In Your Element - 4th and Final Session

So my final session of In Your Element, we created thumb-print bunny cards.  I can’t seem to find my card as I think perhaps one of my kids may have walked off with it.  But I had the kids using their thumbs make a bunny face and ears – I used a heat gun to help speed up the drying process so that the kids could go and add their bunny face, whiskers and colour in the ears.  They then had to print on the front of their card “Some bunny Loves You!”  It was really neat to see everybody’s different version of bunnies – only I wish I had a photo to show you.

My second project – March 2^nd was Dr. Seuss’ birthday.  So in celebration of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, we made pencil toppers using pipe cleaners - this Thing.  What a hoot – some of the kids got a taste of how hot the glue gets – but in my mind, I think they were over-exaggerating a bit.

and here is Mr. Cat in the Hat!

In the end, the kids were allowed to take home an edible treat – dirt and worms!  Of course, they all asked if what was in it real dirt!  Too funny!  I thoroughly enjoyed these 4 sessions and enjoyed the kids!  They were all very well behaved and very polite.  It was neat to see how their little faces lit up when they saw what they were going to make.  I am a bit sad to see the program end, but I am glad that I was able to participate and to teach the kids about some arts and crafts!

In Your Element - Session 3

I am a bit behind in my posting.  This is session 3 of 4 for the In Your Element project.  The Wednesday nite before the session, I received a phone call from parent buddy – we share  the classroom time – and the kids so that it isn`t as hectic.  Well my parent buddy informed me that she wasn`t able to make it on Friday, and asked if I would be ok to run the class on my own.   

Well my first thought was NO, how am I suppose to entertain 14 kids (8 of whom were 5 year olds) for an hour and a half.  But I had to think of something as I didn`t want let the kids down. 

I set down to planning, surfing the net, and planning – all of Wednesday evening, all day Thursday and Friday evening!  Hmm, can you see where my time was being held up. 

My first project was having the kids create a scenary card.  I managed to pick up some foam owl stickers from a LSS on sale.  I had the kids draw a tree so that they could place their own on a branch.  I then had them glue some cotton balls on top for the clouds and I had them take a muffin liner, fold in half, and glued it onto the front with a handdrawn  handle for the umbrella.  They then drew in the raindrops and decorated the cards as they saw fit!  Most of the kids had already decided who they were going to give their cards to.  What a blast!  You can`t go wrong with household items and gluing!

My second project – as I explained to them that February was heart month, they were going to create Mr. Heart Man. 

Finally my last project – everybody got to make a caterpillar magnet to hold their artwork together.

The best part of the day was when one of the kids commented – I wish everyday was art day!  I had soo much fun!  That made my day!  I managed to finish of the class with a story and everybody received some gummy hearts as a treat!

In Your Element - Week 2

Week 2 of “In Your Element” I decided to add stickers and let the kids finish their Paper Bag Album  - they were each to bring a few pictures to add to their album and they were also to describe their pictures – well that was pretty difficult considering that most of them didn’t know how to spell or print!  But they did enjoy the stickers!  I cannot post photos of the children on my blog as I do not have permission from their parents and the school, but I am sure you can imagine the mess I had when they were all done!

After the children had finished their album, I also showed them how to make a Valentine Bookworm bookmark!  Again, glue sticks are their favourite! 

Using my new Framelits Dies – Hearts Collection, I cut out the hearts and the bookmark base for the children and they went to town with the glue!

Aren't these stinkin cute?  here is a closer look a the antennas.

These are samples of my bookmarks – and will be given to my DS teacher, the Principal, the Secretary and the two with bow ties will be for my boys.

Here is the recipe:

Paper:  Variety

Accessories:  Framelits Dies – Hearts Collection, Wiggly Eyes, Pipe Cleaners, Rich Razzleberry Grosgrain