first art show

Last week I hosted my school's first Art Night. 

Well I called it an "Arts Showcase and Activity Night".

We are in a temporary space, not our permanent school yet- and really don't have much space. 

I wanted a way to engage the families for a longer than a five minute pop in so I organized activities around the theme of recycling. 

I will post more about it this week--- but for now wanted to show you my first grade ladybug name tags. 

I've been on a little bit of a ladybug kick lately- 

so I rounded it out with these nametags after getting the idea for the moving lady bug wings with paper plates via pinterest.

 I photocopied the lady bug shape and sentences for the students to finish on thicker paper.
The kids filled them in and cut them out, then made their wings out of 6" paper plates.
I loved that they had surprise writing inside.
(This one ironically is not the best model.)

The sentences they had to complete were:
An accomplishment in art class that I am proud of is:
and
Art helps me:

I also finally got a chance to try out the TP roll project I've had my eye on forever!

It worked awesome. 

Elmers glue and clothespins to hold them in place while the glue sets. :)

Stay tuned!

Magnified Insects

1. Magnifying Glasses--- made from 6" paper plates, painted with the sparkly prang watercolors as an extra treat for the kids. 

2. Paint the dirt and grass! --- paint spots of brown watercolor paint, paint the remaining white space with green water color, then stamp with mat board scraps in green tempera. 

3. Insect Study-- students drew 1 large ladybug and 3 or more small ladybugs. 

4. I hot glued the magnifying glasses above the big ladybugs to show how they work. 

Students who had extra time added on a grasshopper. 

Lastly we made a hand and arm (one of my first grader's ideas!! so great!).

Woven Flowers

After I pre-cut paper plates with 7 cuts the second graders practiced their weaving skills with yarn. 
I stapled the weavings onto cardboard sticks to create a stem and then they could turn the weavings into flowers.  The colored the remaining space on the plate that was showing.  The students also made butterflies and insects which they are studying in science class that I stapled on so that they could stand up as 3-D from the flower.