Happy Snails!

 

Inspiration can come from anywhere. After seeing a colorful snail picture online I decided it would make a fun project. I tried it out with my Folk Art class (ages 4-6) but this project should work with both younger and older children.

Materials:

Pencil
Practice Paper
Blue, Green, and White acrylic paint (for the background)
Brushes
cut up sponge pieces (for the clouds)
Bristol Paper
Drawing Paper
Bright Oil Pastels
Construction Paper
Yellow, Orange, and Red watered down acrylic paint (for snail shell) *optional
Scissors
Glue

Step One

Start by practicing a spiral, this will be your snail shell! You'll want to make sure your spirals are on the large side.

 

Step Two

Next paint your background! Draw a line to separate the sky and ground on Bristol. Paint blue for the sky and green for the grass. Once dry (you can use a hairdryer for fast drying time) sponge paint white clouds in the sky.

 

Step Three

Time to create the snail shell! Using oil pastel, draw a large spiral on drawing paper (drawing paper is thinner than Bristol which makes cutting easier but will still take watered down acrylic). Next draw lines within the spiral to create sections. Fill in the sections with different color oil pastel. Lastly paint over spiral with watered acrylic, this fills in any spaces missed by the oil pastels. Draw snail body on any color construction paper and cut out along with spiral.

Step Four

Put it all together! Glue snail body and spiral onto background then add a face. For an extra touch, cut flowers out of construction paper and add stems in green oil pastel! Viola! Happy Snails!