tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89216531331602928352024-03-04T23:17:35.917-08:00L'atelier de Mme Reddick's WorkshopUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-12652229751716514552012-01-08T11:35:00.001-08:002012-01-08T12:01:47.568-08:00Welcome Naramata Folk! Bienvienue!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5514u78WrrnOsp4whWgOAJ_B9AwoTCbFkVSbDB7Hn7kchxUSPbHjFdrzrbDcF0XlnFpjV9rTQ73D4vilvjlU4P7BnrF2l5OHYw3rJW-OU9yF7-fDvqNPpLS0B5ForyCijKqMyr5cNl6k/s1600/DSCF0254.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5514u78WrrnOsp4whWgOAJ_B9AwoTCbFkVSbDB7Hn7kchxUSPbHjFdrzrbDcF0XlnFpjV9rTQ73D4vilvjlU4P7BnrF2l5OHYw3rJW-OU9yF7-fDvqNPpLS0B5ForyCijKqMyr5cNl6k/s320/DSCF0254.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695347731364074530" /></a><br />As you can see, I have not updated this blog in a long while.. since about last year's trip to Naramata, actually!<br /><br />However, I wanted to give you a brief preview of some projects I'd like to do during the Eco-Art program, July 22-28th 2011. Please keep in mind, these are still the rough sketches for the program and could be subject to change!<br /><br />Day 1: Nature and People - Red v Green!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7YXBoZpTHQivAfZ_8T1OV_rIQxe7_M5pK30w7k66arPoBns5cb10CDLAzjbhgtnOAnzTTl1hC2HUU_7SBJv646Tdc-2_yyvOQgAAmyskRMPf2i01YQipD5eFTLO7AaGSIdrW6PS5d1c/s1600/compound.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7YXBoZpTHQivAfZ_8T1OV_rIQxe7_M5pK30w7k66arPoBns5cb10CDLAzjbhgtnOAnzTTl1hC2HUU_7SBJv646Tdc-2_yyvOQgAAmyskRMPf2i01YQipD5eFTLO7AaGSIdrW6PS5d1c/s400/compound.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695352266972248610" /></a><br />You can see the similarities of these two molecules, and I am hoping to do a mandala type project, or exploring warm - cool colours and <a href="http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/search/label/warm%2Fcool%20colors">I like this project from KB</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5Qm_0AuA-1Me44o6MpIF0qNBmaJYVFSO5Zhn4waSZRQOC6Of3wA_cAc2ChWa3ObsX7a7KdKrW4JPTM3o9edgmFDhAtsy_Cf5wBbfS1X7bgoxjlivpq6xyTn0-vzIVv2JxfKb5pXNhaA/s1600/Warm%252BHands-1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 227px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5Qm_0AuA-1Me44o6MpIF0qNBmaJYVFSO5Zhn4waSZRQOC6Of3wA_cAc2ChWa3ObsX7a7KdKrW4JPTM3o9edgmFDhAtsy_Cf5wBbfS1X7bgoxjlivpq6xyTn0-vzIVv2JxfKb5pXNhaA/s400/Warm%252BHands-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695352750258765906" /></a><br /><br />Day 2: Small and Amazing Creatures - 3D Wire structures<br />I love the style f artist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Bourgeois">Louise Bourgeois</a> and would like to create some 3D wire creatures, but on a smaller scale that this!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNe8fyfMrSXpouXa5cI1cxESBr4o_3WhvgHOXfvAIBobGuI3LtN5jghctKC0P36G6QeNLGllLh-3Z2QB-_Xb2nq-86KmS2-fbMcAQUcMtSgcQa6rzaedg_KWrIir2ZhoRmfncRi3wIHtE/s1600/bourgeois-maman-natgallery.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNe8fyfMrSXpouXa5cI1cxESBr4o_3WhvgHOXfvAIBobGuI3LtN5jghctKC0P36G6QeNLGllLh-3Z2QB-_Xb2nq-86KmS2-fbMcAQUcMtSgcQa6rzaedg_KWrIir2ZhoRmfncRi3wIHtE/s400/bourgeois-maman-natgallery.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695353229517152274" /></a><br /><br /><br />Day 3: we will look at Plastics in the Oceans and complete on canvas a multi-media mod-podge extravaganza, similar to this: <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzbDyJUoo6ZXHIizRx_IqN1wi5712xntP_xmBTroUSnIH4HPItwlUBo2EfPIagnQMkk1e-LXgWAyF-YJoBA-rVObYuyOQwlYFdsp-8XYLjRjh3ZgkUHGbiMHsTa20Hn3b7lv8NLVaFyQ/s1600/DSCF5919.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzbDyJUoo6ZXHIizRx_IqN1wi5712xntP_xmBTroUSnIH4HPItwlUBo2EfPIagnQMkk1e-LXgWAyF-YJoBA-rVObYuyOQwlYFdsp-8XYLjRjh3ZgkUHGbiMHsTa20Hn3b7lv8NLVaFyQ/s400/DSCF5919.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695348371334930130" /></a><br /><a href="http://mmereddickart.blogspot.com/2011/04/protect-our-oceans.html ">You can see more of this project by clicking here.</a><br /><br />Day 4: Eaarth - altered atlases: painting on, doodling-drawing on, cutting, gluing, adding to, changing the shape of. If you "google" altered books or look on pinterest.com for "altered books" you see the amazing possibilities for this day!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_VDhXQaeaxq4p2ArZpgkLA-fpt7aALjglhFrAJf41Pk_ksN86oMCl21ZZIrzS-__r3QVxA6Lgxw7kjoa4BMcwUkgdl8cfGNIRlieSOpaJP6iIoU0KWJth0tQvlIhffEyUTFhidZ11_U/s1600/images.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_VDhXQaeaxq4p2ArZpgkLA-fpt7aALjglhFrAJf41Pk_ksN86oMCl21ZZIrzS-__r3QVxA6Lgxw7kjoa4BMcwUkgdl8cfGNIRlieSOpaJP6iIoU0KWJth0tQvlIhffEyUTFhidZ11_U/s400/images.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695351294864269074" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAM8o5f0dCsPEGDmBjFc0P5ZDzcU9Ev6t9206eT56Y5omvytcf38mheP74pqtV0hKPy-5U4dkCdtZcvDRijeazvtYAxA_dexigd3sUn-kRSdG66za6SQnlTDSKA9_8XsHwXhs7svrqQk/s1600/9.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAM8o5f0dCsPEGDmBjFc0P5ZDzcU9Ev6t9206eT56Y5omvytcf38mheP74pqtV0hKPy-5U4dkCdtZcvDRijeazvtYAxA_dexigd3sUn-kRSdG66za6SQnlTDSKA9_8XsHwXhs7svrqQk/s400/9.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695351224863783202" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6T1sFmAI9SFDscQ3_y-m1rfHemQFzK5ubrcA6Wgu7IkNbM2tSRHHGR823cJxiTpV0wgEXHlxvyOT22PIb0u0Cj1BAKH8z4If7GlFG7MLnprVFWUUtz85vgK3uphhqSz5tUSQRUfJUJdc/s1600/image_14_jpg.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6T1sFmAI9SFDscQ3_y-m1rfHemQFzK5ubrcA6Wgu7IkNbM2tSRHHGR823cJxiTpV0wgEXHlxvyOT22PIb0u0Cj1BAKH8z4If7GlFG7MLnprVFWUUtz85vgK3uphhqSz5tUSQRUfJUJdc/s400/image_14_jpg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695351173840527346" /></a><br /><br />Day 5: What in the World do we Love - open art day, using the techniques we've been exposed to, creating a culminating mural project for closing.<br /><br />Thanks so much for stopping by, and I look forward to meeting you this summer!<br />MeganUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-41892379340723864272011-07-31T21:44:00.001-07:002011-07-31T21:54:45.664-07:00Le Soleil des Grenouilles est la lune. A frog's sun is the moon.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFKSZPNV6HGR_tiVDxRMAhpIfbSDqdeBdtclVVqWck-4yH20C_aSRc_hs8nuwd_DiYc638aXvF_qM3ZLLeACH5zfYZyRhULH1o39Odq_v5ESF6CqbavBAyM4rAKI5GEJ7mp8965x5beo/s1600/DSCF6021.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFKSZPNV6HGR_tiVDxRMAhpIfbSDqdeBdtclVVqWck-4yH20C_aSRc_hs8nuwd_DiYc638aXvF_qM3ZLLeACH5zfYZyRhULH1o39Odq_v5ESF6CqbavBAyM4rAKI5GEJ7mp8965x5beo/s320/DSCF6021.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635744470608384322" /></a><br />I love doing this project, the kids are so adept at directed drawing by this point and they really enjoy the subject as well. The 3-D tongues are an added bonus! I know I've borrowed this lesson from somewhere, so appologies for not crediting the right person.<br />For this project, we start, as I said, with a directed line drawing of a frog. Then we add the moon and the lily pad.<br />The kids get to paint their frogs and background, then when the paint is dry we add the rolled paper tongues, googly-eyes and some sparkle-y stars.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZI4cGyqofufLwNwqXK1PuLPVzWibN_3im3HOpBeW1iP-Ob_4xF1e4aZqCI6gElkQN5UlzFPZKHXe5bOz__tO-ZowO53VkPjdx5uWudisClPX1ZU-uZ95LuWKY7QD00QJAJL80BgvZx8/s1600/DSCF6022.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZI4cGyqofufLwNwqXK1PuLPVzWibN_3im3HOpBeW1iP-Ob_4xF1e4aZqCI6gElkQN5UlzFPZKHXe5bOz__tO-ZowO53VkPjdx5uWudisClPX1ZU-uZ95LuWKY7QD00QJAJL80BgvZx8/s320/DSCF6022.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635744840586673410" /></a><br />This year, I decided to make colour stations with the paint, as the colours were restricted. The desks are normally in little groups so on each "pod" I put a colour, (eg: blue) and some paint-brushes. All of the chairs were stacked and the kids had their drawings in hand. The RULE was that the paint-brushes STAY with the paint. While I had a few kids standing around waiting, or not sure where to go, for the most part, everyone got on with it, and I think there was only one accident where someone bumped into another person and their painting landed face down on the floor! I will FOR SURE do this again, as I found that there was less wasted paint and the kids got to move around and interact with more peers, not just those who they sit beside the whole rest of the day. It's also especially nice for the kids who sit beside those who have trouble sharing!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTf8ypuYb4-Z_0TNLkQti7dkbDIWTIcmgXvO35Oi2HQluIbPbwNxKBPlaOnpjrr9wVxkDC6GlzHFdKapLThcovxJajo8zt5JbRBS12JncFLFuImcZ48rpH47_U28xhTBR_1bbynaPN8Gw/s1600/DSCF6023.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTf8ypuYb4-Z_0TNLkQti7dkbDIWTIcmgXvO35Oi2HQluIbPbwNxKBPlaOnpjrr9wVxkDC6GlzHFdKapLThcovxJajo8zt5JbRBS12JncFLFuImcZ48rpH47_U28xhTBR_1bbynaPN8Gw/s320/DSCF6023.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635745240705656146" /></a><br />They all have such great personalities!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOePUzM7RhV3m52-IVOizZcnghKqfqPPQv0-6WnOKjpArN5z08QIB3awnaB5_qmxkxAUrO2BJiB8BAfEoVD6QIDWUrHsYRhQEgjriahx27v1c3cGsjcl6Ua91uap2ssxBQNlRYn6d5jVs/s1600/DSCF6024.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOePUzM7RhV3m52-IVOizZcnghKqfqPPQv0-6WnOKjpArN5z08QIB3awnaB5_qmxkxAUrO2BJiB8BAfEoVD6QIDWUrHsYRhQEgjriahx27v1c3cGsjcl6Ua91uap2ssxBQNlRYn6d5jVs/s320/DSCF6024.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635745630452550658" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-26477851579163684482011-07-31T21:24:00.000-07:002011-07-31T21:43:38.934-07:00Two EASY Butterfly ProjectsThis first one is SO simple! It was a total "duh" moment!<br />I had seen some butterfly templates in a teacher book that I think were supposed to be made into finger puppets and had photocopied them for my butterfly file. Fast forward to our town's Easter Eggstravaganza and one of the crafts to make was a mobile using different coloured transparencies (pre-cut to be butterfly shaped, hole-punched top and bottom). The kids decorated them with stickers and moms and dads helped assemble them using paper clips, unfolded to be s-shaped. The kids could then add ribbons and beads to embellish their mobile.<br />Somehow mother's day snuck up on me and I realised that I needed a fast project to do with a challenging class, this was perfect! <br />At recess I photocopied the templates onto transparencies and then the kids really got into using the coloured sharpies to pretty them up!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhDs2_CxCYV2uU_JjFa_DDm3W4qrx86pk9gtBFVinxo3yQntr6yxqv_aEGlo8ZgaZ3SGeiTTHAN47lcaJnPcDpqShi7ubVxXj42vTaVm3qnTL2Neh2n4iJ23nUjEGFShlIlQ-e-iE7Tc/s1600/DSCF5987.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhDs2_CxCYV2uU_JjFa_DDm3W4qrx86pk9gtBFVinxo3yQntr6yxqv_aEGlo8ZgaZ3SGeiTTHAN47lcaJnPcDpqShi7ubVxXj42vTaVm3qnTL2Neh2n4iJ23nUjEGFShlIlQ-e-iE7Tc/s320/DSCF5987.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635739225609802370" /></a><br />The immersion class also wrote on the band part of the template the words: Je t'aime/maman/avec/l'amour/{nom} or Bonne/fete/des/mamans!/de {nom}<br />Then during an assembly (sh!) I opened up all of the paperclips and afterwards the kids assembled them, following my sample (one on the top, leading to two, each leading to one). Then, like at the craft table, they got to pretty-it-up some more with ribbon and beads.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggU9dkph05CYf1bWd5g-ESwi5KKQGf7PG77Xsyx9N35hQEsukykmWTq9Lh3hQcioMVrG0Y6pNyPQCmWSwGhHrNo3hyphenhyphenDUP6TFlSuF7raOjPVrmNIMAxMSN6DYHAX0d5XARNMsEoMPcLnqU/s1600/DSCF5985.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggU9dkph05CYf1bWd5g-ESwi5KKQGf7PG77Xsyx9N35hQEsukykmWTq9Lh3hQcioMVrG0Y6pNyPQCmWSwGhHrNo3hyphenhyphenDUP6TFlSuF7raOjPVrmNIMAxMSN6DYHAX0d5XARNMsEoMPcLnqU/s320/DSCF5985.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635741182708123858" /></a><br /><br />The second butterfly project is a simple homage to Eric Carle.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqthAIFzNPm8xm43NBrrps03WuekPCmyW673rz1CyFYZpuVC9pXhoLqjAbqXIqEW2rCrfGpIEj-HL_a5gnboIaTYc9K17F0eNOFj21nELfELbYvOSZM1SUG_qe7TCpkpgvvWFVAKuyyK4/s1600/DSCF6017.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqthAIFzNPm8xm43NBrrps03WuekPCmyW673rz1CyFYZpuVC9pXhoLqjAbqXIqEW2rCrfGpIEj-HL_a5gnboIaTYc9K17F0eNOFj21nELfELbYvOSZM1SUG_qe7TCpkpgvvWFVAKuyyK4/s320/DSCF6017.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635742329781113058" /></a><br />Thanks mom for doing my bulletin board!!! I think your talents are being wasted as a professor in Engineering!<br />The children made their own painted paper using pretty much every colour of paint I had and then using different textured scrapers to move the paint, creating further detail. After the paint dried, the kids used different wing templates to come up with a butterfly they liked. (This was harder than I thought, many kids remembered the trick of cutting two, or four at a time, but then were disappointed when the painted side was down on half of their butterfly!<br />They were asked to embellish their butterfly by make stripes or spots or some kind of design using more paper, trading with their neighbours to find the perfect colour or pattern that they wanted to add.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-3Ye4OQSNPYDHpUbh7RMwDsc5cIVd4XaU9aZken8lUcVunai8KaeDbR6O_EeQ5zKuwlqEqpK9HvYO9MXEqQGtOXoCGGF475JT8f5oegaeCXTh01SNEK_MU4aMNss1Vsl43Z11P0f-Rmc/s1600/DSCF6018.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-3Ye4OQSNPYDHpUbh7RMwDsc5cIVd4XaU9aZken8lUcVunai8KaeDbR6O_EeQ5zKuwlqEqpK9HvYO9MXEqQGtOXoCGGF475JT8f5oegaeCXTh01SNEK_MU4aMNss1Vsl43Z11P0f-Rmc/s320/DSCF6018.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635742911615171154" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-56481969896817829502011-07-31T21:12:00.000-07:002011-07-31T21:23:46.787-07:00Textured BunnyI've been collecting bits of textured STUFF for a while now, waiting for a project to use it all. When I saw the "how to draw a bunny" post from {someone who I follow} I thought it would be the perfect time!<br />As you can see below, we used bubble wrap, corrugated cardboard and textured wall-paper for this project; as well as 2 pieces of white cardstock, water-colour (puck) paints, wax crayons and black sharpies.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXxVwyCMK6Y-lnIjLuTS8rbJWeOhWAK5LnpWRHfpiEpi4zyOUjnAy1STpuBLiX_g2pw6CJYL732okG5Nh5yI1YoBHetoK_vpaKfN58gfXxJHCwE7tdd3bEdqMvVoDiK5ZV9U7rad17VQ/s1600/DSCF5951.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXxVwyCMK6Y-lnIjLuTS8rbJWeOhWAK5LnpWRHfpiEpi4zyOUjnAy1STpuBLiX_g2pw6CJYL732okG5Nh5yI1YoBHetoK_vpaKfN58gfXxJHCwE7tdd3bEdqMvVoDiK5ZV9U7rad17VQ/s320/DSCF5951.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635736095611922482" /></a><br />We did this in two stages. We started by doing a directed drawing of the bunny, as shown here:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwFA4QvQk0D1IX5Quzbj9O4T7TmuHh9Xjfz2SiwdaZNxtnZ7JkaqpUX_uaxd9-tOKK-DPj__3OOHtriYeVwLgisYlUWS_wVDCksOuDOIlEqlHC0_7WbDt_uF6zl-p8klcg0RjJu6Dcxo/s1600/DSCF5953.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwFA4QvQk0D1IX5Quzbj9O4T7TmuHh9Xjfz2SiwdaZNxtnZ7JkaqpUX_uaxd9-tOKK-DPj__3OOHtriYeVwLgisYlUWS_wVDCksOuDOIlEqlHC0_7WbDt_uF6zl-p8klcg0RjJu6Dcxo/s320/DSCF5953.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635737025893934082" /></a><br />Next we took a second piece of paper and we used wax crayon to make the clouds and do rubbings for the grass (corrugated cardboard) and the basket (the wall-paper).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzaU9qAdjZzAsR1QZPKOtRf9oLIbCOSb5U6F3jTAHO-nay-ZiO1Lh-oL3TaZH4Si00RmSIwMCrtVhnfKlz5jRiVd-76EQ6SYZJWQx4QKVSsFtqeKPYBpX1OOpLaEtu_Km2oedHWEOXRFU/s1600/DSCF5954.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzaU9qAdjZzAsR1QZPKOtRf9oLIbCOSb5U6F3jTAHO-nay-ZiO1Lh-oL3TaZH4Si00RmSIwMCrtVhnfKlz5jRiVd-76EQ6SYZJWQx4QKVSsFtqeKPYBpX1OOpLaEtu_Km2oedHWEOXRFU/s320/DSCF5954.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635737540361351746" /></a><br />Then we painted the bunny (they could choose from yellow, white, brown or pink - or a combo!), and also painted the sky blue.<br />The next day when everything was dry, we cut out our bunnies and glued them to the backdrop. Hippity-hop!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3DtC5lEaKEIw9pctSFsDOhVbxhsoQpurhV7dD1ReQrsFNEUlLbj6ZjaVhh7PpaZK5s2bwxLK9S5tsJxtSoNqGeEQ1lmIJ0fH0BuLLnl7EUqugIsXj1IZ0cmGLvMtStKu4GNNbnRatqk/s1600/DSCF5950.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3DtC5lEaKEIw9pctSFsDOhVbxhsoQpurhV7dD1ReQrsFNEUlLbj6ZjaVhh7PpaZK5s2bwxLK9S5tsJxtSoNqGeEQ1lmIJ0fH0BuLLnl7EUqugIsXj1IZ0cmGLvMtStKu4GNNbnRatqk/s320/DSCF5950.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635738017184025202" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-78345668769190799372011-04-06T15:58:00.000-07:002011-04-06T16:08:34.653-07:00Protect our Oceans!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXYQu_-P5p0s17Zy5ZDY9UrcSmwNe6Xdr1M7HXOKciKbWToJPZV-tjg7NYlblkJ_-E6GqXhsRHLuosoRBlZQB01nuBZMcXjtSRyXz52uGdMJlSxcDmDiP102XEZvULWJWmkAjOnbEgUSg/s1600/DSCF5922.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXYQu_-P5p0s17Zy5ZDY9UrcSmwNe6Xdr1M7HXOKciKbWToJPZV-tjg7NYlblkJ_-E6GqXhsRHLuosoRBlZQB01nuBZMcXjtSRyXz52uGdMJlSxcDmDiP102XEZvULWJWmkAjOnbEgUSg/s320/DSCF5922.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592609949648650914" /></a><br />Sigh. I've been anticipating this lesson with mixed emotions. I've been talking to the class about the environmental disaster that has become our oceans and how fish and other wildlife are affected by human behaviour. <br />Prime example: <br />"A dead gray whale washed ashore on West Seattle's Arroyo Beach last week. In itself, that is not an inherently unusual occurrence: five to ten gray whales die annually in Puget Sound waters, unable to complete the lengthy migration from the lagoons of Baja California, where they breed, to their summer feeding waters north of Alaska. Indeed, that whale was the fourth discovered in the region in a little over a week.<br /><br />What was especially interesting about this particular whale, however, was its stomach contents. According to a postmortem examination by Cascadia Research:<br /><br /> The animal had more than 50 gallons of largely undigested stomach contents consisting mostly of algae but also a surprising amount of human debris including more than 20 plastic bags, small towels, surgical gloves, sweat pants, plastic pieces, duct tape, and a golf ball." <a href="http://news.discovery.com/earth/of-plastics-and-whales-and-other-marine-life.html">(full article here)</a><br /><br />In browsing some of the eco-friendly lesson plans in the dungeon at the school, I found a cool image of a sort of collage, depicting a fish eating garbage. PERFECT! I thought - high interest, relevant, socially-conscious art, that fits with my theme and will be displayed for Earth Day! And thus I began...<br /><br />I started by making some oily water with the kids, using my favourite shaving-cream marbling technique on finger-paint paper. This they cut out to make the waves.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw8tSisqC8v6si6_oA7hv1wx_gl5zifLUav0r3TnAXwTrTR8LWddWVzdBcYZafaaxCplzCCLtSFUML9tuDuB4DV2Bg9yW1NZ_TKHpwtTa9w6GNh3lrRk4WO6UqBV10eWqX_v08mLAKJn4/s1600/DSCF5916.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw8tSisqC8v6si6_oA7hv1wx_gl5zifLUav0r3TnAXwTrTR8LWddWVzdBcYZafaaxCplzCCLtSFUML9tuDuB4DV2Bg9yW1NZ_TKHpwtTa9w6GNh3lrRk4WO6UqBV10eWqX_v08mLAKJn4/s320/DSCF5916.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592610641253368994" /></a><br /><br />Then they painted fish *with open mouths!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheY0JBPpkTOomsRLZjWKHxhncOvZQKs0Suy-XCua34qZo5yxlsgidkZ3UQpnySVWe8pu24C0ejN34ykOStQcTPPO1Ji-eZGxCEK1wpmR4FOKxItGlg_cs5dx1w6FYQDn4d5tXsKnChpjQ/s1600/DSCF5915.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheY0JBPpkTOomsRLZjWKHxhncOvZQKs0Suy-XCua34qZo5yxlsgidkZ3UQpnySVWe8pu24C0ejN34ykOStQcTPPO1Ji-eZGxCEK1wpmR4FOKxItGlg_cs5dx1w6FYQDn4d5tXsKnChpjQ/s320/DSCF5915.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592610763693564466" /></a><br /><br />Finally, they glued everything on, and did a great collage of words (I thought representing the rhetoric?! and then bits of "garbage"- I tried to get them to focus on plastics).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6x9t8cvJzpGIKAmNSgkpY6VmdbRSVOBq9X_UyaZViRF4f77rMiGz8lEnWKv_stNBVNMPO0kRYy9LFY_OWhOFIRzK2PdCTa_BPpJfwriRJN4MZ8fE4Xl3f9Sj221uDox5rHW-Dd91Qr0/s1600/DSCF5919.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6x9t8cvJzpGIKAmNSgkpY6VmdbRSVOBq9X_UyaZViRF4f77rMiGz8lEnWKv_stNBVNMPO0kRYy9LFY_OWhOFIRzK2PdCTa_BPpJfwriRJN4MZ8fE4Xl3f9Sj221uDox5rHW-Dd91Qr0/s320/DSCF5919.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592610964561805762" /></a><br /><br />Love how this worked, and how we used some recycled material to make it!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTmuZgFIE3Q8yCTVBy_WbgvWzTXClkp4I505eODrrlKWfKIhY75nHxaZn0u0Nz73JAqlBkGHGQ94oo159HypQMNI0Wa6uEmBPT7O9xMfBwJ8JGS88_estjU8I84s6MRuib09W2ZWIFzw/s1600/DSCF5921.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTmuZgFIE3Q8yCTVBy_WbgvWzTXClkp4I505eODrrlKWfKIhY75nHxaZn0u0Nz73JAqlBkGHGQ94oo159HypQMNI0Wa6uEmBPT7O9xMfBwJ8JGS88_estjU8I84s6MRuib09W2ZWIFzw/s320/DSCF5921.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592611085037084082" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-54422842489386506142011-04-06T15:48:00.000-07:002011-04-06T15:57:56.833-07:00La pluie de printemps... April Showers...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYHs7nf7s8fJATn3AoqSp6eUmXmQ3ibHQxc8wZds64blVi9k31VZWwFbWQKrHVucQCEbNGElaWYtR9t2fNMEUFdvbBSkxMPrEqCPajUbb0SibzK8l_sSEBvdcH1UvvdN1Kyj66fWhyzqw/s1600/DSCF5909.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYHs7nf7s8fJATn3AoqSp6eUmXmQ3ibHQxc8wZds64blVi9k31VZWwFbWQKrHVucQCEbNGElaWYtR9t2fNMEUFdvbBSkxMPrEqCPajUbb0SibzK8l_sSEBvdcH1UvvdN1Kyj66fWhyzqw/s320/DSCF5909.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592606895247563826" /></a><br />I have started a water unit with my class and we are looking at the water cycle, water creatures and water states.<br />Given that we live in the rainiest place EVER, I decided to brighten our days with some rainbows. Such an easy, classic project, I actually left it for my sub the other day, but the kids loved it, and I loved the different textures. <br />-I used 2- 9x12 paper, cut into an arc (these you glue back to back)<br />-the middle of the arc got glued on the end to support the cotton ball cloud<br />-on the other end, a piece of tinfoil was snipped at the end and the lengths curled around a pencil for the rain.<br />The rainbow:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazJTyH1p3VUn-JVJ9o7_P-UvcTstvNC76iLV_JlbYOV2vonLKHZaWiqDIuineiynE5Mr1xEVjSKt9VMALi3TRKpzNZZk9w3JaukOTiwir3RdlxOqFOs8TM_poBQGsLb0eJeThG8VU8CU/s1600/DSCF5911.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazJTyH1p3VUn-JVJ9o7_P-UvcTstvNC76iLV_JlbYOV2vonLKHZaWiqDIuineiynE5Mr1xEVjSKt9VMALi3TRKpzNZZk9w3JaukOTiwir3RdlxOqFOs8TM_poBQGsLb0eJeThG8VU8CU/s320/DSCF5911.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592607159104858210" /></a><br />This second piece was the activity to go with a little Science lesson on water permeability... what fabrics or materials repel water, which ones soak it in.. I found this cute jacket template (actually there were 2 to choose from) they coloured it front and back, then cut it out, and wrapped it in saran-wrap! easy, fun!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWxOe3sclqRmNEmSb3-zyW1pTUlYm4jOSRVkQZLMR3b4PLeXC_JtO7cwp1wOHBMEXQ0BvJVEa5v01LvAOw18jSDRucS5Byo1ywEwi6apTn0kZHN1LF4SK-S-IZiZK8o1kFs6Pt07IYa5E/s1600/DSCF5912.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWxOe3sclqRmNEmSb3-zyW1pTUlYm4jOSRVkQZLMR3b4PLeXC_JtO7cwp1wOHBMEXQ0BvJVEa5v01LvAOw18jSDRucS5Byo1ywEwi6apTn0kZHN1LF4SK-S-IZiZK8o1kFs6Pt07IYa5E/s320/DSCF5912.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592607513359259442" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-50442239882896370862011-04-06T15:33:00.000-07:002011-04-06T15:48:05.727-07:00Les Lucioles dans la Lumière de la Lune<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85ufmlqM7YdysT2mNfqAXIxC4xIAgJKGIc2UQm3Tgd4vMAbmZ5XODy6_B_5-MnWY27WZ-CYgGmTe-6IU-KsvNzMhalKb0qbAvujZ5BBdGijPRDzC7biiERZaIi9GcXIJWemKx4TzK_Fg/s1600/DSCF5781.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85ufmlqM7YdysT2mNfqAXIxC4xIAgJKGIc2UQm3Tgd4vMAbmZ5XODy6_B_5-MnWY27WZ-CYgGmTe-6IU-KsvNzMhalKb0qbAvujZ5BBdGijPRDzC7biiERZaIi9GcXIJWemKx4TzK_Fg/s320/DSCF5781.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592602998255438754" /></a><br />Moonlit Fireflies!<br />We also did the moonlit fireflies lesson, originally presented by <a href="http://marymaking.blogspot.com/2011/02/moonlit-fireflies.html">Marymaking</a>, then also done by <a href="http://elementaryartfun.blogspot.com/2011/03/fireflies-moonlit-landscape.html">smART Class</a><br />It tied in very nicely with our space and moon unit in March.<br />I was impressed at how dry-brushing poster paint onto black paper worked!<br />That was how we started, using cool colours (blue, purple and green). Then the kids painted a paper plate (the thin kind with the ribbed edge) with pearlescent paint. They had the choice to make a full moon, or a half (quarter, etc) moon. This was perfect tie in, as we've been tracking the moon's phases, and they knew that the moon was always round, just not always completely showing. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0dHdOzyOk-kRaH4pS6OjUvqPm8gkz-bQ5lqARAhc8S4FQG14yb0RJ1rXffWqS-rUiJbghSD3F6VBNXvB6BAsIXc3AYcnAhlmKcbx1rfS-FnZtwANqI-owzF1KiEE-1KRG_bmGpXs_54/s1600/DSCF5761.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0dHdOzyOk-kRaH4pS6OjUvqPm8gkz-bQ5lqARAhc8S4FQG14yb0RJ1rXffWqS-rUiJbghSD3F6VBNXvB6BAsIXc3AYcnAhlmKcbx1rfS-FnZtwANqI-owzF1KiEE-1KRG_bmGpXs_54/s320/DSCF5761.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592605997077884738" /></a><br />They made fireflies out of bits of cardboard, glued bits of gold pipecleaner for the "tail" and googly eyes! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92vb_7jpiJGlSbI4ZyQhT7djHUe6bcnkGgG_nm4gj_nzS43VTDBWxsKUupvSFK11zQJvPbtbcvllX91hCz-1qPtFCI5dWFmi12QTQ45CJSqmQadTcjhpJEdckUuSGLPYyYc9ggZ5upzM/s1600/DSCF5759.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92vb_7jpiJGlSbI4ZyQhT7djHUe6bcnkGgG_nm4gj_nzS43VTDBWxsKUupvSFK11zQJvPbtbcvllX91hCz-1qPtFCI5dWFmi12QTQ45CJSqmQadTcjhpJEdckUuSGLPYyYc9ggZ5upzM/s320/DSCF5759.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592605881666106818" /></a><br />We used silver paint to dot on stars and finished the piece by highlighting the edge of the moon with yellow pastel and drew treetops with green and brown pastels.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizmkeZfSwnLHG-wQ4en5a8nnoDRyT1pr9Gz6NZTSm5Uw9-LJ-koqS1XJ8tXBAhQzpFFF3GQsKUwe6-RBoChaLhgpYf8oGVAkzMEKuNycwem6Aai5a0W4Qe2RT1chh_RFtpdOm3q7P7l_4/s1600/DSCF5774.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizmkeZfSwnLHG-wQ4en5a8nnoDRyT1pr9Gz6NZTSm5Uw9-LJ-koqS1XJ8tXBAhQzpFFF3GQsKUwe6-RBoChaLhgpYf8oGVAkzMEKuNycwem6Aai5a0W4Qe2RT1chh_RFtpdOm3q7P7l_4/s320/DSCF5774.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592603170658811186" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-22278448144582998042011-03-10T13:33:00.000-08:002011-04-06T15:46:12.687-07:00It's a Jungle out there!With my English Art class, I am very crunched for time, and the attention span of some of them is quite short. It's been difficult for me to come up with meaningful projects that are do-able! I've found 2 projects in <span style="font-style:italic;">Mes premiers pas d'artiste</span> (Heritage jeunesse), which I think I got through scholastic. <br />The first one I did was Birds of Paridise.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7s2WOCP93Y9g2yw2_IOPAl8xaa6bOH9yeat35sPUHYm5bXfW70hBKR3wCJ1lWsg-zPo7ulFyqQFVR9z2KToE0-pN3K09cP4KTpqu9Uein79UPg1wM2aApeHOn2wox8KLYpDfyFINH0UY/s1600/DSCF5707.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7s2WOCP93Y9g2yw2_IOPAl8xaa6bOH9yeat35sPUHYm5bXfW70hBKR3wCJ1lWsg-zPo7ulFyqQFVR9z2KToE0-pN3K09cP4KTpqu9Uein79UPg1wM2aApeHOn2wox8KLYpDfyFINH0UY/s320/DSCF5707.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582568540448451234" /></a><br />The kids chose 1 colour to paint their hand, printing it twice for the wings. They continued with the same colour and painted the head, body and tail. While the other kids were waiting for the paint station, they worked on making hibiscus flowers and palm fronds to decorate the display. After it was dry, on day 2(!), kids used pastels to draw patterns and designs on their birds. The BEST part was getting to use real feathers to add texture and interest to their birds. The kids were quite happy with how they turned out.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtqpm-WCTYfwBUgaLDMZt9jm1rAMqGOKLOE-MTNEJZFmvpaJeFN1Z4RPN04k96czVg3MejtTjIklyBa_HSw3VET5dUTgxrWorfM0YDpHnTwDfuM9LC_w4_KGy4L05iFZHBvUoaWX3Eeo/s1600/DSCF5706.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtqpm-WCTYfwBUgaLDMZt9jm1rAMqGOKLOE-MTNEJZFmvpaJeFN1Z4RPN04k96czVg3MejtTjIklyBa_HSw3VET5dUTgxrWorfM0YDpHnTwDfuM9LC_w4_KGy4L05iFZHBvUoaWX3Eeo/s320/DSCF5706.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582569325003263554" /></a><br />The second project in the jungle theme were VERY simple giraffes and zebras. I stole these from a birthday party my children were at. Kids from 2-5 were making them, so I figured they were do-able in less-than 20 minutes with 7 and 8 year olds! My fabulous birthday-party-planning-queen friend had a station at the party with everything pre-cut and ready to go. Bless her, she was more than happy that I took all of the leftovers! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7ypnMQzPKelO0zo68idkjFMJdHeGJecf5icnIdBdArQ2wCLEd_pxma96WYIJw8RUUjOIfhW6SEBuVucDHFguq6Ti3FR6NCxaAsoMVTXpHXDBj0K-OEzxaUHWO_d6zuK808Q0FbeXfsc/s1600/DSCF5693.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7ypnMQzPKelO0zo68idkjFMJdHeGJecf5icnIdBdArQ2wCLEd_pxma96WYIJw8RUUjOIfhW6SEBuVucDHFguq6Ti3FR6NCxaAsoMVTXpHXDBj0K-OEzxaUHWO_d6zuK808Q0FbeXfsc/s320/DSCF5693.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582569874804173490" /></a><br />For the head shape, she traced her kids' shoes (they are small!), then she found some fabulous fringe to use as the hair. The kids painted the stripes and spots, and glued on googly-eyes.. who can resist googly eyes?!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeBiG3P-O2v5bPJI4IvTg3ZXAjURZi3LOqn24bz6tRYVvrWGn5my9_NDOE-wSlZFqjaaZpsa5a8CpC1C4VdZoHzkmRY2nGXAldc8CudmnBz38z6zIH5pd0ArYZSwUVs9txmXZrAbUApH8/s1600/DSCF5704.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeBiG3P-O2v5bPJI4IvTg3ZXAjURZi3LOqn24bz6tRYVvrWGn5my9_NDOE-wSlZFqjaaZpsa5a8CpC1C4VdZoHzkmRY2nGXAldc8CudmnBz38z6zIH5pd0ArYZSwUVs9txmXZrAbUApH8/s320/DSCF5704.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582570717194873250" /></a><br />This week's jungle-themed project involves hippos! Last year I was looking at apple separators (like what they use to layer apples in a box) and thought it looked like rippling water. I did a fun project where the kids coloured hippo templates and cut them so they looked submerged in water, then added water-lilies. Cute, sure, (sorry, no pics!) But this year, I'm combining this idea with the other idea in the aforementioned book, and we are making standing hippos in the "river".<br />We started with a template of a hippo, very basic, on one half of a piece of cardstock. The children folded the paper, then cut it out to have a standing beast. <br />Next, we took tissue paper (various colours) and cut them into shapes and glued them with liquid glue onto the hippos.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozlYzyzUM7b0A2_92C-26_PyD12E7-s3JsRECr7Ry6yYU4Pnv7jR8icBUSGEcOJtwFSwzR9qj5V9htY_5bdblx4QfUrhD_0wLfMqtjkx3pdcvakCB2YpvZHSHlPMTAOmx9VgkqG_vsow/s1600/DSCF5776.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozlYzyzUM7b0A2_92C-26_PyD12E7-s3JsRECr7Ry6yYU4Pnv7jR8icBUSGEcOJtwFSwzR9qj5V9htY_5bdblx4QfUrhD_0wLfMqtjkx3pdcvakCB2YpvZHSHlPMTAOmx9VgkqG_vsow/s320/DSCF5776.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592605516726021090" /></a><br />The hippos were placed on the river and secured with large puddles of glue... this was the trickiest part to figure out, if anyone has suggestions for improvement, please share!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-81994771723536642202011-03-10T11:32:00.000-08:002011-03-10T11:59:11.232-08:00La Nuit Étoilée- Van Gogh<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3dk_oXE4HOeKpV0ToMYLvYVKnfeF2TMSuvh-IfpN0H7i5TET4Nd6VGXasnxg1BKlFlVGdrqdme0fPTh5Ynb_dqVaCF8FXC-MDL5Vdzqen0gKLbWKN507uJD2ZOIUhReFcmK_4XuHwQQ/s1600/DSCF5710.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3dk_oXE4HOeKpV0ToMYLvYVKnfeF2TMSuvh-IfpN0H7i5TET4Nd6VGXasnxg1BKlFlVGdrqdme0fPTh5Ynb_dqVaCF8FXC-MDL5Vdzqen0gKLbWKN507uJD2ZOIUhReFcmK_4XuHwQQ/s320/DSCF5710.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582539969750136882" /></a><br />inspiration:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fEdna0QhAVco-SXLI-XhEORFgI2oJV3oY4Ma6arVbOk85NpHMzbD0kFnf0DtRHl6U0Ch5p-V6qhjv3C6ef3JoVOyFnf6fia_1wHTFK4mhxJkYYV05urDKdr0FEVPxWShYks8zdfT8wE/s1600/DSCF5709.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fEdna0QhAVco-SXLI-XhEORFgI2oJV3oY4Ma6arVbOk85NpHMzbD0kFnf0DtRHl6U0Ch5p-V6qhjv3C6ef3JoVOyFnf6fia_1wHTFK4mhxJkYYV05urDKdr0FEVPxWShYks8zdfT8wE/s320/DSCF5709.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582538755236236034" /></a><br />My new cricut! hee hee!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGW1WNZQfxueY0DETvlmRVdbHvzmcSRuoXLRKSxgl54FTDMKbKtrqZqFVxKF4OMe-9r78HBgZhXp07cPihx4y4oYgqPTD0GZo3bErklhR391rrUinmsE5wofZvB3QGDELRYVchitSSOg/s1600/DSCF5708.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGW1WNZQfxueY0DETvlmRVdbHvzmcSRuoXLRKSxgl54FTDMKbKtrqZqFVxKF4OMe-9r78HBgZhXp07cPihx4y4oYgqPTD0GZo3bErklhR391rrUinmsE5wofZvB3QGDELRYVchitSSOg/s320/DSCF5708.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582538305328081298" /></a><br />This is another project I did last year, borrowed from <a href="http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2008/01/starry-city-night.html">Art Projects for Kids</a>. I actually did 3 versions of this one last year, with grades 1, 2 and 4, but this year's batch turned out the best, so far! <br />I started by giving each child a blue piece and a black half the size of construction paper. They had to use a ruler (tricky!) to draw a cityscape. The hardest part was cutting this out without cutting buildings off.. the goal was to have ONE piece of black to glue!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsygxU75dkiS7aC7wjoCvaPhrXS5ZSn2X96qxcsFpr5pS3mNNvOALJcK_6NFkDYhjNGeO5pSeDvoDzRrhTBA09q1jbXyvveh15KSWlimIksvG-IplLcx81n0_SyRd7iO_ASKsNppcGZ8/s1600/DSCF5695.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsygxU75dkiS7aC7wjoCvaPhrXS5ZSn2X96qxcsFpr5pS3mNNvOALJcK_6NFkDYhjNGeO5pSeDvoDzRrhTBA09q1jbXyvveh15KSWlimIksvG-IplLcx81n0_SyRd7iO_ASKsNppcGZ8/s320/DSCF5695.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582537775764389378" /></a><br />Before we glued, however, we used blues and yellows to create the stars, moon, and the movement of the sky. We talked about how the planet moves and the moon moves around the Earth. I love the "movement" on this one! This little gal moves a lot in class too!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGn4T-G4-OnOK6nTQ8kvpfFqBbTL_8SQwkgPmhn8ihX7wdrI2sJ2HIB5n8kEuI1ZjO2bW7lOE3qZh5uO92PXMzPjX2z_aMJLEwxYAMqFYKmNFPJ8ZPZnqzcym2O1unNmmyHR-RTwZiyYE/s1600/DSCF5702.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGn4T-G4-OnOK6nTQ8kvpfFqBbTL_8SQwkgPmhn8ihX7wdrI2sJ2HIB5n8kEuI1ZjO2bW7lOE3qZh5uO92PXMzPjX2z_aMJLEwxYAMqFYKmNFPJ8ZPZnqzcym2O1unNmmyHR-RTwZiyYE/s320/DSCF5702.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582539014586664882" /></a><br />I love it when I connect Fine Art with Science and French.. a 3-for-1 deal in this lesson!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7eAEHotk8QuLCcp0rSdeuTgYZqCOYsvMaNR0NaESzOTJdsDoolrAwjA-pNJAa9kSVsliPMlkVavsItvS2e0gOMkCIFDi9MmhCHH16EjvYvPBTf5KVRNQI6PTtlrFpJBiFhC47LJBzz4/s1600/DSCF5699.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7eAEHotk8QuLCcp0rSdeuTgYZqCOYsvMaNR0NaESzOTJdsDoolrAwjA-pNJAa9kSVsliPMlkVavsItvS2e0gOMkCIFDi9MmhCHH16EjvYvPBTf5KVRNQI6PTtlrFpJBiFhC47LJBzz4/s320/DSCF5699.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582539690553366770" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-70064321079777996572011-03-10T10:28:00.000-08:002011-03-10T12:00:06.798-08:00Un Voyage dans l'Espace<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFbIjHOQ4dq6ZUpcClYouRwmp5Ij3vWBks3LsCTdlbB9RZcPAJih_3CI2j4h-QzVq0jhpvIIb1h-nnhK9IW2Y-0qIcZ8eqODt-seaJKY-bojDCFW_30RVJCgUDfYkOicI2sDei_wG-qA/s1600/DSCF5685.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFbIjHOQ4dq6ZUpcClYouRwmp5Ij3vWBks3LsCTdlbB9RZcPAJih_3CI2j4h-QzVq0jhpvIIb1h-nnhK9IW2Y-0qIcZ8eqODt-seaJKY-bojDCFW_30RVJCgUDfYkOicI2sDei_wG-qA/s320/DSCF5685.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582521206517211234" /></a><br />- our new unit in French is about Space! I have been getting excited for this month as I have 3 bang-up projects to do with the kids.<br />The first one is the titular "<a href="http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/">Deep Space Sparkle</a>" project from Patty's fabulous blog that I found last year. I can't quite find it now with her new formatting, but basically I meshed her ideas with the inspiration painting: Kandinsky's Several Circles No. 323 (Cercles divers No. 323): <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFYu7YpBfTWcUpK6YFKZDe3VM_zcRkvjiZj51X6eFzsLY8AQp3kCaZBUvvwpxB6oGfvwkqbjxyWecoPgpEdsh9Aa_0QB_O4o67-PLYZV08hRHPfZ8Aow-KiWhDbnxW74eLI0TsgcwcVE/s1600/DSCF5691.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFYu7YpBfTWcUpK6YFKZDe3VM_zcRkvjiZj51X6eFzsLY8AQp3kCaZBUvvwpxB6oGfvwkqbjxyWecoPgpEdsh9Aa_0QB_O4o67-PLYZV08hRHPfZ8Aow-KiWhDbnxW74eLI0TsgcwcVE/s320/DSCF5691.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582521087407928386" /></a><br />Students started by tracing an odd number of circles in various sizes. They then colour them in with oil pastels.<br />Paint around them with two coats of black poster paint.<br />Meanwhile, the students made rocket ships using white glue and bits of boxes that they pieced together. These they painted with either cool or warm colours.<br />After the black paint was dried, the rockets were glued to the "space" background and I added some *sparkles* - I liked how sometimes the glue trailed a little creating a sort of meteor effect.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhve9msesZfhhpkDHKZggeozAVgiQuZaAcFl8Xddv1KkVkzK7UxEEQxvRj7-xI-c-8KFDRvLyFzPd9jCrf2-BDoXoZ7W6QZJl2FK8ro8GVzX0Q8Dqxs22Z0ccdZYx5vEk3Cy2rps9R00Es/s1600/DSCF5687.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhve9msesZfhhpkDHKZggeozAVgiQuZaAcFl8Xddv1KkVkzK7UxEEQxvRj7-xI-c-8KFDRvLyFzPd9jCrf2-BDoXoZ7W6QZJl2FK8ro8GVzX0Q8Dqxs22Z0ccdZYx5vEk3Cy2rps9R00Es/s320/DSCF5687.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582521620162356674" /></a><br />This is the second year in a row that I've done these and every one turns out amazing! It was the class's idea to mount them all together so that it looks like a universe, and I really appreciate that idea and the effect it produces!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhusEccw2gQ43wSUeOgqtaXgcJHvMaDFyPer1-n4yTVz_oPmjFXj8k5aTrz_5bRffvQEP8AcBbRkp6Kt1JFL5cg78UdmLFGZgl8OU9N4-UyMbyL2b-JElAdNkT7W2qEf1ileOicf01Aaek/s1600/DSCF5689.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhusEccw2gQ43wSUeOgqtaXgcJHvMaDFyPer1-n4yTVz_oPmjFXj8k5aTrz_5bRffvQEP8AcBbRkp6Kt1JFL5cg78UdmLFGZgl8OU9N4-UyMbyL2b-JElAdNkT7W2qEf1ileOicf01Aaek/s320/DSCF5689.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582521338080696354" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-15653858655298337562011-02-23T17:21:00.000-08:002011-02-23T17:24:33.824-08:00PSYKO!!!!Quick note: here's an AMAZING site: <a href="http://www.psykopaint.com/painter.html">psykopaint</a> I have had so much fun creating away! You have to check it out yourselves!! Here's the one I spent until midnight last night working on!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0Dr0AEbIQ5lth5bsEALP9sUJ07y6Z9hVapeI5s0D0Dtete7rJRw3Iwbj0Y2_Djs54qU67_vXFmNI50StBSgmuGtpKwHYl8_jzK7zhSndGVjjsksBLzl-RQyISX9yvnqfOVCqdFTKCps/s1600/DSCF5609Psykopainted.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0Dr0AEbIQ5lth5bsEALP9sUJ07y6Z9hVapeI5s0D0Dtete7rJRw3Iwbj0Y2_Djs54qU67_vXFmNI50StBSgmuGtpKwHYl8_jzK7zhSndGVjjsksBLzl-RQyISX9yvnqfOVCqdFTKCps/s320/DSCF5609Psykopainted.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576731569757758322" /></a><br /><br />Also, I think most Art teachers have found this one.. <a href="http://www.googleartproject.com/">The Google Art Project</a> but it's always good to put it here, so that I can remind myself of it!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-80860077086167313362011-02-22T20:03:00.000-08:002011-02-23T17:19:22.166-08:00Pink Day.. anti-bullying and .. FLAMINGOs!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWjxrCsMyg5m98K-OhTp-mvQ4MUgzVZspLn3dXdu5FBp7OvbUfa_6wHaFLfO2kTzw0blSN2fEH8PHjhbu3Z1SatYfGo5UKKJrx8-nMOGcaicMXUEtMcOXQWS2zhpxgfWa-17m45rGGwY/s1600/DSCF5655.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWjxrCsMyg5m98K-OhTp-mvQ4MUgzVZspLn3dXdu5FBp7OvbUfa_6wHaFLfO2kTzw0blSN2fEH8PHjhbu3Z1SatYfGo5UKKJrx8-nMOGcaicMXUEtMcOXQWS2zhpxgfWa-17m45rGGwY/s320/DSCF5655.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577057074063614546" /></a><br />Tomorrow is Pink Day at our school, and indeed the district. It's when we all where pink shirts with anti-bullying messages to remember a boy who was bullied for wearing a pink-shirt.. Here's MY boy wearing HIS (ok, well, my old) pink shirt.. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtu0rhV2lFUqpJeS9JXBWcsFUXi5QY2_bHdZL2zu6L85kis-ItaIZYEjRUxYZ5w5NuYBiuFgCL837GRmJVTUpNCAJhh6pJYGx5pQIW8-J_89Hu-eAlbZjSyFjfqP7MTGsgo_2SFeMwrEw/s1600/DSCF5665.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtu0rhV2lFUqpJeS9JXBWcsFUXi5QY2_bHdZL2zu6L85kis-ItaIZYEjRUxYZ5w5NuYBiuFgCL837GRmJVTUpNCAJhh6pJYGx5pQIW8-J_89Hu-eAlbZjSyFjfqP7MTGsgo_2SFeMwrEw/s320/DSCF5665.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577056481742135378" /></a><br />I thought with all this pink going on, it's the perfect time to implement the lesson I've had in the works for a couple of weeks.<br />Every gym period, for the past month, I've looked at this big wooden flamingo that's sitting on the top of a bunch of lockers on the stage of the small gym. Random? Yes! It's been the inspiration for this project, that and some lovely beverage napkins!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDHiyCBXcqQAPW8VwnZfkfJ7bWdHVFsQ3YWsF7chhQma6OV6daEbKQtcaWj9b1EceCyHAPmuJGzCLTmdhBHR5zEBkncKliFr4oMQVpTMqz3LoW9HXsXP0_r68TPpdvw_duvDzoElbjOM/s1600/AP501236.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDHiyCBXcqQAPW8VwnZfkfJ7bWdHVFsQ3YWsF7chhQma6OV6daEbKQtcaWj9b1EceCyHAPmuJGzCLTmdhBHR5zEBkncKliFr4oMQVpTMqz3LoW9HXsXP0_r68TPpdvw_duvDzoElbjOM/s320/AP501236.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577057197962152418" /></a><br /><br />Yesterday, we did a drawing of our new feathered friend, using chalk on grey construction paper. We looked at this giant wooden beast (I think it used to be used as a planter? - and I'm sorry, I forgot to take a picture of it!) as well as pictures on google images. We then used pastels to colour it in. Most of the class used oil pastels, and some of the more gifted students used chalk-pastels. When students were finished, they worked on the palm tree fronds and tropical flowers that I used around the border. I really liked how this turned out.. it both gave students something relevant to do while they waited for others to finish, and I love how fabulous the display looks with the extra foliage (and foliage I did not have to make!) I'm going to do this again tomorrow with my other class, when we do birds of paradise.. I'm trying to beat the winter blues by imagining a tropical holiday!<br />I love how each flamingo has a unique personality:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTc3dKFlwkKD2VAp4TaDG2DOx5Dp9Qzcho5SZmf9pnhVCSFee3fDH7FdVTmJFsb6F6kh5N9Wmvha9HCtlKdy3gyv9Md4K7odalK0Nja2GEB_f2Vg15QrsZ5QY5xhIQ01dgtKZYTWel-o/s1600/DSCF5660.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTc3dKFlwkKD2VAp4TaDG2DOx5Dp9Qzcho5SZmf9pnhVCSFee3fDH7FdVTmJFsb6F6kh5N9Wmvha9HCtlKdy3gyv9Md4K7odalK0Nja2GEB_f2Vg15QrsZ5QY5xhIQ01dgtKZYTWel-o/s320/DSCF5660.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577057609268123506" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1BO_oZFD0CYbNIMKQHttGpKepg9r6tXH4QJg-JbDde2Mi2Kb1QyEP2IIOp9-JqPIlOHVKxdX6whlfR7dK5swHOM066hZGtnOVN4PtXjS9LbPhyYQzi4ciUlAeo-DI8OoFmLXC_mnyAg/s1600/DSCF5662.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1BO_oZFD0CYbNIMKQHttGpKepg9r6tXH4QJg-JbDde2Mi2Kb1QyEP2IIOp9-JqPIlOHVKxdX6whlfR7dK5swHOM066hZGtnOVN4PtXjS9LbPhyYQzi4ciUlAeo-DI8OoFmLXC_mnyAg/s320/DSCF5662.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577057983473885858" /></a><br />They really ARE fabulous!!!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMNhlvvpo1WL1a3cJOR66_mWz2wb9NcdXzdZVmVCzAAmc4Pp_5LJyUdIjlh-io7bct6e9984ALSyQuSjOBDFjMFTi8nBLLw5PsR47E7-C4IUBpQi_jnHW8VovuBpYU6ieSgX56q80e2B8/s1600/DSCF5658.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMNhlvvpo1WL1a3cJOR66_mWz2wb9NcdXzdZVmVCzAAmc4Pp_5LJyUdIjlh-io7bct6e9984ALSyQuSjOBDFjMFTi8nBLLw5PsR47E7-C4IUBpQi_jnHW8VovuBpYU6ieSgX56q80e2B8/s320/DSCF5658.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577059165588530978" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-33417385235838149592011-02-21T19:08:00.000-08:002011-02-21T19:22:36.100-08:00100-Day - Le 100e Jour d'Ecole<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpSqMLVtpsNUt0S_yGNkVnkqfbcPIG-dzZLuYZvYOxyhqkql7LbEsQaqLHtPSqbv88Z9-J9DYoaQ2o2g6ki5I-cU3D-fCM05V3MT5Izoy2Thj8jKDdUmHbEEELyeqbSw-Zr80ttmOCJY/s1600/DSCF5644.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpSqMLVtpsNUt0S_yGNkVnkqfbcPIG-dzZLuYZvYOxyhqkql7LbEsQaqLHtPSqbv88Z9-J9DYoaQ2o2g6ki5I-cU3D-fCM05V3MT5Izoy2Thj8jKDdUmHbEEELyeqbSw-Zr80ttmOCJY/s320/DSCF5644.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576346853251295586" /></a><br />In the February Scholastic book order I found TWO FRENCH books around the 100e jour d'ecole theme. I was excited about them and ordered them, and then when they arrived, I was estatic to find that they were both really good! People who teach in the regular program have no idea how hard it can be to get resources like this, especially ones that you find are good and language-level appropriate!! <a href="http://www.livresquebecois.com/livre.asp?id=isdisdisdbwypeab&/fetons-le-100e-jour-d-ecole!/mary-newell-depalma">One was a cute story book with tons of potential spin-off activities</a>, <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tQsBfGMhVj28uhXzggLKxzyIm3yKcrWj72UtXjCCuk4woxTF8-_GroqpWaO51DJ315k3fWaUgixxVYzMyVZAoD5qqYcWkEeKd4lsWw43bhyphenhyphenc2rvjKuZ5DPMx5kEioqjl_AbFU2oQHPA/s1600/1130540-gf.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tQsBfGMhVj28uhXzggLKxzyIm3yKcrWj72UtXjCCuk4woxTF8-_GroqpWaO51DJ315k3fWaUgixxVYzMyVZAoD5qqYcWkEeKd4lsWw43bhyphenhyphenc2rvjKuZ5DPMx5kEioqjl_AbFU2oQHPA/s320/1130540-gf.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576348984551999730" /></a> and the other was a book for teachers with activity suggestions "Le 100e jour d’école : Célébrons-le de 100 façons! " <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3QSnB4EE24q6ZlATBIujiLhljouUU19KRZt7LtPL79Tm2CZBFH1jxYS6BHsONjkV7l5k1KdUUzyWHPcxB_YZQvMpOhqHAeRKNB4m4hf6o-y8o7ptwfb2ak6AsP-z5PaeA4E-Crq2xUw/s1600/100-Jour.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3QSnB4EE24q6ZlATBIujiLhljouUU19KRZt7LtPL79Tm2CZBFH1jxYS6BHsONjkV7l5k1KdUUzyWHPcxB_YZQvMpOhqHAeRKNB4m4hf6o-y8o7ptwfb2ak6AsP-z5PaeA4E-Crq2xUw/s320/100-Jour.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576348721537401650" /></a>. One suggestion in the activity guide was to do a self-portrait of when you're 100 years old.<br />The kids and I had a BALL imagining ourselves. They did a great job following my instructions about proportion, and I even dared to talk about womanly curves! oh my! (well, it is a <span style="font-style:italic;">French</span> immersion class after all!) haha!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvj5WnOYxoDY47bKZlntq_yh68PLonB-uWn2XWHGZpyz0Khftw84DQuBEjlqdpxTIKYKVwyER0dsYYwhto-e7mXLFbHhdtBTlEo6V4LuHLwLK5UnrNtAJu2y8W6e8_3yd2I8z9tMEheU/s1600/DSCF5645.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvj5WnOYxoDY47bKZlntq_yh68PLonB-uWn2XWHGZpyz0Khftw84DQuBEjlqdpxTIKYKVwyER0dsYYwhto-e7mXLFbHhdtBTlEo6V4LuHLwLK5UnrNtAJu2y8W6e8_3yd2I8z9tMEheU/s320/DSCF5645.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576347955452548130" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrG3bWI6mp9jTsUm-e55_ZhLMXDeHNZrNq6fLLSREbiAymoAtc8BYHLfJ05cCY1u3xHq__y29O4_ZzWy0A1ntDussTqQKyjej1zsvvEmdQGV9sPxSpXdlvojYSH0Lf0wThqHmlPbavD1Y/s1600/DSCF5646.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrG3bWI6mp9jTsUm-e55_ZhLMXDeHNZrNq6fLLSREbiAymoAtc8BYHLfJ05cCY1u3xHq__y29O4_ZzWy0A1ntDussTqQKyjej1zsvvEmdQGV9sPxSpXdlvojYSH0Lf0wThqHmlPbavD1Y/s320/DSCF5646.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576348488477695234" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-14506187354120817122011-02-21T19:01:00.000-08:002011-02-21T19:08:52.927-08:00Grade-Wide Quilt<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-vQ4taJ-RVAb5BRpNMCXP9Gi1CLt_hvcEyaI2SEDp5es-hB_PdmqXcm8bOgbwI-1GpJCey97WE1jVI11awnBNvJ1ocamw3vOfr4D_2LyxIoRu5TGdpWf6xUouj5aINbeCQ3W0GsYnMcQ/s1600/DSCF5642.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-vQ4taJ-RVAb5BRpNMCXP9Gi1CLt_hvcEyaI2SEDp5es-hB_PdmqXcm8bOgbwI-1GpJCey97WE1jVI11awnBNvJ1ocamw3vOfr4D_2LyxIoRu5TGdpWf6xUouj5aINbeCQ3W0GsYnMcQ/s320/DSCF5642.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576344763866598482" /></a><br />I teach Art to most of the grade twos at my school. I have a sweet deal where the reg. program (English) gr 2 teacher takes my kids for PE while I teach his kids Art. I decided to do a project where every child in grade two was included, and a grade-wide quilt seemed like the perfect project. I was initially inspired to do some paper weaving after going to a Math workshop where teachers had to make a few manipulatives to use during the workshop. This huge box of lovely long colourful strips of paper destined for the recycling was located next to me. It was an opportunity I couldn't miss, so I asked to take them home, and proceeded to transport them by ferry and car back to Port Alberni!<br />After teaching the kids how to weave, I borrowed this silhouette idea from someone else recently (I'm sorry, I can't remember who!) We talked about symbols and shadows.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKdD-jkCAWLPC9D8BE1p1qMIuTNKwKYIjVOAwmkSJA5NVMIi1JCnFEDAY_-eadsv3-yXsKMM3cE11dj9xneBGPwOen4i8-7ogLBfFPKMETHMj0eRzbXTLMtD0h6OiiAerpAjGnZ6Zvp8/s1600/DSCF5643.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKdD-jkCAWLPC9D8BE1p1qMIuTNKwKYIjVOAwmkSJA5NVMIi1JCnFEDAY_-eadsv3-yXsKMM3cE11dj9xneBGPwOen4i8-7ogLBfFPKMETHMj0eRzbXTLMtD0h6OiiAerpAjGnZ6Zvp8/s320/DSCF5643.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576345162213413378" /></a><br />I'm very pleased about the unifying presence this quilt has in the primary wing of the school. Especially when there is often divides between our two programs, once again, Art provides an opportunity for equality and unity.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-26286783837837744592011-02-08T08:53:00.000-08:002011-02-08T09:06:22.987-08:00Groundhog Day - Jour des Marmottes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglD5SOHWiZo-jZh5twi6zyIfoDvBL2wAry3UVWi09k7nY3jFYPy9Rm-arekAcZjL5d9zPDKRAZSudIVmEqpQ0qt91tzUCHLUG8nnP0aEsiei3Zt5iP4NcIoXA1tSyRIZswPKH7VKVAvlU/s1600/DSCF5579.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglD5SOHWiZo-jZh5twi6zyIfoDvBL2wAry3UVWi09k7nY3jFYPy9Rm-arekAcZjL5d9zPDKRAZSudIVmEqpQ0qt91tzUCHLUG8nnP0aEsiei3Zt5iP4NcIoXA1tSyRIZswPKH7VKVAvlU/s320/DSCF5579.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571363435139797394" /></a><br />Yes, I realise that this is completely late in being posted, however, it will be labeled, so hopefully someone next year might find it useful!<br />This is a simple project, but effective.<br />Supplies:<br />-light-blue construction paper or card-stock<br />-white construction paper (1/2 the size of the blue)<br />-1 popscicle stik<br />-1 groundhog (I found a cute template in an old Mailbox magazine which I printed onto brown construction paper - you may also find one you like if you do a google search for "groundhog colouring sheets", then just size appropriately.<br />-pastels<br />How to...<br />-Cut the top of your white paper into an interesting line, appropriate for snowy-drifts.<br />-Cut a line, horizontal to the "snow," where the groundhog will pop-up and down.<br />-Use the cut-out groundhog to trace a shadow on the snow. colour and smudge with pastels.<br />-Glue (or tape) groundhog to the stick<br />-Decorate the scene with pastels<br />-Slide the puppet through the slot.<br />See how he can be moved up or down? :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWS04ATqrXX2Pj6vjLeQ7XBwW8wWYZZyz0AD3GxdB1-IKng8tsNIe-2zqLiTwwVczrJA20X7wc-TbznrVSiNXDxP0p-51xETHCYC8UmXhFH-q_BBSqcS35dwS8GmIIPt-MnXq0EQxrig/s1600/DSCF5580.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWS04ATqrXX2Pj6vjLeQ7XBwW8wWYZZyz0AD3GxdB1-IKng8tsNIe-2zqLiTwwVczrJA20X7wc-TbznrVSiNXDxP0p-51xETHCYC8UmXhFH-q_BBSqcS35dwS8GmIIPt-MnXq0EQxrig/s320/DSCF5580.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571366113025052610" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiaHFcyl2NLYWqJ-G1paIN12NDN03KX0OuFy-stBkxZmIkKmtVY8q2O6EKcddYkRyzZm_F2Xu3UXw7f_HZ0qHzaIwdZbDoJuBxMXAvtR6lkKkL06j7xhZdNHe1sS9FST3C9tymHuLeqN0/s1600/DSCF5582.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiaHFcyl2NLYWqJ-G1paIN12NDN03KX0OuFy-stBkxZmIkKmtVY8q2O6EKcddYkRyzZm_F2Xu3UXw7f_HZ0qHzaIwdZbDoJuBxMXAvtR6lkKkL06j7xhZdNHe1sS9FST3C9tymHuLeqN0/s320/DSCF5582.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571364611467017346" /></a><br /><br />Quick and easy, especially when you're battling those seasonal bugs!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-52524247835073517112011-01-27T20:10:00.000-08:002011-01-27T20:33:16.165-08:00Chinese New Year Dragons (nouvel an chinois)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3tw2J0PAtXzJd1oJdp0f3vY8TFOhph6Ni0cLZwhbh9OritYTvX6jCKBOBt_YvPU5_pRi4au4DHW4Ck0vLR2JkMXDmI4i-Or9DjVC9pnbb6s24Mh2gMESKRV1_kaPMBdYHIOOP3FS5DRg/s1600/DSCF5565.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3tw2J0PAtXzJd1oJdp0f3vY8TFOhph6Ni0cLZwhbh9OritYTvX6jCKBOBt_YvPU5_pRi4au4DHW4Ck0vLR2JkMXDmI4i-Or9DjVC9pnbb6s24Mh2gMESKRV1_kaPMBdYHIOOP3FS5DRg/s320/DSCF5565.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567088684786847810" /></a><br />I spent a couple of hours the other day trolling my blogroll looking for inspiration for this week's art lessons. I happened upon this one at <a href="http://smartypantsjohnston.blogspot.com/2011/01/gung-hay-fat-choy.html">smARTy Pants</a> which I thought was quite cute. However, the next day at school I forgot my laptop and googled "handprint dragon" (with all manner of combinations and ended up finding, not smArty Pants, but <a href="http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/handprint_dragon.htm">this site,</a> which had templates ready to go! I decided that this time, using templates wasn't such a bad idea, and decided to focus on cutting skills: showing kids how to cut over a template (rather than cut, trace, cut), and cutting multiple things in one go (ie: 4 hands with one trace, or cutting two legs from the one template). I also really emphasized making the most of your paper (there was a limited amount out on the table, and if they couldn't find the size or colour they wanted, they needed to share, or get creative!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kBWtXtU0FU2TQvOg5-s81BEW7y1j_neXu9cbBhUnEE_vK4hvC2-PlvNsTyQ2FOTIqCKMwuU5TEuvYRx7GZm9dunPVeBTRQgLvuYyeAjLOZWBFu0Pi6WYQaVxh4DtWF37yi1OmXm8KPU/s1600/DSCF5567.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kBWtXtU0FU2TQvOg5-s81BEW7y1j_neXu9cbBhUnEE_vK4hvC2-PlvNsTyQ2FOTIqCKMwuU5TEuvYRx7GZm9dunPVeBTRQgLvuYyeAjLOZWBFu0Pi6WYQaVxh4DtWF37yi1OmXm8KPU/s320/DSCF5567.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567089496671587874" /></a><br />The kids LOVED this activity! Although they were all cut from the same template, each dragon has their own personality! I'm looking forward to having a completed display with all of them up.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjggPdRmhN_9YYwecXhHYX8phi6bgwp1QeObknmU2ycCQmCD0QN-dGuWMjB5BDKN7-0DeBIx6EjEdztlY7kxRh-fqRZd9zX1wjjbsqkHYWLCPIGkireWN_LKS_zM0J4fJoOal1Pp8hjA8c/s1600/DSCF5566.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjggPdRmhN_9YYwecXhHYX8phi6bgwp1QeObknmU2ycCQmCD0QN-dGuWMjB5BDKN7-0DeBIx6EjEdztlY7kxRh-fqRZd9zX1wjjbsqkHYWLCPIGkireWN_LKS_zM0J4fJoOal1Pp8hjA8c/s320/DSCF5566.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567089021924022082" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-35993339061115227052011-01-27T08:51:00.000-08:002011-01-27T20:10:50.460-08:00De Paris Avec Amour<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8nKIAa7lQv1BTfORqKJ9NbNh-K4BtroK2L6bXivywJnmQKf1KFxUM7t5SsycH8COq-cSRnKnTQevTCuK_nV5VpjS2gUGx1WNhNODe-VAm_cpg-u2S7emJ-gORBC6nM9w5JMQHXXNPV0/s1600/DSCF5560.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8nKIAa7lQv1BTfORqKJ9NbNh-K4BtroK2L6bXivywJnmQKf1KFxUM7t5SsycH8COq-cSRnKnTQevTCuK_nV5VpjS2gUGx1WNhNODe-VAm_cpg-u2S7emJ-gORBC6nM9w5JMQHXXNPV0/s320/DSCF5560.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566912020973168050" /></a><br />I have been so excited to do and to show off this project! It was inspired by <a href="http://thatartistwoman.blogspot.com/2011/01/postcard-from-paris-valentine.html">Gail's Postcard's from Paris</a> post (nice alliteration!) Ok.. I blatantly copied, actually! But the spin I put on it was our Parisian Bonhomme de Carnaval, and gigantic Tour d'Eiffel! We are celebrating Caraval at our school (we do this every 2 years) and my challenge to my colleagues was to dress up Bonhomme de Carnaval some how and display him outside their classrooms. (A few <a href="http://linesdotsanddoodles.blogspot.com/2010/12/snowmen-are-awesome.html">Art teachers</a> blogged about doing this with snowmen in December at their schools, and I loved the idea!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6L52eLydAqnWrWdyrb3pg75JoZDxGBKZW_v8BB40k60mSQZtJmlCl4tAdgHOM3uo5bz1oF-hPEr9q73EEO2QE3h8U6KcJTC6wILsyNwoSE4MuccBL5Z2DCry-S7Mg4h9vdsAxha6nRbk/s1600/DSCF5563.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6L52eLydAqnWrWdyrb3pg75JoZDxGBKZW_v8BB40k60mSQZtJmlCl4tAdgHOM3uo5bz1oF-hPEr9q73EEO2QE3h8U6KcJTC6wILsyNwoSE4MuccBL5Z2DCry-S7Mg4h9vdsAxha6nRbk/s320/DSCF5563.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566912818146878466" /></a><br />So as you can see, our Bonhomme is a real Parisian man! The kids used these ladder-shaped blocks to print the iron for the Tour d'Eiffel.<br />I first took pictures of all of the students in a striped shirt (for the garçons) and a frilly blouse (for the filles).<br />Then we basically followed Gail's instructions, using the cardboard, tissue and bubble wrap with black and white paint. In retrospect, I should have talked more about the shape of the tower.. as some were more triangular than others. Oh well! The kids LOVED this project and are very proud of the Parisian display!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGuuTk-oI1HCVk04QbwYrIS_0zSEOMOjEFGDA_an7PFLr8-qaS34MGcdUNqx2CeXt2GH4x0iG9CukUi0Gnolrm378KKoe1MD-bKHgQH_MBRktETYuRUlD5S-Ou_ItgCeGenkzI-DTbnc/s1600/DSCF5562.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGuuTk-oI1HCVk04QbwYrIS_0zSEOMOjEFGDA_an7PFLr8-qaS34MGcdUNqx2CeXt2GH4x0iG9CukUi0Gnolrm378KKoe1MD-bKHgQH_MBRktETYuRUlD5S-Ou_ItgCeGenkzI-DTbnc/s320/DSCF5562.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566912709286346130" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONW2AORDwbwJSnGglAIfK_jNprUwD-EeVaT2QpTkUMiOvEfH9KPruF_Eu-bA8n3ktX5mlXcBkuJBYlf-daPYBO45diA1hv3-GvQcmoN5OaWPGGhko0vYh_tMkKrC8MonrGhnflq_Cfag/s1600/DSCF5561.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONW2AORDwbwJSnGglAIfK_jNprUwD-EeVaT2QpTkUMiOvEfH9KPruF_Eu-bA8n3ktX5mlXcBkuJBYlf-daPYBO45diA1hv3-GvQcmoN5OaWPGGhko0vYh_tMkKrC8MonrGhnflq_Cfag/s320/DSCF5561.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566912644224140530" /></a><br /><br />Here is my friend and across the hall neighbour's interpretation of Bonhomme (de policier!) <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBo2FOURK1sZB5Bv3302jaofFfCSDvjIHG-cZJYsxWTv15hmFsB31TPuYnDDgC9VgT5mRE8e0i40jfHObVxvo5yFAd1bfLC1u8fWE7tIwjGwmlsu9Z1iHBY9VhzN6SvAxdsoyBDAXtJ1I/s1600/DSCF5564.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBo2FOURK1sZB5Bv3302jaofFfCSDvjIHG-cZJYsxWTv15hmFsB31TPuYnDDgC9VgT5mRE8e0i40jfHObVxvo5yFAd1bfLC1u8fWE7tIwjGwmlsu9Z1iHBY9VhzN6SvAxdsoyBDAXtJ1I/s320/DSCF5564.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566912125260602322" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-45716849000076165112011-01-12T07:57:00.000-08:002011-01-18T18:41:03.050-08:00Les Bouleaux, Birch Trees - water colourI was inspired by <a href="http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/2011/01/birch-trees-watercolor-lesson/">this post</a> by Patty at Deep Space Sparkle (the blog that started my passion!) She starts her intro with "Everyone has done a birch tree art lesson. They are such a lovely tree, stripped of their leaves and shimmering with black and white bark." ummm... nope.. never done a Birch Tree lesson.... until now! Now Patty does a little more with her lesson.. like background and foreground trees and textured sky. But I think with grade 2s, we'll stick with the basics! This has been a rather time-consuming project, as I really wanted optimal results.. therefore, I drew the horizon line on each paper, and have been instructing each child individually on how to do the shading for the trees. This, coupled with the fact that I've been off sick for the past week, means that we're a little late in getting the first art project of the year finished! However, I think you'll see that the results are worth the wait.<br /><br />Step 1: Masking-tape off the "birch trees"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qKHzGVib_MyQ1YCcdveJgemstuvy1i4z28ix2buVRiedRTsBRJJgyrs8Huzg_1_M0ePak1REz2fSobnYMh8jXFYqCFEQ28SqgKr6NO4UDxbD_NhGty8d_Qkj1WZoh-pwm1s8-EjARps/s1600/DSCF5528.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qKHzGVib_MyQ1YCcdveJgemstuvy1i4z28ix2buVRiedRTsBRJJgyrs8Huzg_1_M0ePak1REz2fSobnYMh8jXFYqCFEQ28SqgKr6NO4UDxbD_NhGty8d_Qkj1WZoh-pwm1s8-EjARps/s320/DSCF5528.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563720534441723058" /></a><br />Step 2: paint the sky (they could choose orange/yellow or blue/purple)<br />Step 3: Mme paints the horizon line<br />Step 4: Outline the birch trees with a black sharpie<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAYKDHuExYoZvG_odX0CHZdUjStHW9997rouZDoFWELKiLHsbFcMHNbJV5_JZ_DKqLwGggo8TO1gAuGtFfMhlO75fA_WGlIiVDWwXSbWEmfSOkQSJgne8hw2lDco0tDSxnnO6-XLj1GfE/s1600/DSCF5530.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAYKDHuExYoZvG_odX0CHZdUjStHW9997rouZDoFWELKiLHsbFcMHNbJV5_JZ_DKqLwGggo8TO1gAuGtFfMhlO75fA_WGlIiVDWwXSbWEmfSOkQSJgne8hw2lDco0tDSxnnO6-XLj1GfE/s320/DSCF5530.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563720916934189330" /></a><br />Step 5: Mme helps each one paint their shadows<br />Step 6: Remove the tape and add some bark detail with a sharpie<br />Voila! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0VJIDatJy8zemD2u5RdALiRyrQSH1MLlm_evaGHCsm7YEkJK2kWMq1IpMXl4S-5PK76a_wIzMmmup3QezcfCchb2JVwl2lYAqcTWdwT6f1TpptyAc0unX8iTHQ9hAdur8iIiMc4yeco/s1600/DSCF5531.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0VJIDatJy8zemD2u5RdALiRyrQSH1MLlm_evaGHCsm7YEkJK2kWMq1IpMXl4S-5PK76a_wIzMmmup3QezcfCchb2JVwl2lYAqcTWdwT6f1TpptyAc0unX8iTHQ9hAdur8iIiMc4yeco/s320/DSCF5531.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563721265619600130" /></a><br />I'm now working on a Valentine's Day project that I'm SO excited about! I can't wait!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-58553477496045267812010-12-14T08:41:00.000-08:002010-12-14T08:42:32.534-08:00Links!<a href="http://vividlayers.blogspot.com/2010/12/art-teacher-blog-directory.html">Here's a whole post devoted to Art Teachers online!</a> It's great to be able to browse, especially when you're home with a sick child.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-30849306993486186562010-12-09T20:57:00.000-08:002010-12-09T21:07:36.388-08:00Easy Elf Ornaments - Les Lutins pour le Sapin!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpORExfCTS_peSAjWpTyajB7KGPX6SS1aA7jRFlkoOBBxkX5PgpLUfGZ5D23StaQ77LhxGhvydGtVaKNsmjrJBELr4Lmd0CbYukVQPeI5E-vYx6i4C8xdFveqMkTW0uGc6p-Ztdl-Drv0/s1600/DSCF5239.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpORExfCTS_peSAjWpTyajB7KGPX6SS1aA7jRFlkoOBBxkX5PgpLUfGZ5D23StaQ77LhxGhvydGtVaKNsmjrJBELr4Lmd0CbYukVQPeI5E-vYx6i4C8xdFveqMkTW0uGc6p-Ztdl-Drv0/s320/DSCF5239.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548913970518049650" /></a><br />I LOVE this craft, this is the second year I've done it. We get these cool little portrait-stickers when the kids get their school pictures done - some teachers give them to their kids, but I always hang onto them, as they make for great mother's day, father's day and Christmas gifts. I made this template of an elf, based on the size of the sticker. On an 8.5x11 piece of paper, I can fit 4 elves, enough for 2 elf ornaments.<br />(If you want me to try and scan and email this template, you can email me :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAY0WPZLCaIHFdeQACXCCzi19mico5vPb-JZfiwgB4mBoNR4JT4EGqyia2aC96A-BnXUowIFxMp4r2djvJnAmjjXaMKks2271DwCnG_WeYsl675RK9w07sPXP3nkLDVrIj3A_zK3So_Q/s1600/DSCF5242.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAY0WPZLCaIHFdeQACXCCzi19mico5vPb-JZfiwgB4mBoNR4JT4EGqyia2aC96A-BnXUowIFxMp4r2djvJnAmjjXaMKks2271DwCnG_WeYsl675RK9w07sPXP3nkLDVrIj3A_zK3So_Q/s320/DSCF5242.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548914326062224706" /></a><br />Then I cut them up, and stick on the sticker and hand them out. I normally print them onto cardstock, but I did it onto normal paper by accident and it was fine.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHwFIiCKLJQTMZ5MHL0oTl7yMXyvVO0GAUTdrNAKTvs2Q8Wf-xm6o7vLkXXcUYyLf1JYywIlo4kvXRri8oc6YbqUxeHs4m0N50vHQVZconnmc1o_ybhdCpWdokwYKLNBoztgosqR9y5I/s1600/DSCF5245.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHwFIiCKLJQTMZ5MHL0oTl7yMXyvVO0GAUTdrNAKTvs2Q8Wf-xm6o7vLkXXcUYyLf1JYywIlo4kvXRri8oc6YbqUxeHs4m0N50vHQVZconnmc1o_ybhdCpWdokwYKLNBoztgosqR9y5I/s320/DSCF5245.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548914664202584706" /></a><br />Get the kids to colour it and glitter it up.<br />Then I roll it around a toilet-paper tube and staple the bottom and top. <br />I love my class of little elves!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDaDDUvD9I8Epqex-7tkpdfLza5gpxljDx5iPc7iTkVFo9rgA1jkH7_3wxDCSsM8eiP7N0neew5XZ7wY2ECJ4lqgl2RXICOradlOLKq4T6edbmuQWz459KFoZXvqYGpQ-KfRXdk7fLq-w/s1600/DSCF5241.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDaDDUvD9I8Epqex-7tkpdfLza5gpxljDx5iPc7iTkVFo9rgA1jkH7_3wxDCSsM8eiP7N0neew5XZ7wY2ECJ4lqgl2RXICOradlOLKq4T6edbmuQWz459KFoZXvqYGpQ-KfRXdk7fLq-w/s320/DSCF5241.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548915056195649378" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-51542831237879581542010-12-07T20:48:00.000-08:002010-12-10T20:05:26.839-08:00Snowman Families - Les familles de neige<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74iW7dwlsVUjFwgPTc732G7v39kNte8bRzJrCoRtaVzeAt7NhiPQ09HR8Ot0_McLWMg9MVp_uY0mxS6LDAbW8NCqMec742z6fkJHMmDX1ukE7lCSzhSw1Y1ctTv4ckYYpVG3RknTnxUc/s1600/DSCF5246.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74iW7dwlsVUjFwgPTc732G7v39kNte8bRzJrCoRtaVzeAt7NhiPQ09HR8Ot0_McLWMg9MVp_uY0mxS6LDAbW8NCqMec742z6fkJHMmDX1ukE7lCSzhSw1Y1ctTv4ckYYpVG3RknTnxUc/s320/DSCF5246.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549266409642457138" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9nyTlqyGnxKIrT8n3Xl9Pyt5zhMhp5-YTWArXSKom9CEhshU6Uig61uIiwcW7i6jfxp_hhpSF_eOltRvMGwSpLyjxGsbn1a7SGblqqtHD3dNKiYcXhTogli7oZws1r-WcDvnlekk9HN0/s1600/DSCF5243.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9nyTlqyGnxKIrT8n3Xl9Pyt5zhMhp5-YTWArXSKom9CEhshU6Uig61uIiwcW7i6jfxp_hhpSF_eOltRvMGwSpLyjxGsbn1a7SGblqqtHD3dNKiYcXhTogli7oZws1r-WcDvnlekk9HN0/s320/DSCF5243.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548913152816822866" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOIHssJKize0z3b0qUfxe8HUxAzq69kUQDVxYYswVgkPiRt8zWaPrv0Awi5ahp4GBWNJnvOiTIqq14O4JgnySsXi5OlRGX5xCrbE9BucfB8GJQndL4ldkDKAvTr_4sBYkPHT3DhDDZAd8/s1600/DSCF5192.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOIHssJKize0z3b0qUfxe8HUxAzq69kUQDVxYYswVgkPiRt8zWaPrv0Awi5ahp4GBWNJnvOiTIqq14O4JgnySsXi5OlRGX5xCrbE9BucfB8GJQndL4ldkDKAvTr_4sBYkPHT3DhDDZAd8/s320/DSCF5192.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548169919089113954" /></a><br />I love the idea of <a href="http://thatartistwoman.blogspot.com/2010/11/family-snowman-portraits.html">doing a family of snowmen</a> that Gail did. While she used a series of different pre-cut foam circles to print her snowpeople, I didn't have any pre-cut circles that would work to stamp. Then I remembered a few posts on my blogroll from a few months ago about teachers who were having their students make their own stamps out of plastecine! Now THAT I had!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvCnfzoCAvTIXWMUgASgFPlHfYOSR8_can_khS4nT00Uq6M2IvJY4ozNzPexRznXsBjVHX8S6rG5S0hFYqfNk2QUdDmt07zNKvgxE6HiaX9w9RkCQI0gXmfSq6suqpCS2DjtE5jMZ2f8/s1600/DSCF5195.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvCnfzoCAvTIXWMUgASgFPlHfYOSR8_can_khS4nT00Uq6M2IvJY4ozNzPexRznXsBjVHX8S6rG5S0hFYqfNk2QUdDmt07zNKvgxE6HiaX9w9RkCQI0gXmfSq6suqpCS2DjtE5jMZ2f8/s320/DSCF5195.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548170250812962418" /></a><br />I showed the kids how to roll a ball with the plastecine and then press it down to create a circle on the bottom. By making their balls bigger and smaller, they could create a variety of sizes of circles for their families. Then I showed them how to make a snowflake stamp by making indentations with the side of their pencils or poking the pencil in the circle. All of these "stamps" were then dipped in white poster paint and printed on green or red construction paper. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5V_a1a8Zct5y_uN2VuBtvVfcc1MgCg_uGaati5f7mXKP2TCH1q6lHh2w8beY-TWWwf28LY9ys89KaZSg4jFAjmgKdUatG0ef6dPCbVedUU4rPnykRRR2M2kD60R0lE-z79hDYxBQFmM4/s1600/DSCF5199.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5V_a1a8Zct5y_uN2VuBtvVfcc1MgCg_uGaati5f7mXKP2TCH1q6lHh2w8beY-TWWwf28LY9ys89KaZSg4jFAjmgKdUatG0ef6dPCbVedUU4rPnykRRR2M2kD60R0lE-z79hDYxBQFmM4/s320/DSCF5199.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548170582102454658" /></a><br />Finally, this afternoon, we paired up with some big buddies to play on letterplaygound! Each kid made their last name to go with their snowman family.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KP0B0bIQ1vVvGjkeOASXGG4OYCVuco1pOxTh7a19vfaxRT1Jz_BSSVWSHUwTDJKhJf5ZACkioXqRp7HhLMl3KJN7hWs8Rd-MCQPP2Osr18XZYgf6xfHBGeLZ-UaQsLgx1NBaL3ByikM/s1600/DSCF5247.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KP0B0bIQ1vVvGjkeOASXGG4OYCVuco1pOxTh7a19vfaxRT1Jz_BSSVWSHUwTDJKhJf5ZACkioXqRp7HhLMl3KJN7hWs8Rd-MCQPP2Osr18XZYgf6xfHBGeLZ-UaQsLgx1NBaL3ByikM/s320/DSCF5247.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549267230598713106" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-9478366857893280122010-12-07T20:37:00.000-08:002010-12-07T20:48:32.090-08:00Snow Flakes - Les Flocons de Neige<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdo3G9V-NS_53p2MQMYPgxBfPvLO8Bu6pRuz77X9ZagyQ49VK2GqxDecbc9B7ofD7V1NCObSKb1WvoFbBhpNhtPWTweZEqau0Dv7X-i6-gi46iJSYgxZ_T5iHdrhJHN0U90LImhu2iSbM/s1600/DSCF5183.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdo3G9V-NS_53p2MQMYPgxBfPvLO8Bu6pRuz77X9ZagyQ49VK2GqxDecbc9B7ofD7V1NCObSKb1WvoFbBhpNhtPWTweZEqau0Dv7X-i6-gi46iJSYgxZ_T5iHdrhJHN0U90LImhu2iSbM/s320/DSCF5183.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548168348267081634" /></a><br />This was a project done on both large and small scales. I taped 2 12x18 sheets together to create the large for our Xmas concert backdrop (mounted on black) and then I also did the same project on a piece of 8.5x11 cardstock folded in half (hotdog fold), which when dry we cut in half to create 2 Xmas cards.<br />The method to the madness was the same for both!<br />We started by doing pastel snowflakes on white paper. I taught the kids a basic 6-sided snowflake, but was amazed at how they took off with their own interpretations and taught each other different designs. Oh, the kids were restricted to only COOL colours of pastels (which was a good refresher lesson in itself.)<br />They then took blue water-colour pucks, loaded their brush with water and did a wash over their flakes. I like how the colour really varies across the paper with the large projects. Finally we GLITTERED and GLAMMED them up so they would shine under the show lights. Voilà!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOpgIyB6Cf1CqUQUn9u9wixMdfIujnHRCfsK7UuiDmfDPDJeS8mH2PFcvRfVaVURB46LCJxOX7dTGX9hFVOsFS0JiE0OVX59dJRIGSNX42ZmgEZRGbfpfluI6Lh2-f6NpLf9y8yxFZXmA/s1600/DSCF5191.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOpgIyB6Cf1CqUQUn9u9wixMdfIujnHRCfsK7UuiDmfDPDJeS8mH2PFcvRfVaVURB46LCJxOX7dTGX9hFVOsFS0JiE0OVX59dJRIGSNX42ZmgEZRGbfpfluI6Lh2-f6NpLf9y8yxFZXmA/s320/DSCF5191.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548168664306700674" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-45258776252791192182010-11-24T10:08:00.000-08:002010-11-24T18:26:03.386-08:00Mon beau sapin... Oh Christmas Tree!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGPPqtc1QvXXOIbOtR4LcevgcofqJ4MzGERu4fanns-X4jRrq8FhVlBO2Lij46pJtcjiaNOmgveANG9v3jdCwi_JIV5cyEmtJQGrog9TtcxaNfpieMzjGoJ9B9xzI2VvSHpx6FQvtVkMU/s1600/DSCF5166.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGPPqtc1QvXXOIbOtR4LcevgcofqJ4MzGERu4fanns-X4jRrq8FhVlBO2Lij46pJtcjiaNOmgveANG9v3jdCwi_JIV5cyEmtJQGrog9TtcxaNfpieMzjGoJ9B9xzI2VvSHpx6FQvtVkMU/s320/DSCF5166.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543307922345291826" /></a><br />This week's art project was inspired by my annual clean-up and sort-out of my wrapping station. I found this box lid, <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hwvmecGjF-dGiXmxNzDuDQ3mRvo_6VLLAnIFCqDrvn9Q3bvE-xKLXlFkLCzpQlcOMaGHWrV85z1D8IvRW0cRxctCtsl08cIKnPL-UPYJjDMN-qe7o0oJexA8q7D3Y0VMSJGQ_wdaPgk/s1600/DSCF5096.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hwvmecGjF-dGiXmxNzDuDQ3mRvo_6VLLAnIFCqDrvn9Q3bvE-xKLXlFkLCzpQlcOMaGHWrV85z1D8IvRW0cRxctCtsl08cIKnPL-UPYJjDMN-qe7o0oJexA8q7D3Y0VMSJGQ_wdaPgk/s320/DSCF5096.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543306753850996338" /></a>purchased from a dollar store a few years ago, and thought it would be perfect for the project. Our class has been commissioned to do the back-drop art for the Christmas concert.. "The Littlest Christmas Tree". I think this will work quite nicely! I just need to add a few sparkles here and there! We used sheet music as our back-ground, and drew a Christmas tree outline and some decorations with pastels. We then went over the pastels with watercolours.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-57534561537225692942010-11-18T20:21:00.000-08:002010-11-18T20:46:43.125-08:00Arctic Expressions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimxq6s8zhaHJPYwbG9yvPrvqgrgfSNiWWKpW_6dS-nOyYRiFPxqit4PJYRUOBnaYhHrTpC5m3tFeilcE8u-cX051u7JI7JAvTaajQunstj2HfCzWDFqF6fy05NJJCM7F8JwtB0VP7b4Y/s1600/DSCF5141.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimxq6s8zhaHJPYwbG9yvPrvqgrgfSNiWWKpW_6dS-nOyYRiFPxqit4PJYRUOBnaYhHrTpC5m3tFeilcE8u-cX051u7JI7JAvTaajQunstj2HfCzWDFqF6fy05NJJCM7F8JwtB0VP7b4Y/s320/DSCF5141.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541113525478339106" /></a><br />After pondering the <a href="http://mmereddickart.blogspot.com/2010/11/venetian-marbled-paper.html">marbled paper</a> for a week, and remembering that I should make some cross-curricular links, I decided use the paper as an interpretation of the Aurora Borealis found in Northern Canada. I just liked how the swirling colours mimicked the free form of the "Northern Lights". In Social Studies, we are studying Canadian symbols.. and what better symbol to place in front of the "Aurores Boreales" than an inukshuk! It's even on the Nunavut Flag!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bc4l7TcTXRw4OY9Of4OmkXlvxb4vcvKmHH4Zw3D3oYiFqqLmiJoNQ7HrNmcdErVykFIvGqHArGuLgBTlbOTd31zxkqjcjJUDbUM1CPhxwXJerzYarQQx4ztRJLWkwRP5O94ytWrXv04/s1600/caseimage_nunavut+flag+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bc4l7TcTXRw4OY9Of4OmkXlvxb4vcvKmHH4Zw3D3oYiFqqLmiJoNQ7HrNmcdErVykFIvGqHArGuLgBTlbOTd31zxkqjcjJUDbUM1CPhxwXJerzYarQQx4ztRJLWkwRP5O94ytWrXv04/s320/caseimage_nunavut+flag+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541114223650511394" /></a><br />The students are super familiar with the Inuit inukshuk as it was symbol for the Olympic Winter games here last year. I also showed them some google images, such as these: <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWheZP8Y66HCKS0TCRp4IZoR8NwZjdjmH5a6ldX-1VqAb4pvSODwhg4DMXXPZY1qGkqks5xGlht_k3Qb96vKBnzCdFtaWyJd68NFDiY7I-FKJesKe9VisLhsj9Gjcr37V6_cqqeKdz3o/s1600/northern-lights-show_29575.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWheZP8Y66HCKS0TCRp4IZoR8NwZjdjmH5a6ldX-1VqAb4pvSODwhg4DMXXPZY1qGkqks5xGlht_k3Qb96vKBnzCdFtaWyJd68NFDiY7I-FKJesKe9VisLhsj9Gjcr37V6_cqqeKdz3o/s320/northern-lights-show_29575.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541112748768445794" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIK2EGPwY9v51SPNQGXAAUKUShcMO7Wot-Bo1U8njD81xBu1pDgK97I0d2Qp0pO2y2GE5jSuAUV8FsoP22QFdWwUP4qJfCR3Aeub2SqDEw0VIkCdSq_YZ6eWou5MxbuvKy0zXKEpiycWc/s1600/Inukshuk+Aurora.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIK2EGPwY9v51SPNQGXAAUKUShcMO7Wot-Bo1U8njD81xBu1pDgK97I0d2Qp0pO2y2GE5jSuAUV8FsoP22QFdWwUP4qJfCR3Aeub2SqDEw0VIkCdSq_YZ6eWou5MxbuvKy0zXKEpiycWc/s320/Inukshuk+Aurora.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541112667755400306" /></a><br />I had the children make some rock-like paper by splattering black and white on grey with tooth-brushes. While we got great results on paper, we also got results on my wall, hanging chart and cd player! Oops!<br />The next day, we looked at inukshuk images and thought about the rock shapes, then cut and glued and glittered with "snow"! Here's one of the display boards (it's missing the title which will go in the middle!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wvb5JRFvmrGgSaN5947E4fIdE0CoWqdMHxIlI2e_Pf1Q6zjEmxpJ909BRF9c03n-aTTYAzfUWi6lTMtuMH73IvNpzo1pZ0JCYesXB276HHvzNIGzatyo0NweOICLj_M7VtPm071Fuxs/s1600/DSCF5144.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wvb5JRFvmrGgSaN5947E4fIdE0CoWqdMHxIlI2e_Pf1Q6zjEmxpJ909BRF9c03n-aTTYAzfUWi6lTMtuMH73IvNpzo1pZ0JCYesXB276HHvzNIGzatyo0NweOICLj_M7VtPm071Fuxs/s320/DSCF5144.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541114014544005506" /></a><br />I got so excited about this project that I decided that these would make excellent Christmas cards. So I marble-ized cardstock with the <a href="http://mmereddickart.blogspot.com/2010/11/un-nouveau-site-web-en-francais-and.html">Joyeux Noel</a> printed twice on the bottom. After the paper dried I cut it in four and glued the non-wordy quarter to the front of another piece of plain cardstock, and the message quarter on the inside of the card. Then I used some of the left-over "rock" paper my students made and cut little inukshuks. I finished off the project by glitterizing the top and side of the inukshuk. I LOVE these little guys!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik0Xl8w0zBaZvSNw0xdMIsF5BAhbijaf8WRRWC3zCtc8K_2bC6Zja6EgTrFVYJ5B-z1ztXBvZ4iBq7kcgxIfigw0ByC_H7gpvdk2i38TsD94WhGAM2S1pz4-AXyfxolKYcMEzR66PHbho/s1600/DSCF5145.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik0Xl8w0zBaZvSNw0xdMIsF5BAhbijaf8WRRWC3zCtc8K_2bC6Zja6EgTrFVYJ5B-z1ztXBvZ4iBq7kcgxIfigw0ByC_H7gpvdk2i38TsD94WhGAM2S1pz4-AXyfxolKYcMEzR66PHbho/s320/DSCF5145.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541114976569354450" /></a><br />Here's one of my little inukshuk friends up-close! I can barely stand to give them away!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg88ERq14gs4tpsTar3ma7lh5rR4QxQRDKRWi32j1ozb1xhSp10K6mHK6koVP2LP4mh4T3IDP_nNcRRF2cuEn6OIguYGxPy4vCrSI6C1Bq42YxoVG1wqG9nJdgmJ2pxOBZ1uSGKS7AFzFM/s1600/DSCF5147.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg88ERq14gs4tpsTar3ma7lh5rR4QxQRDKRWi32j1ozb1xhSp10K6mHK6koVP2LP4mh4T3IDP_nNcRRF2cuEn6OIguYGxPy4vCrSI6C1Bq42YxoVG1wqG9nJdgmJ2pxOBZ1uSGKS7AFzFM/s320/DSCF5147.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541115489856498898" /></a><br /><hr><br />Sorry, this last bit is for my mom, it's of my Christmas center-piece in my dining room. I made the feather balls and glitterized the silver ones. Then hung them on this fabulous T-stand from Ikea (I bought two- the other one holds my ribbon at my wrapping station!) I love it with my fabulous chandelier from Glasgow and Plum Passion paint from Benjamin Moore!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxa79de49MlaCZ4vcAzK5H6l2MpQqLpmNr6heMLOwgcJwgyl3tOxgIdOIfMbPGEmd9tLKRHjOyZZ4kumANoGdBN8XYKbzq4OebNBmUOn1ppp5Sjges7_rkBsdAztv7ZQIYCXms8b28fPA/s1600/DSCF5160.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxa79de49MlaCZ4vcAzK5H6l2MpQqLpmNr6heMLOwgcJwgyl3tOxgIdOIfMbPGEmd9tLKRHjOyZZ4kumANoGdBN8XYKbzq4OebNBmUOn1ppp5Sjges7_rkBsdAztv7ZQIYCXms8b28fPA/s320/DSCF5160.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541116244320564258" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAFQQ3qbH6275f1Qx30Yx5fP9fOPgf-kcoMOmiWGbif7uewyzCn_c8vPhQbrex5QKHuKdSFUf58ltP_j-GKk3kFJM4mHojI8DZKwQDoCdznjmGG4cY5a1DiyMfaKnaSbDEILe8SOSi-Ps/s1600/DSCF5155.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAFQQ3qbH6275f1Qx30Yx5fP9fOPgf-kcoMOmiWGbif7uewyzCn_c8vPhQbrex5QKHuKdSFUf58ltP_j-GKk3kFJM4mHojI8DZKwQDoCdznjmGG4cY5a1DiyMfaKnaSbDEILe8SOSi-Ps/s320/DSCF5155.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541116964132681714" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921653133160292835.post-16308845618759905402010-11-16T19:51:00.000-08:002010-11-16T19:58:50.237-08:00Rick-Rack CardsWe had a lovely creative Sunday afternoon chez Reddick. My boys (3 & 4) painted with their crayola water-colours and I started on some Christmas cards. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHuFgRTFwUGf2Cy7CRsZ9kNFCTNiHMbA19Jnp3-lRb0iCU4hdNrplUkWV6RsgtjTGrnYpB8CylE53DwHfNQsmJqtE0Q9asnP5V5Ws05xZKcF2HmI9DCW7w4GBB76xjSEbvRSSZBFxDls/s1600/DSCF5132.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHuFgRTFwUGf2Cy7CRsZ9kNFCTNiHMbA19Jnp3-lRb0iCU4hdNrplUkWV6RsgtjTGrnYpB8CylE53DwHfNQsmJqtE0Q9asnP5V5Ws05xZKcF2HmI9DCW7w4GBB76xjSEbvRSSZBFxDls/s320/DSCF5132.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540362439556595330" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAZIOZ4-hKcZB398r_sRyKoyVqMiPqxM-ch0zqm9eQZfWHrKWVFDF6peXd070kFOGSwHpl8nisQRtRwb_O8e9fk_SVxxu_SdwW1xv6XOeflSnShuxfMu3xWzT8Fx2S_ZAiuM_of2aFz8/s1600/DSCF5133.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAZIOZ4-hKcZB398r_sRyKoyVqMiPqxM-ch0zqm9eQZfWHrKWVFDF6peXd070kFOGSwHpl8nisQRtRwb_O8e9fk_SVxxu_SdwW1xv6XOeflSnShuxfMu3xWzT8Fx2S_ZAiuM_of2aFz8/s320/DSCF5133.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540362036583704658" /></a><br />Here's the product! (NB: These are actually 4 different cards!) I found a steal of a deal on the decorations for the rick-rack trees at the new $ store!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI71jqmpPeeT-TTgaCuorGLGHrEANTIva47iPvrG3xvQjRH-JzfxFW74JNJ0cznko3nu8I1UhrQMHVnGZJhNllVMzLAwUWsx60BhuFQE0ygjERn6T7sR-nvc3U8AfldK0yfCzZYUG8Zxo/s1600/DSCF5134.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI71jqmpPeeT-TTgaCuorGLGHrEANTIva47iPvrG3xvQjRH-JzfxFW74JNJ0cznko3nu8I1UhrQMHVnGZJhNllVMzLAwUWsx60BhuFQE0ygjERn6T7sR-nvc3U8AfldK0yfCzZYUG8Zxo/s320/DSCF5134.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540362958582090834" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0