color wheel umbrella art lesson 1st grade

Color Wheel Umbrella lesson for 1st grade

Bored with having the kids make a simple color wheel? I found this great idea from http://mrosartroom.blogspot.ie/2015/12/1st-grade-color-wheel-umbrellas.html?spref=pi

Just click on the link to see the original idea. I wanted to change it to fit the needs of my first graders and I only wanted them to do primary and secondary colors. 

Each student traced a lid or CD in the middle of their 12" x 9" multi-media paper. 

I only wanted students to make primary and secondary colors on their color wheel. It was to hard to have them divide it into six sections so I gave them a triangle pattern to trace. I tried teaching them to use a ruler but for this age it didn't work. Their triangles didn't come out all the same size. Next time I teach this I'm going to copy them on the copier.  Live and learn! 

I also had them write the first letter of the colors in each box. Students drew a body underneath wearing a raincoat and boots. 

The next step was to color the primary colors. 

 Students were to use their primary color oil pastels to mix the secondary colors. They then colored their raincoats, legs and arms and added raindrops and puddles with a white oil pastel.
The last step was to paint over the oil pastels with blue and purple watercolors.