Milk Jug Decorative Window Crafts Jun30 by Lindsey Boardman We’re always looking for cheap or– better yet– free materials to craft with here, so we’ve played around with crafting all sorts of things out of those big plastic gallon milk jugs over the last couple of years. The type of plastic they are made from is pretty versatile as far as crafting goes. For the Love of Art This was a lesson I had started about a month ago to decorate our halls for our Japanese culture night we have every year at our school. It just so happened to coincide with the very unfortunate events that have been taking place there now. The school walls look lovely and at the same time in a bittersweet way, seem to serve as a reminder of the beautiful and fragile relationship the people of Japan have with nature. For this lesson we talk about the first sights of Spring and how exciting it can be to see buds on a tree start to blossom this time of year in parts of the world.
Défi des 100 couleurs Un beau défi proposé par une prof d'art afin de célébrer la 100e journée de classe de son école. Ce dernier m'a tout de suite interpellé, de plus Gabriel était très motivé à relever ce défi .... Voici donc le défi en question: mélanger 100 couleurs différentes en utilisant que les couleurs primaires, ainsi que le noir et le blanc, sans laver/rincer le pinceau (toutefois, essuyer le pinceau est autorisé). Puffy Paint Fall Art Fall Activities: Leaves Art with puffy paint Puffy Paint- just the word sounds fun. The activity itself couldn’t have been more fun. The funnier part however was the day the girls chose to do this activity. We made fall art on a really HOT day!
Georgetown Elementary Art Blog Mondrian + Kandinsky = ABSTRACT ART! Fourth grade artists have really been flexing their art muscles this month! Their latest creations combine their understanding of the abstract art of Mondrian and Kandinsky, plus their recent study of color families, AND our school goal of improving number sense and fractions. Whew! Daily 5 Happy Hump Day friends! We have officially made it through three days with our little people, and we are STILL tired! Man these kiddos have some energy!
Easy clothespin animals Days to World Animal Day [tminus t="2012-10-04" style="carbonlite"]World Animal Day[/tminus] Day-7 This is going to be a quick one. Why? I did this activity with my toddler and you how long a toddler activity lasts –however pintastic it is! Candy Creations This candy craft will come in really handy when Halloween rolls around. Crafts with candy and crafts with candy wrappers may seem undoable because you might think “my kid would want to eat that candy, not craft with candy”. But kids love to create with non-toys, even candy remember.Read on..
Paint Chip Phonics I found a great idea on The Snail’s Tail. She really does a good job of explaining it on her site, but I’ll try to do it here too. The idea is to practice the consonants, blends, digraphs and common word families. I have to admit I was a tad intimidated to walk into Lowe’s and grab a whole pile of paint chips, but the lady was talking to me the whole time and didn’t seem to mind. (Note: I did try Home Depot first, but didn’t like their paint chips, they were mostly 1 color on a card and didn’t have the ones with the hole cut out. Learn to Draw Animals Print and enjoy our Learn to Draw Animals pages for kids of all ages. Kids can use our step by step illustrations to discover how to draw all sorts of animals and build up their skills and confidence in the process...plus they are just good fun! You could build up a whole folder of these printable pages for rainy days - teachers might even want to laminate them and keep them ready as a time-filler or reward. And of course many of them tie into classroom themes, too.
Play Dough Rangoli Mandalas By Cathy James on June 14th, 2012 Yesterday’s Play Dough Pizza Parlour was all busy activity and co-operative playing. Today’s Play Dough Pledge idea is very different. It’s quiet and gentle and sensory and mindful. My 5-year-old has been ill this week and play dough has come to our rescue.