Kindergarten garden art/ 2nd grade bird nests

Trying to include a variety of cutting and pasting projects while making them fun is sometimes a challenge but not this week! We reviewed the story of Peter Rabbit and his adventure in the garden then drew our garden with the rabbit family and Mr. McGreggor. For the garden we did a cut and paste project using seed cataloges to supply the vegetables. They did a great job and had a pretty good time. Not a bad way to build a skill too.

In trying to make a 3d project interesting for the 2nd grade and help them learn a bit a too we came up with the idea of making nests and luckily I found speckled colored candy eggs to finish the project. They used a cardboard base and 2 kinds of paper shred for gift bags to make the nests. They had to construct them in such a way that they eggs did not fall out. We glued in the eggs but I heard that almost all of them got eaten before they left the building. Candy can be that way.

Doing Picasso 3D art for after school class

This was a challenge as our final project for the year. First for the background, we used texture medium and paint to create designs supplimented with a variety of tissue papers. Then each student cut out a guitar from denim and applied it to the back ground and added elements with buttons, bells, cords, ribbons and what-ever-else was in the decorating bag. Lots of very pleased students as each project was completed.

A K recycled project for Earth day

I was a bit afraid this would be too hard for the kindergarteners but they jumped on the idea of a project that moved. We talked about futuristic craft but it was clear to most of them that this was a helicopter. They were given a tp tube, a panel from an egg carton, a tooth pick, and some tissue paper. They constucted the crafts then decorated them. Another project using fine motor skills while keeping their imaginations going.

Texas Longhorns stampede 1st grade

We started with a book about the Chisholm trail then talked about longhorns we had seen before launching into creating our own from paper bags. First we stuffed torn newspaper into the bags to give them some shape and scrunched the end into a nose finishing with a staple. We added ears and faces then made the "long horns" out of a chenille stem and taped it onto the top of the bag. A few of the students added mouths and other details that they felt the longhorn needed to have. We ran out of time before the bags got tails. Interesting way to focus on the history of Texas.