3rd Grade Glue Pumpkins

In this project 3rd Graders learned all about value, and since it was October I thought that Pumpkins would be the perfect way to show it!

We started out by drawing out our pumpkins on black paper. We briefly discussed composition and placement of the pumpkins. Then came the fun part: drawing with glue! We used our glue to trace the lines we made in pencil.

We set out pumpkins to the side to complete this value worksheet:

In each row of squares students used oil pastels to color from light to dark by adding white, black, or a different colors. This gave students a chance to experiment with value and blending oil pastels. We looked at a real pumpkin to get a good idea of value and color to use in the future.

When our glue dried it was time to add some color! 3rd grade used oil pastel to fill in their paper. Value was demonstrated in the pumpkin, ground, and even the sky! Coloring around the glue allowed for a thick black outline that emphasized the pumpkins. With Halloween coming up some students decided to turn their pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns!