Mouskin's Golden House

The Mousekin's Golden House project was inspired by the book of the same title by Edna Miller. This project required several different skills for kindergartners. After reading the story we began our creations by tracing  a pumpkin shape and adding a Jack-O-Lantern face.  The pumpkin then was glued down onto a brown paper. The most challenging part was to make a cut paper mouse that would hide "inside" the pumpkin for winter. The final step was to add fluff for Mousekin's bed.

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Dia De Los Muertes

Fifth grade learned about the Mexican celebration known as Dia De Los Muertes-"Day of the Dead.  We looked at images of different types of Day of the Dead art  and we were inspired to create our own cut paper designs. We listened to music from Mexico while we created these whimsical images!

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Picasso Portraits

Fifth grade students learned about the artist Pablo Picasso and the Cubist art period. We studied different works by Picasso and saw how his art transformed over the years he created art work. The assignment required students to draw and then color a face with oil pastels. The portraits had to include profile and frontal features. After they were colored students then cut them out and mounted them on a black background. 

Caps. Caps and more Caps!

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We have started preparations for our bottle cap mural. Thanks to families who have graciously collected, washed and sent in oodles of caps!The first step was to sort out unwanted caps due to material or size. Kindergartners learned about the importance of  recycling while sorting through many, many caps. Second and third grade students began sketches of ideas of our Learning Center Mural. We discussed how art work is copyrighted and we can't just use a character from a movie or book and we would be creating our own original artwork and ideas.