Day two of the “World Traveler” workshop was all about India. We started by reading Elephant Dance, Memories of India by Theresa Heine. We then drew a large elephant on watercolor paper and decorated our elephants using oil pastels. We finished these by painting them in liquid watercolor. Fun project with lots of variety!
The first 3-D project in the “World Traveler” workshop was a Kachina Doll. These dolls come from the Hopi indians of the southwest of the United States. They were originally carved from roots and decorated. These started out as a toilet paper roll, a piece of tin foil, and some paper mache. We primed ours, […]
Our World Traveler workshop started this week with a visit to Peru. First, we read Up and Down the Andes by Laurie Krebs and Aurelia Fronty. We learned a little bit about Peru and the famous textiles produced by Peruvians. We talked about line and pattern, and then created our own patterns in oil pastel. […]
I added this project at the last minute and am so glad I did. It really was fun. We first created a weaving frame by folding a piece of colored paper in half and cutting slits along the folded edge. Students then chose painted paper strips to weave into the frame. Weaving was new for […]
For our last day of Underwater Adventures we started out by reading A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle. Hermit realizes he has outgrown his shell, finds a new one but decides it needs some decoration. He sets out to decorate his new home and makes several friends along the way. Very cute story […]
Our second day of Underwater Adventures was jelly fish day. Our 2-D project was a mixed media painting. We started with a gradient background in either blue-ish or pink-ish tempera paint. Our goal was to learn how to blend smoothly, moving from one color to the next without a hard line. While our backgrounds were […]
Today we read The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau , by Dan Yaccarino. Then we did an underwater collage. We started by drawing a scuba diver and painting him using tempera paint. Then we drew underwater animal and plant life with Sharpies and colored them with chalk pastels. We then used the chalk pastel […]
Our last 2-D project of the Walk Like an Egyptian workshop was a portrait of Tutankhamen, aka King Tut. We read Tutankhamen’s Gift by Robert Sabuda. This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Tutankhamen’s childhood and how he became a Pharaoh. A portrait project provided an opportunity to discuss facial proportions, where do the […]
I remember when Shrinky Dinks were new and the coolest thing ever. I remember the first time I saw my hand colored Shrinky Dinks shrink in the oven. It was magical! Apparently, these have gone out of style because this was new to most of my students and some of the parents. Yes, I did […]
Yesterday, we learned about the burial practices of ancient Egypt. In particular, we learned about canopic jars. These jars were used to store the organs of the deceased for safe keeping on the voyage to the afterlife. There were four different types of jars (jackal, baboon, human, and falcon), each bearing a likeness of the […]
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