Symmetrical Aliens

The students loved making and coloring their aliens! We just folded a green paper in half and drew half an alien and when we cut and opened our paper, it made a whole alien : )

First grade work:

Fourth grade woven mats

This lesson was inspired by Mrs. Richardson's lesson at her Why Walk When you Can Fly? blog. Students wove their black and white mats. Next we learned how to make letters 3D. Students created their 3D names and pasted them on their mats. Students sprayed their pictures with watercolor in spray bottles!

Fourth grade art:

1st grade farm

This is directed line drawing. The students agreed on the animals they wanted in their farm and we drew each one together. Then the students colored them in with crayons!

First grade farms:

Art Club

We made these handmade papers in Art Club this morning, using recycled paper and flowers!
We used a paper making kit from a company called Paper Alice. I really can't say enough lovely things about her and her company. Her supplies work really well and they are affordable and durable.

The children blended their paper in a blender, added decorations and poured the mixture into a mold. Then we used a sponge to soak up the water from the paper. To dry and flatten the paper, we ironed it. Next week we will bind them into a sketch book!

fourth and fifth grade paper:

fifth grade guitars

We looked at Picasso's guitar paintings. Students created some painted paper using heavy poster board. Next they cut out their guitar body, added details and strung them up!


Fifth grade work:

make and take pumpkin lesson for first grade

We painted a little orange paint on our orange paper to give it texture and cut and pasted the face!

liquid watercolor + spray bottle = amazingly fun splatter art!!!

I bought these spray bottles from the dollar store. We will be using them today in the fourth grade paper weaving projects, but I'm sure I'll find a bunch more uses for them!