I volunteered to teach art to K-6th grade at a small private school. Here's OUR story.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Week 11: Plastic painted ornaments
With the gracious help of another mother, Mary Maxwell, we did some special ornaments. She had a supplie of clamshell type clear palstic ornaments. They were balls and stars. We had the kids put a few quirts of acrylic paint into the inside of the clear ornaments. (the less, the better) Then they close the ornment snuggly! and shake it around. The result is a marbled look inside.
The only problem is that if the kids use too much paint, it puddles in the bottom and does not dry. Otherwise the kids had a blast. Thanks Mary!
The only problem is that if the kids use too much paint, it puddles in the bottom and does not dry. Otherwise the kids had a blast. Thanks Mary!
Week 10: Music Note Angel ornaments
I made a template with downloaded sheet music, but you can just photocopy some sheet music or download from the internet. I used "Angels We have Heard on High." Form your sheet music into cones about 3 inches tall with a small hole at the top.
Other items needed:
shiny pipe cleaners
little jingle bells
small flesh colored wood beads. Use Sharpie to put face on.
Small 2-3" shiny or white doilies
glitter
This is what you do:
1. After cones are built, twist a jingle bell on end of pipe cleaner
2. Insert pipe cleaner up from bottom of cone thru "neck hole"
3. Put bead "head" on pipe cleaner
4. Wrap pipe cleaner around finger and twist once or twice to make halo and keep bead on.
5. Use rest of pipe cleaner as hook.
6. Glue half-folded doiley to back of cone as wings
7. Add glitter to bottom of skirt and/or buttons etc.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Week 6: Halloween Black Cats
To celebrate Halloween without the pumpkins, ghosts and skeletons, I came across the idea to draw a black cat with bright glowing eyes. The kids had really enjoyed doing a directed drawing last year for the the Year of the Tiger, and this became a similar project.
I had them use black paper, white crayons and bright oil pastel. I wanted them to just color the eyes and amybe the background but leave the cat face black paper.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Week 4: Stained glass names
For the younger kids who don't write in cursive yet, I did not do the cursive insect names, but instead did some straight-line stuff. I had the first and second graders use rulers and pencil to make several boxes ona piece of paper that corresponded to the number of letters in their names. We have a short-named group, so that is nice:-)
In each box I instructed them to draw uppercase letters and use straight, bold lines in black marker. I wanted the end result to be a box with multiple "windows: with positive and negative shapes. The use of line, and positive/negative shapes is a big focus of these frist two months.
In each "cell" created I told the kids to color one color and the final result is very graphic!
In each box I instructed them to draw uppercase letters and use straight, bold lines in black marker. I wanted the end result to be a box with multiple "windows: with positive and negative shapes. The use of line, and positive/negative shapes is a big focus of these frist two months.
In each "cell" created I told the kids to color one color and the final result is very graphic!
Friday, October 15, 2010
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