Kindergarten Penguins

The kindergartners are studying penguins in their classroom, so we made penguins out of model magic modelling compound.  One trick to get the parts to stick better is to use just a bit of regular hand lotion on your hands to make the model magic just a bit softer and squishier.  Then, we made a triorama and decorated the background for a habitat. 

One thing I like about the trioramas is that it's a good way for the kids to think three-dimensionally, but if you are pressed for space, they stack up nicely while they are in progress.

I used black and white colors. 


I also read the kids this awesome book that just happened to be on display at the public library when I went in there last week.  It is a fun story about penguins.  Plus, the pictures are really interesting. 

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Pam Speaker you are the winner.  Please email me your address!  you can email marciadotcom @ yahoo . com (no spaces).  Congrats!

Pam Speaker said...

This sounds like a neat book! I'm a first year teacher and new to blogging! I find myself looking for books often to spark creativity in my lessons and in the art room. This giveaway is a great idea :]

 

Question for you all

For those of you who sell prints of your artwork or your own original photographs (like on Etsy or at shows) where do you get them done?  or do you do it yourself? 

Book Giveaway

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Blog Love and Another Giveaway

A blog I recently discovered :  Talking to Volcano

Another big favorite blog of mine:  Grrlscrap

I'm having another giveaway of a book I no longer look through.  The book is:  Kaleidoscope: Ideas & Projects to Spark Your Creativity   If you are interested, post a comment here and then I will randomly choose a winner on Tuesday.  Sign up by MONDAY!


Also a link to the blog that has linked to me and has given me the most traffic this week... That Artist Woman  Thank you!

Geometric and Organic Shape Collage, Kindergarten

Shape Collages-- The kindergartners learned about geometric and organic shapes.  We  read a book called When a Line Bends, a Shape Begins. We made a shape collage using cut construction paper.  Lines and shapes were added with marker.

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Crusade #47

Another challenge I recently discovered is Michelle Ward's street team crusade.  There is a new technique every month and then you post your results.  This month the challenge is "It's a Wrap".  You are supposed to incorporate wrapping paper, tags or cards into your artwork.  This is some Christmas wrapping paper, combined with my own drawing and painting.

Overall, for an experiment I am fine with how they turned out.  I would like to have been able to glue down the wrapping paper without it wrinkling.  Plus, the wrapping paper on the bottom two are kind of cutesy, but that's all we had left!  :)   On the first one, I tried to replicate the swirly patterns from the wrapping paper using watercolor.

Last chance!

Last chance to sign up for this random giveaway of an art book.  See this post to sign up. I will choose a winner tomorrow.