One Fish, Two Fish Dr. Seuss Art for Kindergarten

Dr Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten
We spent some time today creating some fish, inspired by One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss. 
Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art activities for Kindergarten
What a great way to spend Dr. Seuss's birthday!
Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten

Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten
We read some excerpts from the book, then looked carefully at the illustrations of the fish. Students noted the  curvy lines, the details on the fish's bodies, and the expressions on their faces.
Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten
My students had to decide if they were going to draw a fish that was swimming or standing. For swimming fish, the paper was placed horizontally, and they drew only one eye {profile view}. For standing fish, students turned their papers vertically, and they drew two eyes {front view}.
Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten
They drew an outline of their fish's body, using black crayon or black pastel. The outline had to be quite dark, as it was covered over with paint.
Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten
After the outline of the fish was done and the added details were complete, students took a paintbrush and used red, blue, green, or yellow paint to cover their pictures. 
Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten
As you can see, some students got pretty creative:
Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten
curly tailed rainbow fish
Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten
Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten
a polka-dotted wonder
Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten
When the pages were dry, the fish were cut out and mounted onto a background page.

The background page is a large piece of paper painted with red & blue stripes.
Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten

Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten
 Red and blue glitter was added while the paint was still wet, to help it stick.
Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten

Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten
*sparkly* 
Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten

Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten

Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten

Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten

Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten

Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten

Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten

Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten

Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten

Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten

Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish art lesson for Kindergarten

9 comments

  1. Hi Anita!!! I hope you had a seusstastic week! I nominated you for an award! Come on over and get it! :)

    Michelle

    Apples and ABC's

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  2. oh this is very inspiring! I LOVE it!!! I am going to pin it.
    Thanks for the idea!
    Tunstall's Teaching Tidbits

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  3. Love it! I also nominated you for an award! You are a popular lady! : )

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  4. Hi,

    I just found your blog through Lil' Country Kindergarten. I can't wait to look around a bit. I'd love it if you'd come over to my blogs as well. I currently have three blogs. I write a home blog (my most widely read blog), a literacy blog, and a kindergarten blog. My literacy and kindergarten blogs are fairly new, so I'd love to get the word out about them. My main website is www.homeiswheremystorybegins.com. From there, you can get to all of my blogs. I'd love any advice you have for breaking into the teaching blog world. I feel like I have a pretty good start with my home blog, but no one seems to be reading my other two. Any suggestions for me would be GREATLY appreciated!

    Thanks for taking the time to help out a new teacher-blogger!

    Becca

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  5. Love the fish project! I just found your blog and I'm your newest follower!

    Jennifer @ Herding Kats In Kindergarten

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  6. haha... Anita... I ALSO nominated you on my blog!
    so so so popular!
    Dragonflies in First

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  7. Anita - those fish are SOOO cute. Great idea...love popping in on your blog and seeing what you are up to. :o)
    Vicky
    Traditions Laughter and Happily Ever After

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