Creative Corn Bushels!
Young artists learn about growing, farming, and harvesting corn. Then, young artists recycle corn kernels, and use cutting and gluing skills to create their own corn bushel.
Story: “Corn Aplenty” written by Dana Meachen Rau and illustrated by Melissa Iwai, (Random House Books; 2009)
Artwork: Woldemar Neufeld (American, 1909—2002), Ohio Landscape, 1939, oil on canvas. Gift of the Honorable Jefferson Patterson. 1971.212
Supplies Needed
1) cardboard cereal box, prepared with one side cut off
2) several sheets of brown and green construction paper
3) white cardstock
4) newspaper
5) scissors
6) glue stick
7) Elmer’s glue
8) pencil
9) corn kernels (or other small seeds or beads)