2nd grade Radial Designs

2nd grade artists are creating a Mexican Mirror. We discussed Mexican Folk Art and radial designs along with what it means for something to be symmetrical. The children received black construction paper, traced a large plate for the circle and cut it out. Then, children folded their paper into a taco shape, then again into a pizza slice shape. When the artists opened their folded paper, they noticed 4 different quadrants. They traced a small circle in the middle then refolded their paper to the pizza slice shape. They drew 2-3 different lines in the one quadrant, then opened their paper to a taco shape and drew the same lines again, making sure it looked the same as the first. Artists continued until all 4 quadrants were complete, then they added shapes. After editing their drawing to make sure each line and shape matched up, they used metallic Sharpies in gold, silver and bronze to trace their design.

After artists were finished tracing their amazing design, they painted mod podge over the top to give it a sheen. While their art was drying, they received a piece of metal/tin and had to make another radial design by pushing into the tin (the tin was on top of Styrofoam, so it could indent). After their tin design was complete, we glued it to the center of their paper.