Playground, 1st Grade

I did this project with my first graders a few weeks ago. I found this lesson on someone's blog not long ago, but I really can't remember which one. So, if this is your lesson, let me know, I would love to give you credit for it. Basically, this lesson is about playgrounds. We began by discussing playgrounds, and I asked students to describe their favorite playground. I then had the students compile a list of the things that might be on a playground. Our list included things like: slides, monkey bars, tree houses, swings, etc.
To begin this project, I had the students use oil pastels to draw a horizon line, a sun, and clouds. Then we used watercolors to paint the sky and the ground. Once this was done, the fun began. I asked the students to design the coolest playground that they could think of. Their playgrounds had to be made of shapes; such as squares, rectangles, circles, etc. These shapes were cut out of construction paper and pieced together on their painting.
I just think these are adorable!