Mrs.Williams Art Room

Art on a cart is not an easy task, and my heart goes out to all art teachers who are full time on a cart. I have my share of days when my room is being used for what ever reason, but I wanted to share a lesson that seems to be a kid pleaser when I have to do art in the classroom. This lesson was taught to 3rd-5th graders but it could easily be done with first and second. Supplies needed: 9 x 9 inch white paper (2 for each student) Markers Crayons Pencils Erasers Origami Dogs or Cats Fold one paper in half  leave the other for later. Fold the two corners of your paper to create ears. Now take the bottom pointed area and flip it up to create the nose/mouth.  Your second sheet should now be folded in half like a triangle bend the bottom to the side for a tale. Use a glue stick and glue the head to the body and decorate!  I usually bring makers with me on my cart but since I am in their classroom. I let them get out there crayon and marker

This lesson was inspired by  the creativity of  http://kidslovecraft.blogspot.com .  I call this cute lesson "Circle Creatures",we focused on the shapes particularly the circle. This gave my first graders practice tracing and drawing circles.   Supplies used: 12 x 18 inch construction paper (variety of colors) 4 x 5 inch white paper and black paper 6 x 6 red paper Scissors Glue Pencils We started with one 12 x 18 inch piece of construction paper folded in half.  I gave each table a laminated circle to use as a stencil. We've learned in class that if you fold your paper in 1/2 you will get two of the same objects. So, we traced our circles and cut them out. This always get excited when they see 2 shapes come out. Next, one of the circles is folded in 1/2. The kids used the cue "fold it like a taco", it worked, and they remembered.  We glued the "taco" to the other circle to form the mouth. Next, we took w