Flower Power Summer Reading

This summer we are tracking all of the books we read.  This is not the first year we have tracked our summer reading, but it is the first year that we created a special reading mural. 

I gave C and R a large sheet of brown craft paper that I cut from a roll we have.  They mixed yellow and blue paint and covered the entire paper.  They had fun experimenting with rollers, bath poofs, sponges, and paintbrushes to cover the paper. 

We cut green strips and yellow circles out of construction paper and taped them to the "meadow" once the paint dried.

I cut petal shapes out of different colored construction paper.  Every time we read a book this summer, we will write the title on a petal and tape it to our mural to create flowers.  I am so happy that I did this because C and R get very excited every time we add a petal, and they ask to read more books!  This is also great writing practice for C because he loves to write new titles on the petals! 

I am sure we will have to expand our mural before the summer is over.  I am thinking of adding leaves, butterflies, bugs, etc. with book titles after we fill up all of the flowers.  We'll see!  Whatever we do, I know we will be proud of the final results!