Yayoi Kusama-inspired Infinity Pumpkins Craft
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Yayoi Kusama-inspired Infinity Pumpkins. Your student will color and/or paint small, medium, and large Kusama-inspired polka dot pumpkins for this project. This project is so cool. My students loved it, and I know yours will too!
Yayoi Kusama is famous for many things—polka dots and pumpkins are the two things for which she is most famous. This unique project will combine both of those things with your students' creativity to create an "infinity" pumpkin bulletin board display—one like no other!
Poster Quote:
The quote on the large pumpkin poster is from a letter that Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother, Theo, in 1882.
"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together."
~Vincent van Gogh
This quote by Vincent van Gogh embraces the sentiment of this collaborative class project.
We can do great things—one dot at a time!
Easy As...
The steps of this project are as easy as color, cut, and assemble. The final pumpkins can create a stunning bulletin board display.
Grade Level Recommendation:
Having so many options in one resource makes this an excellent project for grades PreK-8th grade. You can easily differentiate for your students as well. I have only marked this resource grades 2nd-8th. However, this resource could be used with PreK, Kindergarten, and 1st grade if Design #2 is used (crayons, colored pencils, markers, or paint.
Included:
*Please see the preview file as well.
Pumpkin Design #1: No Black Dots.
The first option allows your students to color the dots and leave the background white. Or they can color the dots and the background.
For this option, I recommend crayons, colored pencils, or markers.
Pumpkin sizes include in Design #1:
- Small: A small pumpkin fits on one standard 8.5" x 11" piece of paper.
- Medium: A medium pumpkin consists of four pieces of standard 8.5" x 11" paper. These four pieces will be colored, cut out, and then assembled.
- Large: A large pumpkin consists of 25 pieces—each fitting on standard 8.5" x 11" paper. Design #1 large pumpkin has an assigned color key. You will need crayons, colored pencils, or markers in red, orange, green, blue, purple, and pink for this option. The final large pumpkin is approximately 36" x 36" (the exact size will depend on your printer settings).
Pumpkin Design #2: With Black Dots.
The second design allows your students to color only the background of the pumpkin. All the dots are already colored black!
You can do this option with crayons, colored pencils, or markers. However, if you have the supplies, I highly recommend letting students use watercolor paint with this design (in all three sizes)—more information in the instructions.
Pumpkin sizes include in Design #2:
- Small: A small pumpkin fits on one standard 8.5" x 11" piece of paper.
- Medium: A medium pumpkin consists of four pieces of standard 8.5" x 11" paper. These four pieces will be colored, cut out, and then assembled.
- Large: A large pumpkin consists of 25 pieces—each fitting on standard 8.5" x 11" paper. Design #2 with the black dots can be colored (however the children would like) using crayons, colored pencils, markers, or watercolor paint. A final large pumpkin is approximately 36" x 36" (the exact size will depend on your printer settings).
Art Supplies:
You can use crayons, colored pencils, or markers to color the pages in this resource. You can also use watercolor paint for Design #2.
Watercolor Paint Tips:
You might want to use watercolor paint for the pages with the black dots (Design #2), as my students and I did. If you decide to use paint, copy/print the pages of the poster onto thicker paper (card stock will work). You will also need to print with a laser printer or make copies on a printer that uses toner (more details in the resource).
More Yayoi Kusama?
- Yayoi Kusama Portrait Collaboration Poster
- Meet the Master Artist: Yayoi Kusama Easy Art History Activity
- Yayoi Kusama Art Projects for Kids Blog Post
More Pumpkins?
- "Welcome to our Patch" Collaboration Door Poster
- 3D Collaboration Poster Agamograph of the Pumpkin Life Cycle
- 3-way Life Cycle Agamographs (small)
- Pattern Pumpkin Project
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