Hidden Safari

For this project, we had to create a safari animal and then hide that animal so it can only be seen through special glasses. We created the safari animal with a cool color, I used blue, and you draw the animal lightly. Then you take three warm colors, I used red, orange, and yellow, and with each color you make a design over the animal to cover and hide it. After you draw your animal and hide it, you glue it onto a piece of construction paper, where you write three clues about your safari animal to help others guess what it is before they look at it through the special glasses. We created the special glasses with a red film that helps you see through the warm color designs over the animal to see the hidden animal. This is a really fun activity that students would enjoy.

An extension activity students could do with this hidden safari art project is where students need to research about their safari animal and write a paper about the animal including things such as where it lives, what it eats, the life span of the animal, and a few interesting facts about their animal.