Project Title: Up, Up, and Away in a Hot Air Balloon Description: Group discussion on travel and transportation. We will land our focus on hot air balloons. Students will create a hot air balloon collage and insert themselves into the picture. Author: Dayna Ensminger Grade level or Target Age Range: Elementary Level, ages 5+ Historical …
Project Title: Postcard Paintings Description: Students will brainstorm a place they’d like to visit or enjoyed visiting. They will sketch the place or different things that represent the place onto watercolor paper and paint it in. Author: Dayna Ensminger Grade level or Target Age Range: Elementary Level, ages 7+ Historical Art Examples or References: Postcards from around …
Project Title: Intro to Printmaking Description: Students will learn how to create a mono-print. Author: Dayna Ensminger Grade level or Target Age Range: Elementary Level, ages 7+ Historical Art Examples or References: Andy Warhol Pop Art, examples of prints and stamps Vocabulary: Printmaking, inks, brayer, stamp, texture, pressure, print, reverse image Materials: colored construction paper …
Project Title: Dia de los Muertos Masks (Day of the Dead Masks) Description: Students use their knowledge of patterns to create their own Day of the Dead inspired mask. Author: Dayna Ensminger Grade level or Target Age Range: K-2 Historical Art Examples or References: Images of sugar skulls, Mexican masks, and Day of the Dead …
Project Title: Mexican Desert Collage Description: Students will create a desert-inspired collage during the daytime or nighttime. Author: Dayna Ensminger Grade level or Target Age Range: Elementary Level, ages 5+ Historical Art Examples or References: Discussion of deserts, Mexico, desert landscapes, Mexican artists such as Frida Khalo and Diego Rivera Vocabulary: collage, desert, overlap, blend, …
This week we used some spoons, paper cups, and flower petals to grow flowers of our own at the Shissler Recreation Center. By applying Elmer’s glue to the spoons, the students could put construction paper petals in many colors on the flowers. They used cotton balls to make the center …
