Beeweavings

This year I wanted to try something new with meeting with my second graders. So I decided to make a bee tracer for them. We started my holding the paper like a hotdog tracing to be tracer. We draw lines using a ruler to make the loom. With all my classes a try to different ways until I find the best way to make the loom. Made your strips weave them into the loom. Used oil pastel make eyes pipe cleaner for the tennis white paper for wings.  

Sometimes I don't tell my students exactly were making right away I like to make a surprise so one of the funniest things I did for this project is the kept asking what it was I told them they need to Bee here next week to find out. 

Winter plates

Here are a few of my winter plates that just come out of the kiln.  They look great.  

Plastic snowmen

So one of my parents gave me "Dexter" like plastic aprons.  So I came cross the plastic bag monsters but they really didn't show you how to put them together.  So I winged it.  

So I had students cut up the plastic aprons gave them some yarn and had the tie knots around the plastic.  

Then we used model magic to make the nose and eyes.  And pipe cleaner from arms. 

They are pretty cute.  

Need to work out some of the knots in it. I made a funny. 

Let me know. Thanks. 

2nd grade group project

So I gave my 2nd grader all the scraps of cardboard.  And had them color lines and designs on them. Then we glued them down. It turned out great. 

Table full of caps

Well last week one of my second grader were very far ahead of the other second grade class I have. So I gave each table a bunch of caps and they could work in a group or by themselves. They could make any thing they wanted. So we had robots, campfire with roasted marshmallow, castle, and penguins with balloons. They have so much fun.

Look at the pretty lights

Well my 2nd graders were learning about Antarctica. So we made some great looking penguins using texture to make there bodies. And for the background using some chalk pastels to make aurora australis which are the southern lights. My second graders liked using the chalk and watching the video on the southern lights

The city in the sky

Well i did this for the first time with my 2nd grader. We talked about the intermediate colors. They thought it was cool how you could do that with the paint. But when it came time for them to do it that was whole another story. Instead of kids just pulling the paint in on direction they were pulling and pushing. So I must try this again with an older class. But some of them did a great job designing there city/castle in the sky.

Zoomed in on pumpkins

Ok I found this somewhere not how I found it, but I know I found it on a blog I think it was chuck and crayon (I will double check on that and get the link for everyone). Anyway I really enjoyed how they look. So this is how I did it first I had my student draw a whole pumpkins. Then we made a view finder and the student got to pick what the thought was the must fun to draw. Then I showed them how to make there drawing bigger (zooming in on the pumpkin). We colored them in with oil pastels.

Pete the cat is rockin in his shoes

Well over the summer I found out about Pete the Cat. So this year I tried something new with my 2nd graders. We drew Pete with a pencil then trace with a black crayon. We also drew an instruments. Then the student painted Pete in they got to use any color. Also I found some shoe on internet and they painted them how they liked.

2nd Grade Start your engines

Vroom Vroom... Hot Rod Hamster coming through...I have this book called Hot Rod Hamster by Cynthia Lord, and I just love it.. I had really big hopes for this project, but it fell a bit short... there is a long story of why it fell a bit short.. but you all dont want to hear that.. They are still very cute..

2nd and 3rd Picasso Cubist Animals

 Well as I was clean the basement the other day I came across some pictures of students work that I did a while back..  These were alot of fun.  This was my first time doing this project, and that year I did it I only had one 3rd grade so I did it with them and all of my 2nd graders as well to test it out.  3rd understood the cubist idea a bit better.  Anyways.. I found this project one Artsonia somewhere. sorry I dont remember where. 

But I explain to the student that we are drawing an animal but enlarging part of thier bodies, and twisting thier bodies as well.  Trace the line with glue.  Then we use chalk to color it in work from light to dark colors and then dark to light. 

Whos know what else I will find in the basement.

2nd Grade Tree Prints

Ok.. This is how we do the tree prints.
We use the foam printing stuff.  We have are students draw first what they want to do on paper.  Then trace their drawing on to the foam printing plate.  Next we have them print on Black paper, using white ink.  After all the ink dries they use crayon to color on top of the ink. (color pencil works great as well)  After they I have them use texture plates to make a rubbing on black paper and use a white crayon for the rubbing.  Cut out thier print, and glue it on top.

Day of the Dead Skeletons/Skulls

I started this project and then I was out for a week so my sub finished it for me.  Not really what I was hoping for... I think it needs something else maybe like arms??? Anybody have anything to add would love to hear it....

Anyways... The rib cage is the students first name.  I have them fold a piece of paper and have them write thier name as big as the paper.  Then I draw line on the paper using a Colored marker (this is so they know where to cut)  It works great for the ribs.  The Skull was done with Metallic markers....

Students did a great job... I am just not happy...

2nd Grade Henri Matisse Fish Bowls