Small, medium and large snowmen

My kindergarten students began a project focusing on shape and size.  They collaged a snowman using Small, medium and large circles with another emphasis on shadow.  We started by painting three circles on red construction paper, partly because I have an abundance of it but also to add subtle tones to the shadowing aspect.  Students then filled in their circles using white paint.  They then dipped their brush into blue paint to trace around one side of their snowman which created an easy shadow effect.  Next, came the background.  Students ripped scrap white paper to make a fuzzy line for the snow.  They glued this down and then dipped their finger into the remaining white paint to make snowflakes falling from the sky.  Once the paintings were dry, we cut out the snowman, glued it to the background and then added embellishments such as a hat, arms, eyes, mouth and a carrot nose.  They came out great and boy, did these students feel proud of themselves!