African Landscapes

These collage/paintings were made by my first graders. I got the idea for the landscape from Painted Paper. She taught her students about Georgia O'Keefe. I taught my students about African savannahs and zebra and elephant habitats. We used homemade rubber band paint brushes to paint the elephant and grass textures. That was fun for everyone.

Donors Choose Projects

The top two are first grade. They learned how to sew straight stitches and then how to sew on beads. The pillows are by third graders. They learned cross stitches, satin stitches, chain stitches and straight stitches. They also sewed on beads and are finishing up on a sewing machine. Second and fourth grades wove on card board looms. They could turn their weavings into bookmarks, small blankets, bugs, or figures. These projects were very well liked and some children even made 2 projects; one to take home and one for class.
Thank you Donors Choose Award for providing the materials for these projects!

I'm an Art Teacher

Monet's Upcycled Waterlilies

This was a second grade project inspired by Pinterest. The students learned about Monet and Impressionism and Diego Rivera for brushstroke techniques. We used the rubber band paint brushes for the water and gold acrylic paint for the frames. A special thanks goes out to Kari and her mom Kristy, aka the lunch lady, for saving and delivering all these apple trays to art. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Bugs

These were made by first graders with supplies provided by the Donor's Choice Award. Thank you!

Georgia O'keefe Poppies

This was a great first grade project. We learned about Georgia O'Keefe and had a lot of fun painting! I got the idea for this project on Painted Paper.

Elephants

This was a kindergarten project. I love the expressions they're able to achieve. I made special paint brushes out of rubber bands for the skin. They are great because they make an interesting texture, they're fun to use and easy to clean. I got the idea for this project on Pinterest.

Snow Globes

Made by third grade. We used colored pencils and diamond dust. I got the idea for the stand on Pinterest.

Jellyfish Ornaments

These were made with papermache on water balloons by the fifth graders as ornaments.