Materials:

1 practice sheet of paper
18x12 sheet white construction paper
Crayons or oil pastels
Green paint
cutouts of palm leaves (I googled palm leaf under images, and printed and cut out the leaves)

Read Matthew 21:1-9

Model drawing an outline of a person with raised hands (almost circle for a head, and two long parts raised on either side for the hands, and straight or slightly curved lines down for the body).

Have children practice making people

Children draw lots of people in different shapes and sizes, overlapping, high, and low

Put the palm leaf cut out on the paper where you want the print, and paint over it  with a brush.  Spray paint would also work, but you would have to go outside to avoid the fumes.  I think you could also put thinned paint in a spray bottle, but we liked painting it--it did require adult help and supervision.

Repeat to desired effect.

Aviva was very interested in making her picture realistic so that the palm branches were placed near the hands of each person.

Toby did some very nice work here.

Christopher was interested in writing large numbers (in Dinglish, maybe?) on the page to indicate the age of each person he drew.

 Benjamin was very prolific and worked great independently.

Tomorrow, we are making stained glass window crosses.  I'd better get the prototype made soon--ack!  Look at that clock!