Pop Art Cats

Here are some kitties based on Andy Warhol's "Sam" paintings. After a guided drawing, students fold paper into fours. Next, they colored each section individually (helpful if they color each square while the paper is folded. We were excited about the results and love all the bright colors!

Kindergarten

1st Grade

 

1st Grade

3rd Grade

Gingerbread Houses

After reviewing some architecture/ basic house structures, I allowed some of my 5th-8th grade classes complete freedom in designing their own gingerbread houses. Most of the students were very engaged and on task as they tried to fill their whole page with candy! Two- 30 minute sessions, the students came up with a lot of great details!

 

and... Spongebob! Had this up for a week or two. I'm so glad kids still like spongebob :)

Penguins!

First-Third grade penguins!

 

Day 1: We started with a (precut) diamond folded in half glued to the middle of the paper for the beak. Step-by-step we drew the penguins.

Day 2: Decorate the borders, and snow hats with pom-poms.

Free Wreath Coloring Page

Free Wreath Coloring Page PDF Download

Merry Christmas!

Here is a free Gingerbread House coloring page PDF for download, printing and coloring :)

Christmas time is here...

Students grades K-6 have been busy making ornaments to decorate the tree in the hallway. Kindergarten and First Grade made the reindeer, Second Grade made the round ornaments, Third Grade made the snowmen, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grade made the 3D stars. It turned out beautifully colorful!

The snowmen took a lot of prep work, painting the popsicle sticks white, cutting out felt scarves, hats and noses. The students enjoyed this crafty day though and they turned out great! Details drawn on by students using sharpie, along with hat, nose and scarf placement.

Kindergarten and First grade reindeer made with model magic! The first day I let the students play with a small ball of model magic, making any shapes they liked (none of them have ever seen it before.. most of them thought it was marshmallows:)). At the end of class, they rolled it into a ball, flattened it and put their fingerprint in the middle. While it was still wet, I made the hole using a straw. Day two, they drew the antlers using sharpie, painted the brown and used a toothpick to make two dots for eyes. I added the pupils(sharpie) and puffy paint, red nose once dry. So cute!

Op Art

Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth grade has been learning about complementary colors and why they POP! Starting with a square paper, they folded it four ways. Next they traced each fold with a pencil. Then they drew curved lines away from and towards the center, switching every section.
I gave them the option of using one set of complementary colors. From there, they could color their design alternating crayons, markers and colored pencil (their choice). Some students shaded the edges of their shapes to show more dimension.