Additional Learning Resources for The Wind in the Willows Art & Baking Study Guide by The Build Your Masterpiece Class

Chapter 10: The Further Adventures of Toad

Today we are reading Chapter 10 in the “Wind in the Willows” titled " The Further Adventures of Toad " where we continue the adventures of Toad. The most exciting moment is where he decides to steal a horse from a gypsy woman in his attempt to flee prison. At that time, there were many gypsies who would come and travel from village to village and they would be seen by the river doing their washing.

Discussion Ideas:

Do you think it was ok for Mr. Toad to take the horse from the woman? Why do you think he stole the horse? *Optional, pair this chapter's lesson with M for Mosaic and H for Hue from The Masterpiece Alphabet.

Art Project: Colorful Horse & Landscape Collage

In our artwork we are going to focus on the horse aspect of this chapter, as well as read a few other books about horses (find those titles in this chapters extra books to read below.)

Supplies:

  • scissors, glue and paint brush

  • all sorts of paper in blue and green hues

  • paint, or markers of your choice

  • Use one of the printable of a horse included

  • Canvas board, or art paper

STEPS:

  1. Paint your horse any color, you may like inspired by the chapter, and any additional books.

  2. Then using any type of paper, cut or tear strips and glue them onto art paper or canvas board to create the landscape. Begin by sketching out your sky, middle ground, and foreground.

  3. Look for blue tones for the sky and green and brown tones for the grass. Using your glue, and brush, apply your bits of ripped paper to create layers of your landscape.

  4. Then, cut out your painted horse, and glue it on top of your beautiful collaged landscape background.


Watch this video for inspiration:

Collage Landscape for young kids:

Landscape collage lesson/tutorial for older children:

If you were interested to learn about Artists who creates collages I have found a selection of them for you to learn from below:

Another talented Artist and graphic designer, Giles Davies. This feature on him is delightful:



In the Kitchen: Brown Sugar Shortbread

Using our Recipe in the PDF make your own yummy Brown Sugar Shortbread

Additional Children’s Books to read during this chapter:

Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin and Eric Carle

The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse by Eric Carle

Horses: Trotting! Prancing! Racing! by Patricia Hubbell

A Horse  Named Steve by Kelly Collier

Tractor Mac Arrives at the Farm by Billy Steers