Students then used a real tree branch to paint a tree branch on their page. Once the branch dried students used some sponges to press pink and white cherry blossom flowers on the ends. They could also use tissue paper if they chose. Here are the final products :)

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