Monochromatic Monkeys

Third Grade Monkey display.
It says "If you don't know what 'MONOCHROMATIC' means, ask a 3rd grader!

These Monochromatic Monkeys (or some kids said they look more like lions) were for the 3rd graders; it took them about 4 or 5 classes to complete.  With a different group of students, it might have taken less time.  We talked about "monochromatic colors" and about color families.  We started with a half sheet of yellow paper for the head, then we used brown paper and drew 2 circles (or the letter 8) for the face.  We drew half circles for eyes, circles for mouths, squares for teeth, and the letter "c" for the nose.  It is so much easier for the kids to follow along if I use shapes they can relate to!  After we finished, I taught the kids how to fringe along the yellow edges for hair.  The body is a lunch bag.  This is how we drew the arms and legs:

The arms are just letter "C's with sticks coming out, then we drew bubbles around them to look like arms

The legs are letter "Z's" with bubbles drawn around them

Afterwards, we finished by painting.  We mixed yellow with black and white to get the monochromatic colors (ok, we used brown too...)