Gnome Hut

My good buddy Ginger over at Paintbrush Rocket made these fabulous huts with her students. I thought they were adorable and  couldn’t wait to do these with my students.

Since we are studying Monet I wanted to have my Art Club students (in grades 3rd and 4th) create a 3-dimensional garden project.  

We looked at photos of Hobbit Houses and Gnome Huts for inspiration. I presented the question? If you lived in a small hut, where would it be? 

In the mountains, in the fields, or in the woods, etc? 

The students loved this project with such delight. 

One hut was a money hut and all the windows had coins in them. 

First

We created a 3-D Landscape background. We folded a piece of heavy tag board and used tempera paint to paint

 a horizon, ground and sky.

Second

Students created landscape details out of painted paper in the shape of flowers, trees and clouds. 

Hint: to get the tagboard to stand by itself, cut 2 slits an inch from the fold. When the tagboard folds the slits will pop out.

Lastly

Students made their Hobbit houses from gift wrapping paper tubes and preassembled cone shaped tagboard roofs . They applied cloud clay over the tubes and roof, then added details. You can mix the cloud clay together to get new colors. 

This was also a fun process for my kiddos!

Materials
Tempera paint in various colors
Painted Paper scraps
Cloud Clay or any air dry clay in various colors
Paper Tubes and Tag Board

Enjoy Creating a fun Gnome Hut!

Laura :)

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