Pebble Painting: Ms. Trautner and Ms. Weikamp

For this project, Ms. Weikamp and Ms. Trautner introduced us to a different approach to painting.  We read a book about shapes, and then we were given a shoe box.  We put a dab of paint inside the box and a small, medium, or large rock.  We then shook the box as much as we wanted to create a design.  We also had to use 2 primary colors to create a secondary color.  I used red and blue and created dark purple.  Afterwards, we cut a shape out of the paper and glued them down. 

For an extension activity, the students could study the perimeter and areas of the shapes.  They could record this and graph it as a class, comparing each other's shapes.