This week at Penn Treaty, the students got to make clothing and bags out of paper. Fashion design is another aspect of art that many of our students enjoy. When they were finished, they were able to hang their designs up for photos and decoration. They also decorated marigold seed …
This week we did the Duck Stamp project with both classes. The older class really enjoyed this because they knew it was a competition between themselves, their friends, and tons of students from all over. The younger class was also more excited about drawing ducks this week than last week; …
With our younger class, we started the duck stamp project. We began the lesson by teaching them about ducks, their habitats, and anatomy. Then we gave them packets included fun activities about ducks. After this, they got to draw their own ducks and created their own duck habitats. It’s easy …
This is a list of all the projects that have been planned and prepped for the upcoming summer classes: Ojos: 27 Butterfly Bodies: 36 Baby Chicks: 67 Coffee filter butterflies: 27 Origami frogs: 30 Plastic keychains: 17 Clay flowers: 31 Paper dragons: 28 Shoofly quilt block: 23 Paper flowers: 106 …
Here at Towey, the students celebrated Valentine’s with their own art. They collectively created a giant Valentine’s heart, paper flowers, and smaller hearts to go along with it. Some of the kids also played with legos, making houses and other fun creations!
Stress levels are increasing (even among children), and art is often used as a form of stress reliever. These facts along with discovering that our Southwark class loves drawing and coloring activities inspired us to introduce mandalas. The middle schoolers got to choose between coloring a detailed printout or making …
ASI is preparing for summer classes. These are some of the crafts we have planned for our summer students! Simple Paper Cranes This is a simplified origami project that only uses a triangular piece of paper Sail Boats Students can create their own sailboats. Four Seasons Spinner Students can split …
This past Friday, ASI set up a gift wrapping table at Macy’s for Valentine’s Day. Our table was up from 12 to 3, and workers in the cosmetic department helped spread the word about our gift wrapping table. We had help from four of our awesome volunteers for this fundraising …
