Three Kings on Camels

In this Three Kings on Camels lesson, young students use their hand prints to create a scene from the Nativity story where the Kings travel to visit Jesus.

Grade Level

Transitional Kindergarten, Kindergarten – The examples in this lesson are made by Transitional Kindergarten.

Objective

In this Three Kings on Camels lesson, students will use their hand-prints to make three camels for the three kings for the Advent story.

Time

4 – 30 min lessons

Materials

• Liquid Water Colors – Sargent Art 22-6061 8-Ounce Watercolor Magic, Turquoise
• White Acrylic Paint – Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint in Assorted Colors (2 Ounce), 20503 White
• Beige Acrylic Paint – Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint in Assorted Colors (2 oz), 4471E, Beige
• Brown Acrylic Paint – Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint in Assorted Colors (2 oz), 20521, Nutmeg Brown
• Acrylic Paint white, purple, red, blue – Crayola Washable Kids Paint Set, 10 Count
• Yellow oil pastel or yellow crayon and brown crayon
• Glitter Glue (gold) – Sargent Art 22-1981 8-Ounce Glitter Glue, Gold
• Table salt
• 9×12 Watercolor paper – Canson (100510941) XL Series Watercolor Pad, 9″ x 12″, Fold-Over Cover, 30 Sheets
• Brushes – Acrylic Paint Brush Set, 1 Packs / 10 pcs Nylon Hair Brushes for All Purpose Oil Watercolor Painting Artist Professional Kits
• Sharpie – Sharpie Permanent Marker, Fine Point, Black, Pack of 5

Inspiration/Artist

I was inspired to make this project after I saw this idea: Click Here

Instruction with Questions

Day 1

Read the book “Christmas in the Manger” by Nola Buck

Show students a variety of ways to draw stars. The main ones I show are the cross with the x in the middle, the random lines intersecting and the spiral. Have them use oil pastel to make at least one large star and then go crazy with dotting all over the paper.

Next have them watercolor over their oil pastels. This is like a magic trick!

Try to keep the paper nice and wet and toss some table salt all over it and let them dry.

Day 2

Paint the student’s hands and repeat three times. The thumbs will be the heads of the camels.

Day 3

Give the students brown and black crayons.

Have them color the sand where the camels are walking. I tell them to draw the ground so the camels are not flying heehee.

Show them where the heads of the camels are. Show them the buttocks of each camel. Using brown, add the tail to each hind-quarter. Next, make ears on each camel.

Some students pointed out that the camels need a hump. These look adorable when added.

Using black, add a face, and hooves on the camel feet.

Day 4

Have each child pulled aside one at a time and paint their fingertip to make each king. I paint, dab on the paper, and wipe with a baby wipe. I do this with red, blue and purple paint. Using their pinkie finger, I add a head to each king with beige paint that I mix with brown and white.

Once everything is dry, I added faces onto the kings and glitter glue on the star and crowns.

Here are some finished Three Kings on Camels pieces!