This project was created for our local elementary schools art auction fund raiser. My daughters fourth grade class decorated the tiles.
Please feel free to critique and note the heck out of this. It is for the auction at my kids school and I have been messing with it for too long, I need advice. I plan to print this on a canvas 16x20!
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Are you looking for a great idea to do for your child’s class project? Is there a school auction coming up that can benefit from your creativity? This personalized Guess Who game filled with class pictures may be what you need. The idea is that you take the game of Guess Who and fill it...Read More
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We continue to get lots of positive feedback on our installation at the Bellevue Arts Museum. This is our wall of 500, made by students at Alcott, Dickinson, Rosa Parks, Explorer, and Redmond High School, along with friends and family too. This smaller piece of 64 weavings are the some of the ones I made... And these are some of the HUNDREDS made by visitors to the museum. Visitors are invited to make one and add it to the installation, but most artists wanted to take their treasures home with them. This wall now has over 300, so it's getting to be almost as large as our installation of 500 on the adjacent wall. The Weaving Project is on display until December 1st, FEBRUARY 2nd!!!! so you still have time to make a CD weaving to add to the piece. It's been gratifying to hear from people around the world who are making CD weavings! It enlarges the idea of community that I hoped the project would express. Thank you to those of you who have taken time to let me know- I've heard from or seen the work of students, teachers, and individuals in Israel, Colombia, Australia, and many states in the United States. Wouldn't it be awesome to see them all together? We are looking for another display opportunity once the show closes at BAM, so let me know if you have any ideas. Make it a Wonderful Day!
Putting together a great silent auction is hard work, but many groups make some simple mistakes that cost them a lot of lost revenue. Here are some silent auction ideas, i.e. Do's & Dont's, to help you maximize your fundraising success.
Try making one (or more!) of these awesome fort ideas with your kids to chase away the boredom blues! Perfect for a rainy day or quiet time!
Check out this schoolwide group art project with both poetry and art connections inspired by the art of Lebanese artist, Saloua Raouda Chocair.
While some teachers may wonder about the merits of PBL, I’m sold. My high school students have learned much more in an inquiry classroom than others did when we had a traditional one. PBL allows them to have a say in what they learn and how they present their knowledge. Every semester I’m impressed by the hard work and energy my students pour into their projects. Here's the story of our biology projects this year.
First things first, I have no idea if the title of this post is correct. The project is a kind of topographic, 3D model contour map thing. If you know what it's called, please comment! I've seen the activity done on some other amazing sites like this and this. To fit in with our mountain topic, this project enabled children to work in pairs to create their own model. It was a bit challenging for some but in the end I was very pleased with the results. Generally, I found that the children who normally find art a bit trickier with drawing/colouring excelled and those who normally find art a bit of a doddle struggled with this (always nice when things get turned on their heads) The class learnt about contour maps and how latitude could be shown. They looked at real-life examples from mountains that we've been studying and then produced a contour map sketch of their own mountain. This was then used to create their own model by following the steps below: Equipment - Coloured A4 card (LOTS OF IT). I looked into using foam-board but unfortunately the costing just wouldn't work if providing for 90 children across the year group. Cheaper coloured card and having children in pairs seemed the most appropriate choice - Scissors - Glue - Rough paper for sketch Steps 1. Sketch out your contour map. I told the children that we had enough card for each pair to guarantee 5 layers but as they are building, they can swap their left-over card with others to enable them to use different colours for added smaller layers on top. 2. Cut out your sketch. 3. Use your cut-out sketch as a stencil to cut out the same shape in coloured card. 4. Cut the first layer out around your sketch to leave you with your next layer. 5. Use this new stencil to cut out the shape from a different coloured piece of card. 6. Keep repeating this process until you have cut out all of your layers from card. 7. Cut strips of card and bend them into a 'Z' shape. Glue 3-4 of these between each layer to raise it up and make it 3D. 8. Assemble all of your pieces and you will end up with a 3D contour topographic model map thing :) Here are some of the brilliant results: I love all of the bright colours and creative designs. Some groups really went all out to create very interesting, complex shapes. Excellent job, Year 4, especially considering that these were completed in around an hour and a bit. Next post will be a project that's been done by every art teacher blogger, but I just had to give it a go myself! DB.
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Here are 10 silent auction ideas that are guaranteed to help you raise more money with your next silent auction. There's an art to doing silent auctions in a way that maximizes the amount raised, with many of these ideas almost the direct opposite to the approach most groups use.
How to Make a Cootie Catcher / Fortune Teller: Instructions 1. Find a friend and ask them to think of a question to ask the fortune teller. Such as, “will I pass my test”? 2. Now get them to pick a colour written on one of the sides. Spell out the colour they have chosen, moving the fortune te…
Sadako Sasaki Sadako Sasaki, a young girl of twelve, develops leukemia caused by exposure to the atom bomb dropped on her city of Hiroshima, Japan at the end of WWII. While in the hospital, Sadako learns to fold origami cranes and believes that folding the cranes might lead to the granting of a wish. A loving and compassionate child, Sadako's life inspires her classmates to create a memorial in her honor, to remember all the children impacted by war. This statue was made in honor of Sadako. People still bring paper cranes to it. You need white computer paper, pencil and scissors. This crane mobile was a project my kids worked on while I was out on maternity leave years ago. I left the sub a lesson for origami crane folding and asked for an array of colors. Kids used old magazines instead of origami paper. They pulled out pages that had a large amount of one color and made them into a square. After folding them into origami cranes, they were arranged into color order, connected with fishing line and then hung from a bamboo stick. This is in our cafeteria as an art installation. It hangs about 7 feet tall. --------------------------------------------------------------- Also, you can make the cranes and stuff candy inside. Insert a stick through bottom for party favors too. I did this for my daughter's first Birthday party, which is May 5, the National Children's Peace day in Japan . I used scrapbook paper. It is patterned and comes square. Don't have origami paper? Cut your paper in to a square and Decorate. Listen to this music to get you in the mood to make origami,,,
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Don't waste those eggshells. Today, we are going to show you how to create beautiful on-of-a-kind eggshell art based on the Japanese fine art of Kintsugi. WHAT YOU NEED Eggshells (obviously!) Alcohol inks Alcohol Eye dropper or pipette Gold paint Super small paint brush Straw Hot glue gun Paper towels SUPER FUN EXTRAS Alcohol ink
Using cardboard looms all 6th-8th grade art students created two small circle weaving for a permanent collaborative installation in the library. Most of the yarn was collected by sending out a district wide email and the cardboard was cut from the numerous Blick art supply boxes I have been saving. With very little cost, and a high level of visual impact, this project was a great success! Making the Loom: Prep- Cut MANY 3x3 inch squares 1) Using a scissor cut the corners of the square off to make a circle 2) Around the edge mark with a pencil an odd number of evenly spaces lines (13,15, or 17) 3) Using a scissors, make a 1/2" cut towards the center of the loom using the pencil lines as a guide 4) Poke hole in center of circle There are a couple of ways to begin setting up the loom once created. I have written detailed instructions below describing what worked best for us after some trial and error:) Getting the Weaving Started: 1) Cut 3' of yarn and thread one end with a tapestry needle 2) Holding the loom, stick the needle through the hole from the backside and pull through to the front side of the loom. 3) Pull until you have 4" of yarn left hanging out the backside of the loom (do not make a knot) 4) Then, holding the 4" tail of yarn with one hand on the backside, take the yarn and place into one of the 1/2" along the cuts 5) Wrap yarn to the back side and again pull the needle through the center hole from the back side to the front. 6) Repeat step 4 and 5 until a piece of yarn securely placed in each cut. 7) Using the extra 4" of yarn left of the backside, knot the two ends of yarn together twice. Knot should be resting snugly against the backside of the loom. 8) Stick needle up the center hole one last time. 9) Begin weaving over under over under 10) Tie on additional yarn as needed in different colors as desired:) 11) Tie off yarn once done
It's been a total joy collaborating with 8 to 12-year-old kids from Orakei School. I think we've managed to create something uniquely kiwi with these three artworks.
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Matchbook chapter summaries super simple and fun project that you can have your students complete during your next novel study.
Chinese auction rules and information on how to run a successful raffle. Tips for tickets and ideas for Chinese auction variations.
If you've been in the gala game for a while, you may know about this game. Heads and tails is a game of chance that is great for a couple reasons. 1. You will make money! 2. It is a great way to get everyone's attention before the program begins or give them a motivation to stay around until the en
I randomly came up with this idea during the last week of school. One of my reading groups had finished their book and project before any of the other groups had finished. Instead of giving them a new book (there was only one week left), I quickly created this template and told them to pick an event in history and research it. I had one boy choose the Vikings, someone else chose the atomic bomb, a girl wanted the great depression, and another student picked the Korean war. I loved that everyone had such diverse topics. After they got started, I saw some great learning take place in my classroom! Because it's an inquiry-based activity, they generated their own questions. And because they got to choose their own topic, they were excited and felt ownership over the project. I plan on using this next year as a fun fast finisher activity. This list is something I quickly generated. {I know it is not all inclusive - if I left something off that you really want me to add on, please leave me a comment.} This would be fun to hang up somewhere in the back of the classroom so fast finishers can work on a project whenever they want. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD HISTORY DETECTIVES! * * * * * Want to hear some GREAT news? I am leaving next week on an 8 day history trip to Virginia where I get to study at the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute! I also get to visit Jamestown and Yorktown. I'm so excited! I plan on posting lots of the things I learn, including pictures!
No matter what type of fundraising you are doing, you have to do the ask. The Art Of The Ask varies depending on how you’re raising funds – in person, online, in an appeal letter, or in an email – but it all comes down to getting people to donate money to your cause. So, ... Read moreThe Art Of The Ask
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Art is subjective. And sometimes art comes in the form of a bowl. I totally get that an abstract, clear plastic, funky fruit bowl is not up everyone's alley. But I love to mix in unexpected items into my decor. I think it gives the space interest and keeps it from being stale. I have had this...Read More
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And the ridiculous luxury goods buyers could have owned for the same prices.
