Here are two templates to use for postage stamps: one full stamp or a sheet of nine. You could also just draw them in boxes and then cut them out with those craft scissors that have the funky edges. My 4th/5th grade class designed their own postage stamps. I brought in a box of stamps for them to look through and see up close. I also showed them a short Powerpoint about stamps throughout history. There is information on the … Read more…
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 You may remember my last post about the magazine covers. Here are some that the students created. This was an end-of-the-year project and we didn’t have as much time to devote to the project as I would have liked. I think these turned out cute though!Â
How is design used in daily life? What do graphic designers create? How can we investigate a variety of symbols and fonts?  How can we use appropriate symbols, colors and fonts to represent ourselves visually? Using letters and numbers, the 5/6s created a design that is meaningful to them. They learned about the artists Robert Indiana and Bradbury Thompson. Logos, careers and originality were the concepts stressed in this unit. After the kids made these images, I shrunk the pictures … Read more…
