Felt Monsters!

We also made Felt Monsters in our after school Halloween Crafts Class.  I got the idea from this blog!  Thanks Amanda!

Finished monster by 3rd grader

Use a piece of wood block, glue a piece of felt to all sides.

Gather the rest of the felt and tie with rubber band.  A rectangle of felt can be cut out and glued to the bottom. 

Cut out more pieces for the face. 

Monsters on parade

Lots of monsters

We're coming to get you!

rarr!

spooky!

We used Elmer's glue for everything and it will dry clear when completely dry.

Everything I Know About Monsters-- 2nd Grade

Tom Lichtenheld, an author and illustrator, will be visiting EAGLE School at the end of October.  To prepare for his visit, many of the classes will be seeing his art and listening to his books.  The Upper Primaries are focusing on his book Everything I Know about Monsters.  They are designing their own silly monster friend.

 

Old School Throwback!-- with YOUR LINKS

Here is one of my favorite little clay projects I have done.  We made clay monsters.  I taught this project about 5 years ago and I haven't done it again.  I think I will do it again this year.  These are really easy.  You just make a pinch pot, turn it on its side and then add your features.  We painted these with neon tempera paints.  Acrylic paints would probably work better. We also spray varnished them.

And now it's your turn!!  Find an old blog post or create a new blog post about an old lesson you taught a while back and maybe want to revive or try again.  Maybe the lesson didn't really work as you planned and you are going to make some tweaks on it.  Maybe you posted about this project a couple years ago and you want it to see the light of day again.   It can be as simple as looking at the very beginning of your blogging and linking up to that.