Hidden Safari

The Safari lesson was directed towards 1st graders. To begin this lesson we made "magic ruby red glasses." We needed these glasses in order to see the safari animal. To make the glasses we used a glasses frame pattern, red construction paper 4" x12", red construction paper 1" by 12" for headband, and red cellophane 3" x 10." First we folded the 4 x 12 red construction paper in half and traced the glasses fram pattern. Then we cut the outside line and the inside curved shape to create the frame of the glasses. Next, we used a line of glue or tape to attach the red cellophane to the frame. Finally, our glasses are ready. We watched a short video clip of the Lion King. We were shown drawings of animals hidden and we tried to figure out what animal it was without using our glasses. Then we put the glasses on in order to see the hidden animal. We practiced contour lines by drawing upside down. Then we talked about cool and warm colors. We drew a safari animal using a cool color. Then, we used warm colors likes: red, orange, and yellow and created a repitive pattern design to try and hide our animal.
An extension activity for this activity is doing a scavenger hunt like this one with the other subjects. You could use it in science, social studies, reading, etc.