I found this cute book called My Very Silly Monster Book of Shapes.  I read this book to my Kindergartners and then we did a shape monster art project similar to the shape monsters seen on this blog.

After reading the book, the kindergarteners were given the choice of several different shape templates:  rectangles, ovals, stars, hexagons, squares, etc.  They traced the template onto construction paper.  Then, I demonstrated how to make eyes by cutting circles from white squares, then drawing the black pupil with a marker.  Then, I demonstrated how to draw and cut out a black mouth, with white teeth made from cut out white rectangles.  A lot of the kids decided to draw cavities on their teeth, so that is why many of them have black spots!

Kids could add legs, arms, feet and hair with construction paper scraps.

I think these turned out pretty spooky and fun!  Have you ever made Shape Monsters before?

What are your favorite shape projects?