Northern Lights Art Project

I saw this idea on the internet and when I went back to reference it, I couldn't find the location.  With that said, the first step was to have a fairly large circle drawn on a piece of construction paper.  Students needed to cut out the circle and save both pieces to help create the project.  The circle was laid on the black construction paper and we used white chalk pastels to make the snow globe feel around the center picture.  The circle was removed and then we placed the other half of the original circle cut out one top to protect and not smudge the outside of the globe.  We took different colours of pastel chalk, using the side of the pastel to make streaks of Northern lights.  With a tissue, I encouraged students to blend those colours lightly off the page.  We added the snow on the ground and filled in the ground.  Pine trees were added and lastly we used a toothbrush to sprinkle on snow.  Once we removed the protective layer, everyone enjoyed the results we got.