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Spring art
By Sue W.

My second graders made "Best Dressed Bunnies" and had a lot of fun with it. To make the bunnies big we folded and cut a gingerbread boy shape on 12x18 paper and then added ears made from the scraps. We talked about different
possible shapes, like Bugs Bunny, and other shapes and how they could make a "muscle- bunny" or give it a chubby or curvy shape. Then we used wallpaper scraps, and construction paper for the clothing, cutting the pieces like paper doll clothes then gluing them on. Stores often give away or sell outdated wallpaper sample books inexpensively.
Just watch your wording so the boys don't

think its a "girly" thing to do. The boys made boy bunnies, weight-lifters, bikers, football players, current rock stars and even Elvis. The girls had Barbies, movie stars, moms, even a Beach Bunny complete in her bikini. Play it up well and you can get a lot of variation, the kids' creativity really shone through. Depending on your kids and their imaginations you may want to set up a few ground rules, no weapons represented and no Freddie Kruger bunnies with dripping blood, yuch!! They also did a writing activity about their bunnies.