Northern lights

You need:

1. black construction paper A4 size


2. chalk pastel


3. white wallpaper with texture


4. scissors


5. glue


6. fine black marker

I found this lesson via Flickr on Pinterest, but don't know to whom I have to give credit...

Show some northern light movies on Youtube. What can you tell about the colours? What movements do you see?



Draw a horizon line a little below the middle of a black sheet. Use different colours chalk pastels to colour the sea. Do not use too much chalk, so that it can be smudged.

Cut a strip of mountains out of black paper. Paste it on the horizon line. Use white chalk pastel to make snow on the mountains. Draw the northern light above the mountains. Smudge colours.

Draw a polar bear on an ice floe on the back of a piece of white wallpaper. Cut out. Draw details with a fine black marker. Paste the polar bear on the sea.

Finally paste the artwork on a bright coloured sheet.

By students of grade 5