This week we shift from focusing on trying again after making a mistake to turning the mistake into the magnificent thing! That's exactl...

'Beautiful Oops' - Read and Rise Book Club January 2021

This week we shift from focusing on trying again after making a mistake to turning the mistake into the magnificent thing! That's exactly what Barney Saltzberg does in his book, "Beautiful Oops." He takes all those little goofs - like tears, spills, drips, drops, scribbles - that frustrate young artists and make them want to throw their paper in the garbage and start over and turns them into works of art. The book helps you look at things from a different perspective and realize though you may not have made what you set out to, you could still make something beautiful.


Featured story: "Beautiful Oops" by Barney Saltzberg


Activity: You can absolutely do the activity shown in the read aloud video above! If you want to take it a step further, you can make a "Beautiful Oops" bag of inspiration like we did! I cut mixed media paper in half and set up "oopses" that the kids could pull out of a paper bag and use to create something beautiful. Here are the papers I set up:

A tear

Some holes

A folded corner

Ovals ready for scrap self-portraits (they can use whatever art supplies/clean garbage scraps they want to create portraits)

Scribbles

I use droppers to put a little liquid watercolor in the caps to use for the next two oopses

Cup rings

Splatters

If you're interested to see a little more, here are a couple more related videos:

If your child loves turning mistakes into works of art, they might like My Book of Beautiful Oops.


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