Winter Tree Silhouettes

In the spirit of the season, I let my 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders paint a "winter tree silhouettes."  We live in Alabama, and rarely get snow, so the kids get quite excited about even mentioning it!

This project was really quick and easy (most kids finished it in one 30 minute class period).  First, they drew a tree silhouette and filled it in with black crayon.  Afterwards, they painted snow on the ground with white tempera paint and added some to their branches and some falling.