Bring in a lunch bag with your name on it full of "stuff" to finish the details of your Rainforest animal. Look around your home. Do you have zip ties you could use for whiskers? Toothpicks for porcupine quills? Something for teeth? Bottle caps or shells for eyes or ears? A wine cork for a nose? Colorful feathers to add to your Macaw? Tell your family what animal you are making and kick around ideas with them. Then go on an in-home scavenger hunt for things. Look through the "junk drawer" to see what you can find. Once we have finished painting your animal we will hot glue on the final details to complete it. Please bring this stuff with you to art on March 14 or 15th. NOTE: We could use small size multi-temp hot glue sticks for our low temp hot glue guns! We will share what you don't use with the rest of the class. Thanks.
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As our student teacher, Mr. Fabinski and I talked about upcoming clay project ideas, he came up with an ambitious idea for second grade, "What about texture owls?" Sounds great! He read Owl Moon and then students set to work drawing owls in an interesting setting. Mr. F reminded students to include background details as well as visual texture such as feathers or scaly talons. Week two, students rolled out balls of clay and cut out their owls. Next they added texture using shells, lego pieces, toy car wheels, even the bottom of small spools of thread. These will dry for two weeks, get fired in the kiln, then painted. Look for these to come home in about four weeks. Loading so many clay critters in and out of a kiln at two different elementary schools certainly is a labor of love!
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AuthorMy name is Mrs. Krupa and I'm an elementary art teacher at Oxbow Elementary. I'm a professional harpist turned art teacher of 20 years. I'll share art lessons and ideas on these pages, what works and doesn't. Enjoy! Categories
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