[upbeat music] - Hello, everyone.

- Hello.

- Today we are going to make a collage.

What is a collage?

Collage is when we glue and arrange pieces on paper or other materials.

Let's look at the materials that we have today to make our collage.

Look, I have paper.

White.

- [Children] Black.

- Black.

And I have, what is this?

What do I have on my tray?

- [Children] Glue.

- Glue and a craft stick, to put the glue.

Now when you put the white paper on the black or the black on the white, they contrast.

It means that you can see them clearly.

Now I'm going to choose one to make my shapes.

I'm gonna choose the black paper.

Now question, how do you think I can use my hands to change the shape to make more shapes?

So now I'm gonna put my fingers really close to each other, wiggly, wiggly, wiggly, and now we're gonna tear one towards me and the other way.

[paper ripping] Did you hear the sound?

- Yeah.

- What is that?

I made a really long shape.

It looks like a rectangle.

Can I do it again?

- [Child] Yeah.

- I'm gonna wiggly, wiggly my fingers really close to each other and I'm gonna pull.

It looks like a- - Square.

- A square.

It looks like a square.

Let me try another.

Can I tear the corner of the paper?

- [Children] Yes.

- What shape it's gonna be?

- Triangle.

- A triangle.

- A triangle.

Wow, you know it.

Can I make a curved shape?

- Yes!

- But I need to go fast or slow?

Going slow, turn, turn the paper, keep turning the paper, almost, almost, not quite.

Can I do so more?

- Yes!

- I'm going to make it more curved.

I made a curved shape.

- Oh, maybe it just looks like a, what's its name?

- It looks like an oval, right?

Now I'm going to try one more shape.

What is that?

This is a freeform shape.

- A freeform shape?

- Look it's bumpy and it has some edges that are pointy and curved.

Now this is the freeform shape.

Freeform shapes are the shapes that look like things that we see in nature, like a tree, or a leaf, or a cloud.

Now that I did my shapes, it's your turn.

What paper are you gonna choose?

Are you gonna choose the light paper or the darker paper to tear the shapes?

- The white paper.

- [Lia] You're gonna choose the white, the lighter?

- Yeah.

- Good.

Can you show me your pinchy fingers how you're gonna rip the paper?

Wiggly, wiggly.

- Do you like my rectangles?

- You are doing amazing.

I'm gonna help you to try to make one curved shaped.

If you pinch like this, and you can turn the paper, and you keep turning.

Let's try it, you can make it, keep turning and turning.

Keep turning slowly.

Keep turning.

Keep turning the paper.

I like that you're going slow.

Keep going.

You got it, you can pinch those corners to make it more round.

- Look at this triangle.

- I love it.

I love this triangle.

You have so many that look like a triangle.

- So Lia?

- Yes?

- So these are for a collage?

- Those are for a collage.

All right, friends, now it's our time to arrange the shapes and glue them down to make our collage, okay?

Can you help me?

- [Children] Yeah.

- Okay, so I have so many shapes, so I'm going to select some.

Can I pick five?

I like the square, the freeform shape, and the triangles, and the circle.

I'm not gonna use all of them.

Where should I put the square, should I put it on the top or the bottom of the paper?

- The top.

- [Lia] On the top?

Good idea.

Now and the triangle, should I put it close or spread apart?

- Spread apart.

- [Lia] Spread apart?

Like this, in the middle?

- [Child] Yeah.

- Okay.

One almost in the corner and the other on the bottom of the back up paper.

Okay, now I wonder where I'm gonna put the freeform shape.

- I think you put it right there.

- [Lia] In the corner?

- [Child] No.

- On the side?

- Yeah.

- Like this?

I like it.

And the circle, should I put it really close to the freeform shape?

I think I like it like this.

I have some that are spread apart and some really close, almost touching, okay?

Should I put the glue now?

- [Children] Yeah.

- [Lia] I have a song, do you want to sing with me?

- [Children] Yeah.

- [Lia] Okay.

- [All] Dip, dip, dip, tap, tap, tap, spread, spread, spread like butter on bread.

Leave the stick, and press, press, press.

- Now it's your turn.

You need to select five shapes, the ones that you like the most, and then you're gonna arrange it to glue it, okay?

Perfect, let's do it.

Which one you gonna pick?

- This is my favorite shape.

- [Lia] That's your favorite?

Okay, where are you gonna place it?

On the top or the bottom?

- I'm gonna put it right here.

- On the top of the paper?

Great.

[light music] Are you ready to glue?

- [Children] Yeah!

- Fantastic.

Remember the song.

Let's do it together, grab the shape.

- [All] Dip, dip, dip, tap, tap, tap, spread, spread, spread like butter on bread.

- It goes all around, around, all around the edges.

[light music] Good job.

You did it!

You have your first shape glued.

- Tap, tap, tap.

- Look, I did it.

- Tap, tap, tap.

- Oh, I'm done!

- You're done?

Okay, fantastic.

Now I want to see you hold your collage, because I want to see it, can you do that?

Those collages are awesome.

You did such a good job.

Now Jake, what shape did you make?

- I made triangles and freeform shapes.

That one, that one, and that one.

- [Lia] So you have freeform shapes.

- [Jake] And I got two triangles.

- [Lia] Ava, now let's see, what shapes did you make?

- [Ava] I make a circle.

- [Lia] Show me where is the circle on the top or the bottom of the paper?

- [Ava] On the bottom.

- On the bottom.

Kathy, can I see your collage?

The paper on the side is huge.

Okay, what is in the middle?

What kind of shape is that?

- This one?

- [Lia] Yes.

- [Kathy] Oh, that's just a freeform shape.

- Fantastic.

Good job, my friends, thumbs up.

You did fantastic.

Now it's your turn to make your own light and dark collage.

What shapes will you make?

What shapes will you make?

Have fun, artists.