King Cake Collages

Esperanza Charter School
1st, Visual Art & Social Studies
Ms. Andrea / Ms. Morales and Ms. Small

As an introduction to, and celebration of, Louisiana culture, 1st grade social studies students made their own king cake collages!

We started with a base layer, the king cake itself. Next we tore paper into small bits, using the traditional Mardi Gras colors of purple, green, and gold.

Finally, to resemble icing, we arranged and glued the paper bits on the base layer—an art form known as collage. We used a repeating pattern of purple, green, and gold; purple, green, and gold.

It was delightful to see all the variation possible from a few simple ingredients; how even with the same three colors and pattern, everyone’s work turned out so unique, and so beautiful!