Pixie has recently discovered Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do You See? and it has become a must read every night at bedtime. For something fun for her we used this book as the basis for our art project this week. We read the book, talked about how Eric Carle made the pictures and then created our own cut paper pictures of animals. My kids love anything that lets them use scissors and a glue stick. They sat around the table quite content for some time 🙂 .

Cut out the main shapes to build the animals (lol – take note of the floor 😉 ). We used construction paper because it is what I had on hand but tissue paper would be nice as well… although it might be harder for little kids to use to cut shapes.

Glue everything onto a large sheet of white paper forming your animal. For the older kiddos, have them pay attention to the order you paste the pieces down. What you place on top will seem closer in the picture.

Add details with crayons or markers.