Watch this video as I explain how different colors can express different emotions, and how artists use this in their artwork.
Enjoy this story and learn how colors can represent different feelings and emotions.
Here are some optional pintable materials that can accompany some of the activities in the video below!
There are a lot more than the five colors and the five emotions featured in "The Color Monster." Here is a list of other emotions and the colors that can represent them.
The printable handout for Option 3. The video below also includes how to draw a jar on your own if you can't print it out.
In this video I will demostrate a few ways to create artwork to express the different emotions you have been feeling lately. Feel free to try one, two, or all of the activities.
Option 1: Block, Picture Lettering begins at 0:36 minutes
Option 2: Color Hunt Jar begins at 6:57 minutes
Option 3: Draw and Color the Color Monster Jar begins at 9:04 minutes
Print this off or draw your own monster, and color it based on how you are feeling today. Feeling something different than the emotions explained in the book? Come up with your own color to express the emotion you feel!
Print off the color version, color your own, or completely draw your own version of the Color Monster Thermometer. Then use it to help understand and describe how you are feeling and why!