Starry, Starry Night: Science Meets Art

We are still

carrying on with our Space Study,

so I thought studying

Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night"

seemed like an appropriate

cross-curricular connection...

We read a couple of beautiful fictional books

(Vincent's Colors and Emile)

to the kiddos about Vincent

which featured his art.

Then,

using the instructions I found HERE

over at 

The Crafty Classroom...

...the kiddos and I began our own versions of 

"Starry Night."

We used glue...

...Lots and lots...

...glue to create our outlines.

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After a good day and a half of dry time...

...I reviewed what 

"Starry Night" 

looks like with the kiddos

before they began coloring with our

oil pastels.

(I had to post the above pic that Jungle Girl took

since this scene-

me feeding the baby while teaching-

often happens during the week at our home...)

We had a great time coloring in our 

star-scapes...

(Even though sometimes deciding on what colors

to use was tough!)

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Here are our final masterpieces:

Yup-

I even created one-

it was a very relaxing thing to do!

What a COLORFUL way to link

art with science!

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I'll be linking this activity up with the following:

Science Sunday

Kids Get Arty!