Scrap Faces

To connect with the Science, the Primaries are learning about how artists can use recycled and cast off materials to make art.  We are watching a video about an artist who goes to the scrap and junkyard to find art materials.  We are making our own mask made out of scraps:  bottle caps, wood pieces, plastic parts.  Reading Rainbow Stay Away From the Junkyard 

hilarious!  We used these donated medicine lids.

Dreamcatcher ornament from the other class

This is a dreamcatcher ornament that will be sent to the Governor's Mansion in Madison, WI for the Christmas tree.  A group of kids in a 3rd/4th grade class made this.

Art Divas

Someone else posted about this, but I think it is so cool!  This is a group of 6 women who make art and exhibit together, called the Art Divas.

ART DIVAS

Clay Pocket Pots

 Today I held an after school clay class for grades K-5.  I had 11 kids sign up and we made pocket pots.  These are so fun!  After painting them, we will attach a wire to the top and they can hang on the wall to hold items like keys or money.  I took pictures of the kids as they worked.

Roll out a slab of clay.  Trace an oval template and cut out.

Cut a straight line across the oval, about 2/3 of the way from the bottom.

Take the piece you cut off, and attach it to the bottom of the slab, bumping it up a little.  Score the parts with a fork and add some water to moisten. 

Use the back of a spoon to smooth the seams and make it stronger.  Also smooth out any bumps or jagged edges.

Use leftover clay to cut out shapes for designs.

You can use objects to stamp designs in the clay.  These were pieces from the game Perfection, which had broke.

You can carve in designs or draw on the clay with toothpicks.  Add holes to the top with a pointed tool.  Be sure they are large enough for wire or yarn to go through.

The holes are the eyes.  Next step is to fire, then glaze, then fire again, then add the wire or yarn to through the top holes.  All of these examples were made by K-5 grades.  I have done this project with older grades and not had a tracer.  The kids could make the pocket pot in different shapes.

New Scrapbook Collage pages

These are all 8 1/2 x 11"  with all sorts of paints, inks, collages papers and pictures.  I decided to start working in this size format and decided to put all these pages in regular clear binder sleeves and then put them in a regular binder.  I got sick of futzing with the scrapbook binders. 

Dreamcatcher Ornament

The Governor's Mansion in Madison sent us a call for ornaments made by 4th graders based on a book.  These ornaments will be hung on a large Christmas tree in the mansion.  Only one per classroom could be submitted.  As a group, several of the students made this dream catcher.  The 3/4s read the book Time of the Eagle, by Stephanie Golightly Lowden and made a creative dream catcher to represent the book.  It is a great tie-in to their language arts/social studies curriculum and also to our school, EAGLE School.  I think it turned out gorgeous!  Both of my classes are working on a dream catcher for this project, but the other class isn't finished yet.

Vegas trip

A few weeks ago we went to Vegas for a wedding.  I had so much fun taking pictures of everything I saw.  It was also great to see some friends that I don't see very often.

This is a Chihuly ceiling at the Bellagio hotel.  Gorgeous!

Vegas at night

Vegas at night

This was a kid's mosaic mural at the airport.

flowers

me, Carol, Carrie

gorgeous cake

The other post were pictures I took night.  My brother and sister-in-law came over tonight and we played a game called Konexi and then had fun playing around with the letters.  They were given this game as a gift by their friend Rachel, so we arranged letters in her name and sent her some pictures.