Pop-Out Reptile in Chalk Pastel

This is a fun chalk pastel lesson that I've done for years with Grade 8 students. I found the lesson plan HERE on the School Specialty website. Here's how we did it:

I pre-distribute white tempera paint into old plastic containers...

on one sheet of black construction paper, paint some 'sections'

on a second sheet of black paper, sketch out and paint a large reptile. 

let the paint dry - we did two coats of white paint so it was x-tra bright...

take out your chalk pastels....

students had to use a minimum of two colours per section....

blend with your finger or a paper towel...

one finished background....

then do the same to the reptile and carefully cut it out....

here's a student colouring the background...

Lastly, you stick a bunch of cardboard squares on the back of the reptile- this will help 'raise' it off the background and glue it to the background.  You could also use those 3-D glue dots for scrapbooking but for me, cutting cardboard squares is easy and, even better, FREEEEE!!!

Ta da!

here's a detail showing the 'pop-up' effect