Kindergarten Art: Houses in the Sunset
In this week’s kindergarten art activity, we combined watercolor and collage to create “Houses in the Sunset.” It’s a simple yet powerful project that helps our students explore shape recognition, spatial awareness, and creative expression—all while thinking about the idea of home.
Students began by painting a beautiful watercolor sunset—warm washes of orange, pink, purple and gold blending together. Once dry, they used cut paper shapes to build their own houses on top: squares for walls, triangles for roofs, and rectangles for doors and windows.
This activity supports several foundational kindergarten goals:
Recognizing and naming shapes: Children identify basic shapes like squares, rectangles, and triangles.
Combining shapes to create new forms: A square plus a triangle becomes a house—an early lesson in geometry and composition.
Understanding relationships between shapes: Kids see how a square can stretch into a rectangle or how triangles can fit together to make roofs, trees, or mountains.
Developing fine motor skills: Cutting and gluing paper supports hand-eye coordination and control.
Houses in the Sunset blends art, math, and emotional learning. Our students love to talk about where they live, what makes their home special, and how simple shapes can become something meaningful.
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