SNOW SHOVELS/SNOWY PICTURES! Kindergarten Lesson

What a week of weather we have had!  Below zero temps, dangerous wind chills, over a foot of snow and lots of snow days.  The kids who actually got to come to Art class this week (during our two days of school) were really in the mood to make pictures about  WINTER.   
I found a picture of this lesson on Pinterest and the Kinders (and teachers) thought it was so much fun.
We started with a 12"x 18" piece of turquoise construction paper and cut away two curved sides on the short edges. Then we used white construction paper crayons to draw a very
                                                                                  snowy picture of a snowman,a tree with

                       

                                                   snow or a house and lots of pretty

                                       snowflakes.

 

Next I showed the Kinders how to fold and the inside out of a small piece of paper to be the handle of their shovel and gave everyone a black or brown 2" x 28" piece of tag board for the long part of the handle.  

 

I stapled their snowy picture to the other end of the tag board strip and we had wonderful shovels with pictures on them!  VERY much an art project about their wintery world right now.  Thanks to the creative person who shared this great idea that the kids just loved!