Inspired by Wayne Thiebaud’s scrumptious pie paintings, I whipped up a little DIY activity for young art lovers to make their own pumpkin pie art (no baking required!).
Materials needed:
- One paper plate
- Orange tissue paper
- Cotton balls
- Glue stick (Elmer’s glue also works, but is a bit messier!)
- Scissors
Step 1:
Cut your plate into 6 pie slices.
Step 2:
Cut tissue paper into small squares.
Step 3:
Glue tissue paper pieces down to paper plate slice. Overlap your tissue paper pieces until the flat part of the plate is covered, leaving the edge of the “crust” white.
Step 4:
Glue a cotton ball to the center of your pie slice for a dollop of whipped cream.
Tah-Dah! Experiment with using different colors of tissue paper to create other flavors of pie.
You can see some of Wayne Thiebaud’s delicious artwork in the exhibition International Pop, on view at the DMA until January 17, 2016.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Emily Wiskera
McDermott Graduate Intern for Family and Access Teaching