Torn Paper Animal Collage

As an adult I have come to really love torn edges and all the irregularities that come with them. Kids tend to want the control of scissors when making shapes, but with practice they can learn to appreciate this form too. I think it works especially well when fuzzy edges are called for.

1. Each student will need several magazines to look through. I recommend that they look for a page that has a lot of one color, and they let that determine which animal they will make. For instance, a page with a lot of brown could be a horse or a dog.
2. The students tear out lots of pieces of their chosen color, and glue them down on a white paper with glue sticks. I think the best results come when their are no straight lines left on the shapes, but that’s just my preference. It’s probably easiest if they start “building” the main body first, and then add head and legs and so onl
3. Only when the animal is complete may a marker be used to add an eye.

CA Visual Art Standard: Grade Kindergarten
2.3 Make a collage with cut or torn paper shapes/forms.

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