Giant Acorn Paintings Kindergarten Lesson Plan

What did I do before Pinterest and other art blogs when I needed a new project idea?! Love this acorn painting project I found for Kinders. 

First we looked at acorns under the doc camera and talked about value. We noticed how the shiny acorns had a light spot on one side.

I demonstrated how to draw the cap on top and then the rest of the acorn underneath.  Students colored the top with yellow construction paper crayon and then we painted 3 different colors on our acorns, going from lightest to darkest value.  They did a great job!