Mola Artwork Project

First, students created their animal drawing

Then they flipped the drawing after gluing it to their first construction paper. 

Then added two more layers to create the mola effect.

Students then added the various cut up paper as pattern around the animals or sea creatures.

Mola Artwork Project

2nd Grade - Elementary 

Multi-Cultural Art Lesson

We began by reading a book about mola artwork.

Materials: Postcards of various animals or sea creatures as inspiration (MoMA has a postcard collection of animals, which I used), construction paper, glue, cut up pieces of construction paper so students can create their patten around their animal image