more luli sanchez dot paintings

As I was passing back artwork in second grade today I realized that I hadn't posted more pictures of our luli sanchez dot/circle stamps! While I know this idea isn't unique, you may want to check out some of some of her beautiful and inspiring fabrics! My original post is right here.

Happy stamping!

where OUR wild things are!

This post is looooooong overdue, as my third graders made these super-cute (ferocious?!) Wild Things based off the book "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak. They first began creating their wild thing using crayon and watercolor...this took an entire day to complete.
On day 2 they created these LARGE backgrounds using fluorescent temperas on 18x24 sheets of paper. We wanted our wild things to look like they were dancing, recreating the "wild rumpus" that takes place in the book. I love how animated these figures are juxtaposed against their colorful backgrounds!
What is also AWESOME about this project is that it was featured in our local newspaper, the Venice Sun. An arts-supporting-reporter came and interviewed me and took lots of pictures of my kiddos at work. I love and appreciate people that think the arts are important! (duh!) You can read the article online here.

aerial perspective snowmen!

My fourth graders have been working on simple perspective. Last week we did a "one-point perspective" project and this week we are working on aerial perspective! I just LOVE these snowmen (and the kids do too!)

I'm not gonna lie, I found this lesson over on Pinterest.

The Holidays are LOOKING UP! What are some of YOUR best holiday projects?! Post your link in the comment section!

peppermint play-doh!

Recently I made some Peppermint Play-Doh with my son. We're planning on giving it to his little friends for Christmas, but I'm also going to use it for centers in my classroom this week! I can't wait! For the recipe, and other great play-doh activities, check out my post on the PreK and K Sharing Blog!

stringing up the lights!

I needed a QUICK fill-in-the-gap lesson for my fourth graders, but I'd imagine this could be done from grades 2-5 and they'd all love it just the same! We used gray 9x12 paper and black sharpie to make the tangled lights and bulbs. We then used chalk and smeared it from the inside out to create the "glow". I love these!

A Friday Funny

Photo courtesy Carmen Sleeth, Cranberry Elementary

This is NOT what you think it is, so get your mind out of the gutter! An awesome blog reader and fellow Art Teacher sent me this picture today. I recently held a workshop in my classroom about radial weaving and had some of my kiddos' circle paintings hanging up. She was inspired and did the project with her first graders. She showed them the video and told them that all they could make on their work were circlular images. THIS was what she got from one of her students!

Carmen, thank you SO much for brightening my day!

Happy December!