Some kid art to make you smile...
Bailey drew her parents having a picnic.
When I bring out the project of the day, they ask, "Can I do that?" Of course the answer is always yes. And I love that most of the time, they're insistent on making it their own way.
We did the famous q tip skeletons last week.
I didn't get a photo of each one, but here are a couple.
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| This was a kindergartner's concept of a human skeleton. The only help I provided was cutting the q tips. |
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| This one is Steffie's. She's Bailey's baby sister. Kindergarten kiddo. It's a cat skeleton. So if you've ever wondered what it looks like inside a cat, well, wonder no more. |
I offered the great pumpkin project, too.
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| Another seven year old artist. |
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| Another Bailey art project. It's a cat pumpkin. In case you couldn't tell. Both girls are obsessed with cats. |
If you couldn't tell, I gave up and just posted the damn things.
Andre was very disappointed that he was picked up before he had a chance to make his skeleton. So I sent him home with supplies and a big smile on his face.
This week we're making spooky trees from paper lunch bags, surprise drawings (I did some examples over the weekend, here's one) and some bats and a haunted house.
The kids are having fun with the projects, but the smallest people get frustrated trying to glue things. I always tell them I will sit with them and help them until they get it done, and that it's fine to get glue on your fingers.
They're so cute, they really are.
Great art from the kids.
ReplyDeleteThey're always so excited to show their art to me and to their parents.
DeleteThese are everything! I can't tell you the kick I get out of kid's art.
ReplyDeleteMy hubby, too. He insists I take photos or else. Lol
DeleteThese actually show some real talent. You must be creating an environment where they feel free to express themselves.
ReplyDeleteGood job giving Andre a chance to make his skeleton at home.
I think there's a lot of artistic talent in the group, although I'm not the one who made it happen. I do provide as many good art supplies as I can, though. The whole 'you can use the good supplies when you're a real artist' thing annoys me. They're artists now. And most of the group is very capable of taking care of our supplies and creating. We have more elaborate projects from time to time, but I like the idea of drive thru crafting, too. A lot of them are so excited about doing stuff that they don't want to stop playing to create. A quick project is perfect for them.
DeleteOMGosh....your posts always take me back to the classroom....waaayyy back! My first year of teaching I was in 3rd grade. I taught everything; academic subjects/art, music, PE and so on. I saw this fun project in a teacher magazine. You used school glue, watered down a bit and orange, yellow and black/brown yarn to make jack-o-lanterns. The kids were supposed to dip yarn in the glue and then put it out in a pumpkin shape on wax paper. Then adding more orange, yellow eyes, etc. The glue was squeezed out of the yarn as it was supposed to be arranged on the wax paper. It didn't work the way the magazine said it would. The sticky yarn stuck to kids' fingers, forearms, elbows...it was everywhere but on the wax paper. Kids were frustrated. Some were in tears and I was a wreck. Your post helped me remember the project and laugh! We ended up smashing the gluey yarn into balls and calling it a day. Thanks for the memories!
ReplyDeleteMy fingers and forearms are usually spotted with glue after helping a kid with a project. I have learned to make a project before offering it to the kids for the reasons you listed above. :)
Deletelove the skeleton's great ideas........
ReplyDeleteI could have guided them a bit more with the project but I try not to do that, I want them to come up with their own ideas. They're so proud and so excited to have done it on their own. The parent reactions are great, too.
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