Monet’s Lilies

This project was inspired my Monet’s Water Lillies.

Claude Monet was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting, he is famous for his paintings of nature as he perceived it – especially his art portraying water lilies.

As an introduction to his work the children created their very own lilies.

Book: Count Monet’s Lilies by Julie Appel

Project Materials:

Card Stock

Oil Pastels

Watercolors

Coffee Filters or Artificial Flowers

Pipettes

Paint brushes

“The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.“ – Claude Monet

Story Time

Fishing in Monet’s Pond

Sensory Sensory Experiences with nature and water beads