9/27/17 Día de los Muertos Sugar Skull Project! Lesson: We talked about the Mexican holiday Día De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Every November 1st-2nd families and friends honor and mourn their dead loved ones by celebrating the life they had with happiness and joy. One tradition is to decorate sugar …
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Project Foam Turkeys Description: Children built a turkey out of cut out foam pieces. Author: Liza Grade Level or Targeted Age Range: Preschool to Early Childhood Historical Art Examples or References: N/A Vocabulary: Waddle, feathers, beak Materials: foam, scissors, glue, paper Anticipatory Set: Discussion on Turkeys and how they are …
Description: Children are making plates out of recycled material to later make prints. Author: Liza Grade Level: Preschool to High School Historical Art Examples or References: N/A Vocabulary: Plates, Prints, recycle Materials: fabric, cardboard (textured and plain), thick cardboard, liquid glue, scissors Anticipatory Set: What are we going to make? …
Project Title: Pastel Blending Description: Students make leaves and cornucopias with pastels Author: Francesca Grade level or Target Age Range: preschool to middle school Historical Art Examples or References: Images of the leaves and cornucopias Vocabulary: blending, highlights, pastels Materials: pastels, white paper, scrap paper Anticipatory Set: Discussion on blending Demo/Directions: 1. …
children draw self portraits and what they like. Then write what like as per their drawing. Author: Liza Grade Level or Target Age Range: Preschool to early elementary Historical Art Examples and References: “The Mixed-Up Chameleon” By Eric Carle Vocabulary: circle, “u” Materials: glue, scissors, construction paper, lined paper Anticipatory …
This week at Towey Recreation Center we did a printmaking project! We used pencils and paper to practice the design they wanted to print, and then either copied or traced the design onto a small piece of styrofoam. I did an example in front of the class to show them …
Project Title: Cartooning with Construction Paper! Description: Students create cartoon images of themselves Author: Francesca Grade level or Target Age Range: middle school (Penn Treaty School) Historical Art Examples or References: Cartoons Vocabulary: simplification, expression Materials: face cutout, pencils, reference images, glue, scissors, construction paper, color pencils Anticipatory Set: Discussion on facial features …
