YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT

This lesson is a fun way to combine art and science. Using collage to learn about food and nutrition, as well as, good and poor eating habits. In addition to exploring what keeps the body healthy, small motor skills are helped to develop with this very low cost activity.

Step 1: Supplies

This is a very low cost art project. The supplies you need are a pair of scissors, old magazines, construction paper and a glue stick. It is important to use a glue stick. liquid glue such as elmers curls the magazine papers and your images will not lay flat.

Step 2: Other Collage Images

Old cook books, grocery store flyers and actual food packaging are also good to use for the collage.

Step 3: Figure

draw the figure on construction paper. I usually make a template for the kids to trace.

Step 4: Construction Papers

skin tone construction paper

Step 5:

cut and glue the figure to a larger sheet of base paper.

Step 6: Search for Images

For two or more figures, fold the construction paper and place the arms and legs of the template on the fold.

Step 7:

cut and glue to larger sheet of base paper.

Step 8: Food Images

search magazines for food images to use in the collage

Step 9: Cut and Glue

when images have been collected begin to carefully cut the sources and glue them onto the collage.

Step 10: Hair Etc

add a face

Step 11: Hair Etc

oyster hair, cauliflower and radicchio earrings

Step 12: Finishing Touches

shrimp shoes

Step 13: Finishing Touches

add more detail to enhance and finish the collage.

Step 14: Themes BREAKFAST

The collage can have a theme, this one is BREAKFAST

Step 15: SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Step 16: THE SEASONS

WINTER

Step 17: SPRING

SPRING

Step 18: SUMMER

SUMMER

Step 19: AUTUMN

AUTUMN

Step 20: WINE CELLAR

WINE CELLAR

Step 21: TEA FOR TWO

TEA FOR TWO

Step 22: PICKLED

PICKLED

Step 23: UNDER THE WEATHER

UNDER THE WEATHER

Step 24: BIRTHDAY PARTY

BIRTHDAY PARTY

Step 25: CARBOHYDRATES

CARBOHYDRATES

Step 26: ASIAN CUISINE

ASIAN CUISIAN

Step 27: COFFEE BREAK

COFFEE BREAK

Step 28: SNACKS

SNACKS

Step 29: FOOD FOR THOUGHT

FOOD FOR THOUGHT