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Make Eric Carle Style Art!

One of my absolute favorite projects to showcase each year at Open House is our Eric Carle Art! This project can be time-consuming BUT I promise it’s worth the effort {and the mess!}

Six colorful Eric Carle Art-inspired collage artworks by children are displayed on a wall, each mounted on colored paper with a label underneath.
Making Collage Art Eric Carle Style slide showing a student's tissue paper dragonfly collage

Here’s a peek at how I make this fabulous art project happen in my class!

To Get Started slide suggesting reading a variety of Eric Carle books before making collage art
To Get Started slide about exploring Eric Carle's website and discussing his art style
Tools Needed slide listing white paper, paint, plates, brushes, texturizing tools, a drying rack, and clothespins
Texture Tools slide showing cotton swabs, plastic forks, straws, paint scrapers, and rollers
Paint the Paper slide showing students painting large sheets of paper for Eric Carle collage art

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Texture the Paper slide showing a student adding texture to wet paint with a tool
Let It Dry slide showing painted textured papers hanging to dry
Choose an Animal slide explaining how students pick an animal from Eric Carle books to create
Get to Work slide showing a student cutting textured paper shapes to build a collage animal
Get to Work slide with students assembling their Eric Carle-style collage animals
Display It slide showing an Inspired by Eric Carle sign made from leftover textured paper
Display It slide showing finished Eric Carle-style student collage animals on display
Write About It slide showing a student's collage animal with a cinquain poem
Write About It slide listing the five lines of a cinquain poem about an animal

I always LOVE how these Eric Carle collages turn out! This is a project that I will do each and every year. And each year, they turn out even better than the year before!

 Slainte!

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Molly Lynch

Molly has been a 1st-grade teacher for 24 years. She's passionate about making math centers fun, teaching a strong phonics foundation, and having impromptu dance parties. Her teaching resources have been loved by thousands of teachers and students!

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