May project: Puppets

Project title:  Puppets

Description:

• K-1 students practiced fine motor skills (scissor cutting), problem solving and thinking during the construction of their paper bag puppets.  Students chose an animal and cut pieces of art tape for different parts of their puppet then glued.  Students were excited about their creations and are looking forward to playing with them at home!

Vocabulary:

• Licky sticky tape
• Overlapping

Resources:

• Internet: puppet ideas

Materials:

• Paper bags
• Licky sticky art tape
• Sponges
• Pom poms
• Googly eyes

Examples of Student Work:

April Project: Georgia O'Keefe Flowers

Project title:  Georgia O'Keefe Flowers

Description:

• Georgia O'Keefe made her flowers BIG so that people would notice them.  Grade 1 and Kindergarten artists close their favorite Georgia O'Keefe flower or the still life arrangement on the tables.  They drew their flower large then added water color markers within their contour outline.  Thinner markers were added on top before spraying with water.

Vocabulary:

• Still life
• Georgia O'Keefe
• Abstract art
• Diffusion paper

Resources:

• Book: Georgia in Hawaii, by Amy Novesky 
• Book: My Name is Georgia, by Jeanette Winter

Materials:

• Diffusion paper
• Water
• Soluble markers
• Sprayer

Examples of Student Work: