Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Nametangles

Materials:
- Drawing Paper
- Pencils
- Black Markers

Monday, November 28, 2011

Magazine Bowls


Materials:
- Magazines
- Scotch Tape
- Mod Podge
- Brushes

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Monday, November 21, 2011

Thankful Leaves

Materials:
- Watercolor Paper
- Tissue Paper
- Mod Podge
- Paintbrushes
- Drawing Paper
- Black Markers
- Scissors
- Glue
- Leaf Examples

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Sunday Comic

Something to share with all the political talk lately, Enjoy : - ).

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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Light Capturing Designs

Materials:
- White Drawing Paper / Tagboard
- Construction Paper
- Exacto Knives (if you so dare!) / Scissors
- Glue

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Top Sites


Came across some interesting sites:


Hope you enjoyed the recommendations! I'd love to hear if you've searched through any and now will be using them, what you think, if any were inspiring, etc. Happy browsing : - ).

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Monday, November 14, 2011

Sick Day Payouts for Teachers

Mixed Media Owls

 Materials:
- Construction Paper
- Newspaper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Markers/ Pencils
- White, Brown, Orange Tempera Paint
- Paintbrushes
- Egg Cartons (Preferably the Paper Kind)
- Owl Tracers
- Twig (Optional)

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Sunday Comic

I could go for some pizza on this football Sunday. Enjoy : - ).

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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Chia Pots

Materials:
- Clay
- Clay Tools
- Slip
- Glaze / Paint

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Color Mixing Fall Trees

Materials:
- Red, Yellow, Blue, Brown Tempera Paint
- Drawing Paper
- Paintbrushes
- Water

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Textured Cityscapes

Materials:
- Watercolor Paper
- Watercolor Paint
- Paintbrushes
- Oil Pastels/ Crayons
- Scissors
- Glue/ Glusticks
- Corrugated Cardboard (Or other texture plates)

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Origami Folds

If you liked Symmetrical Origami and wanted to know how to make the 4 basic folds we used, here you go!:

For all folds, I used a 12" x 12" paper for the demonstration so that it was large enough for the students to see, follow and refer back to.

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Monday, November 7, 2011

Symmetrical Origami

Materials:
- Origami Paper/ I actually bought colored paper from Office Depot and cut 5" x 5" square pieces
- Glue
- 18" x 18" Construction Paper

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Notan Designs

Materials:
- Construction Paper
- Paper Squares (mine were 5" x 5")
- Scissors / Exacto Knives
- Glue / Gluesticks
- Pencils

Friday, November 4, 2011

Split Face Self-Portrait

Materials:
- Pencil
- Erasers
- Colored Pencils
- Mirrors

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Dia De Muertos Monarchs

Materials:
- Watercolor Paper
- Watercolor Paint
- Paintbrushes
- Black Sharpies
- Pencils
- Oil Pastels
- Monarch Butterfly Examples
- "Uncle Monarch" by Judy Goldman

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Ceramic Slab Castles

Materials:
- Clay
- Ceramic Tools
- Paper
- Pencils
- Scissors
- Black Tempera Paint Mixed with Water
- Metallic Tempera Paint
- Paintbrushes