Rolled up paper tubes, colored stickers, feathers, scrapbook paper… using up whatever was left in the scrap box at the end of the year! These were made by 1st graders.
Keeping with the Lego theme, I thought I would round-up some of the coolest Lego art projects I’ve found on the internet. Thanks to all these people for their awesome ideas! 1. Lego Drawings from Shine Brite Zamorano 2. Lego Stamping from Filth Wizardry 3. Designing your own minifigure with this template Check out these cool lego figure designs from The Art Teacher’s Closet. Our school is building an addition, so I thought at the beginning of this coming school … Read more…
First off, I just want to say that I had a fabulous time at home yesterday tuning in to all of the “ridiculously relevant” presentations from the Art of Education online conference. First ever online art teacher conference! Hats off to Jessica for organizing it! What a lot of work I’m sure it was. It was nice to see a lot of familiar names from the blogging world and I learned some new things. There were several Ipad ideas presented … Read more…
Last weekend I took a trip with my husband and daughter to Schaumburg, IL to see the Lego Brickworld Convention. My husband is an avid Lego collector and builder. As an art teacher, I saw some fun things I snapped pictures of to share with you. It was really great to see kids and parents together enjoying a fun hobby. Many of the exhibits were made by adult Lego builders and others were made by parents with their kids. Here … Read more…
Welcome to the 4th post in my series On Teaching Art. The first post and the background behind this series is On Teaching Art: Art vs. Craft. The second post was On Teaching Art #2: Organizing Curriculum. The third post was On Teaching Art #3: Integrating Art with Other Subjects. The question posed for this blog post is: “What are the important principles for teaching art that my students should remember? For instance, I can imagine that it’s important for them … Read more…
Phew. I can’t believe another school year is over. I was just thinking yesterday that it was crazy that I have been teaching for 11 1/2 years already. I’ve been at my current school for 7 years! Don’t the years all start to blur together? When you try to remember classes you had years ago the memories are fuzzy. It’s amazing how every year there is more to learn and new things to try. The yearbooks finally came in, the … Read more…
This oil pastel drawing project is inspired by the artwork of Paul Gauguin, in particular his painting Tahitian Landscape. To build up a little enthusiasm, when the kids arrived to class there was an envelope at their seat. I told them to open the envelope and see what was inside. I had printed off pictures of Tahitian Landscape, laminated them and then cut them into puzzle pieces. The kids worked quickly to put together the puzzles. Then, I introduced the … Read more…
I introduce paper weaving with my kindergarten class. We use colored strips, scrapbook paper and wrapping paper. Here is a paper weaving tutorial. Check out my Weaving Ideas Pinterest board if you want to see more fun weaving techniques. –>
Congrats Melanie! Send me your address: marciadotcom@yahoo.com so we can get your samples sent out. If you didn’t win (or enter the contest) stay tuned as I will have another product giveaway shortly. Melanie May 14, 2013 at 5:09 pm who said, “I got a roll at the FAEA conference but not sure what to do with it and that one roll would be enough for an entire grade level to use. Would love to win some more AND to … Read more…
Have you made mosaics with elementary students? We first learned about the mosaics in ancient Greece and Rome. The student thoroughly enjoyed sifting through my box of mosaic tiles to find the perfect pieces. We used glass bits and bobs, shells, stones, square tiles and stained glass pieces. Some tips: Be sure to cut your pieces inside a plastic bag to avoid flying pieces. Use sanded grout (available at a hardware store) to minimize cracking. Tiles should be placed about … Read more…
School Lockdown and an ER visit It’s been a crazy week! First, we had a school lockdown last Thursday because the FBI was trying to catch a fugitive in our area. Initially we spent 10 minutes on hard lockdown and I had my class in the closets. Then, we moved to a “soft lockdown” and were allowed to switch classes. Kids were escorted to use the bathroom. The kids were upset and it was difficult to continue class as normal. … Read more…
Peter Reynolds, author of the book The Dot, posted this on his Facebook page yesterday.
The awesome people from ColArt (which is the company that represents the brands of Reeves, Liquitex, Winsor & Newton, Conté à Paris, Snazaroo and other well-known brands) sent me a “swag bag” of fun product samples to try out and share with you. Many of these I had heard of and tried before, so I was super excited to get this package. Some of my favorite supplies from this company are the Liquitex Paints. Personally, I like to use the … Read more…
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We are on Spring Break now, so I’m going to use this time to catch up on some blog posts! I have a lot of projects that are finished that I have started writing posts about. How about you? How many blog posts do you currently have in your “draft” folder? Here is a lesson on drawing Greek vases that I teach to my 4th and 5th graders. We start by reading the Scholastic Art issue about Greek pottery. It … Read more…
