Clay Suns-- third grade

I told you I had a bunch of lesson plans that I have not shared with you yet.  I have enough to take me through the whole summer!  Here are some simple clay suns.  We looked at some pictures of the Metapac clay suns. 

Day of the Dead Skeletons-- 2nd grade

 2nd graders learned about Day of the Dead by reading the book Pablo Remembers. 

They looked at diagrams of skeletons and drew them with pencil on black paper. Next, they used white paint to paint the skeleton. They added flowers with other colors of bright tempera paint.

Art Camp 1st Day

I am teaching 2 days of art camp in the afternoons this week.  On Monday, one of the projects we made were sun tiles.  I picked up some glossy ceramic tiles from the hardware store.  They looked at a few pictures of Mexican clay suns and they sketched their sun idea on a piece of paper.  Then, using pencil and sharpie markers, they drew their sun on the tile.  On the back of the tile I superglued a picture hanger.  I also sprayed the pictures with a sealant, but I think you could probably leave the sealant off.  The ages of the kids were mostly Kindergarten and 1st grade, with a few older kids as well.  I love these!  A perfect summer project.

Sketching the sun

Ceramic Sun Tile

Picture of a Mexican clay sun

Picture hanger glued to back