Nametangles

Materials:
- Drawing Paper
- Pencils
- Black Markers

Magazine Bowls

Materials:

- Magazines

- Scotch Tape

- Mod Podge

- Brushes

Sunday Comic

Enjoy : - ).

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Thankful Leaves

 

Materials:

- Watercolor Paper

- Tissue Paper

- Mod Podge

- Paintbrushes

- Drawing Paper

- Black Markers

- Scissors

- Glue

- Leaf Examples

Sunday Comic

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

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Light Capturing Designs

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

Top Sites

Came across some interesting sites:

Top 6 Sites that Inspire and Educate

Top 6 Sites To Stay Current On Art and Culture

Top 10 Sites to Help Develop Your Creative Side

Top 10 Tumblr Blogs to Creatively Inspire You

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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Sick Day Payouts for Teachers

Just an interesting article I thought I'd share. $100,600 - $79,558 - $63,671 Lottery jackpots? Nope. 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 Comic

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

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Chia Pots

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

Color Mixing Fall Trees

 

Materials:

- Red, Yellow, Blue, Brown Tempera Paint

- Drawing Paper

- Paintbrushes

- Water

Textured Cityscapes

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

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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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 Comic

Enjoy : - ).

Notan Designs

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

Split Face Self-Portrait

Materials:
- Pencil
- Erasers
- Colored Pencils
- Mirrors

Dia De Muertos Monarchs

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

Ceramic Slab Castles

 

Materials:

- Clay

- Ceramic Tools

- Paper

- Pencils

- Scissors

- Black Tempera Paint Mixed with Water

- Metallic Tempera Paint

- Paintbrushes