Shadow

Today we read Shadow by Suzy Lee.  This is a mostly wordless book about a girl playing in a dark attic.  Her imagination comes to life with the click of a lightbulb.  The black and yellow illustrations are brilliant and we just can't stop looking at this book.  Each time we pick it up, we find another detail. 

I could not resist doing some simple art with C and R after reading this book.  I began by googling blank paper doll template and printing up one that I found.  I don't know exactly where I got it, but they are easy to find.  I then traced the template onto manila construction paper and black construction paper and cut one of each out for C and R.

C and R colored the manila paper dolls to look like themselves.  Then they glued them onto the top half of a large piece of white construction paper and drew a background. 

Once they were happy with their drawings, they glued their shadows onto the bottom half of the construction paper and added other shadows with black crayon. 

I love the way they came out! 

I am linking this to stArt at A Mommy's Adventures and Kids Get Crafty at Red Ted Art.