3rd grade paper Molas National Hispanic Heritage Month

 3rd Grade paper Molas 

Here is a great lesson for National Hispanic Heritage Month, Molas! I started the lesson by showing many examples of Molas. We discussed the colors and the many designs used in the pieces. 

Students practiced drawing their animal or other main shape on a scrap piece of paper and then drew it on a 6" x 9" piece of construction paper. Students then picked two other pieces of construction paper and traced their shape while bumping it out each time. Remind the students to glue their shape on their paper first and then draw the space around it. I told them it was like drawing bubble letters. This part took a lot of help in the beginning but they got the idea in the end!

The next step was to glue their shape on the middle of a 12" x 18" piece of black construction paper. They were then to add various shapes and designs around the center shape.