We made Hundertwasser towers at art in our recycling unit. Children loved it. The rule is, do not go too high because as a teacher you will struggle. 4-5 cups and no more!
papier-mâché
Masks
Masks are always fun! Papier-mache too (only not how it’s spelled so I am giving myself freedom of not caring)!
For the shape we simply used ballons. Sure the shape isn’t good to wear the masks but we wanted them on the walls anyway.
Nice project it was.
It’s still about me
From 2-D we logically went into 3-D.
I connected our lesson with the drama teacher who was teaching children about the monologues.
This was a long project because of many steps: building the bust, pulling over the skin, drying this out, adding the features and the hair, drying it out, painting, drying, painting some more, drying some more and finally making the monologues.
The sculpturing part was fun and interesting. Much of glue everywhere. Much of glue nowhere but running to the shop, buying flour, making glue, improvising.
Drying was interesting too. We grew some bacteria and fungi. The classroom had a very specific smell. We were all like weeeeeeeeeaaaaaa.
Skin was complicated because children are having high expectation regarding that and they stand there comparing their skin with what they’ve mixed and are usually not too happy with the result.
The monologues were added after everything was done – no glue or paints in sight any more. Pffffeeew!
They wrote few sentances in their sketch books about something they feel strongly towards. Then they tried to make a shape of what they wrote about on a white paper, cut it out, add the monologue inside, minimalistic decoration with chalk markers and glue it on the box.
I am impressed by the works, I think they came out very beautiful.
Papier mâché foxes
This was fun. A bunch of us walking to the playground to fill up the empty bottles with sand. There is a little road dividing the atelier from the playground and I had to stand in the middle of it for all of the kiddos to pass safely to the other side while the cars wait. Then the kids stopped too. And made a circle around me … eeem….. so we were all standing in the middle of the road for a while looking at each other. Who why how when… Ha! I don’t exactly go often with ten 6 year olds walking around the streets so I forget about the pre-announcements.
Anyway we survived and these foxes are cute. Children loved taking home something in a 3-D form being as well a sweet animal. It is a papier mache and I found the project following this amazing web site smallhandsbigart.
Ice cream sundaes
We’ve made some beautiful ice cream sundaes with my 3-6 year olds after reading a book from Mo Willems, Should I share my ice cream. We’ve made them before with my now older children. You can search for the post below if you are interested in the process. They are an on going inspiration by artbar.
Ice cream sundaes
Tempting ice cream sundaes made today. Again inspiration by an art workshop blogger artbar that I greatly admire for her creativity. She published a book Art Workshop for children I like to open often.
My girls could spek only about biting in their papier-mâché scoops and I do understand. I bet they also did it when I wasn’t watching. They did leak the flour water mix a lot, I know that much!
Studying Yayoi Kusama
Artnuts really went nuts with Yayoi Kusama and we loved it!
It was such a fabulous project involving a lot of singing: “Alles gets, alles gets, NO excuse me!!… alles gelb, ALLES GELB!!!”
Wireing, sculpturing, painting, dotting, talking, talking, talking. It took us a while but it was simply great. And we learned a thing or two! And it looks FAB!
