Monday, August 16, 2010

Tea, anyone?

This post is not my usual post but I could not resist it. My friend, Bec invited me to her daughters 5th birthday. She had made all this adorable food, but these little cup and saucers were the cutest. I had to share them. Thanks Bec!


She used the biscuits, Tic-Tocs for the saucer, but I guess you could use any biscuits really. The cup was a marshmallow and a half of a Lifesaver. On top of the marshmallow, she put a chocolate freckle.  They were very popular and disappeared from the plate pretty fast. You could use the idea and change it to lollies that are your family favourite.

Monday, August 9, 2010

Displaying Work

I have limited hanging space in my room and I sometimes feel bad that I can't display as much of my student's work as I would like. I also feel that sometimes I hang up the same student's work as they are generally the ones who finish first. This year I have tried really hard to ensure that every student can feel proud of their work. 

Each student has their own space and can decide what work they would like to display. It has been really easy to rotate their work and spaces are not left empty even if work is finished at different times.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Tessellation Art

We made these tessellations using black cardboard, water pastels and silver paint. First students traced around a shape of their choice. Plastic or wood shapes work better, as cardboard templates tend to bend when they are repeatedly traced around. Students were then asked to colour the shapes in with the pastels. Some chose to 'paint' over the top with water. When they were dry, we painted lines around each shape. I used a paint bottle with a small nozzle, but a tube or thin paint brush might work just as well. We did this over 3-4 days, as some students chose to use more than one shape or quite small shapes. They all enjoyed it and loved the end result, but it did take a lot of patience.