This was a really easy way for the Kindergarten and 1st grade to do a weaving project. The suggestion to cut "needles" from thing strips of milk carton with a slit cut in then was stellar. It made it easy to thread and all the kids learned to do it as we did our rows. The paper plates were sturdy enough for almost all the students to use. A couple had minor issues that were easily fixed. Fun for all and a chance to use another type of art supply.the 4-5th grade students got to construct frames for an art project by rolling straws from newspaper/magazine color pages then mounting them onto the edges of a card. They had to roll at least 10 then use them in a design of their own choosing.
Some projects that we have done have turned out pretty good but this one was spectacular in form. It was hard to explain to the students about Seurat and his pointillism movement but we showed them pictures, talked about dot printing and went for it. It took until most of the project had paint on it before we reached the "Oh I get it" point. They drew their Eiffel tower then applied the dots with small dowels. The result would make Seurat proud.
