Inside: Directions for a beautiful and easy Christmas art activity. Hi Friends. I wanted to share our Christmas ornament art with you. Not only were they ridiculously easy to make, but they turned out so well! We put these in our gym as part of our Christmas concert decorations and they looked bright and sparkly. EASY Steps: Photocopy the … Read more
Inside: Lots of Christmas art inspiration for your elementary students. I took a tour of my school yesterday and rounded up a whole bunch of beautiful art pics. I hope you enjoy them and are inspired to try out one or two for yourself:) I think this Christmas tree is especially beautiful. The funny thing is, it’s actually a “happy … Read more
Inside: Some pinterest Christmas inspiration. Three fabulous art projects for kids. Hello! I’m posting my 3 favourite pinterest pics for December. My picks are all art related because that’s what inspires me the most at Christmas time. I could seriously do art all day long if I could get away with it:) My first choice is this sweet snowman from … Read more
Inside: 10 easy low prep Christmas gifts kids can make! Here in Victoria we have less than 3 weeks before Christmas vacation begins! Like most teachers, I like to bring in some supplies so the kids can make, bake and create fabulous gifts for their parents. But what I DON’T want are any presents that are expensive, messy or time-consuming. … Read more
Here’s a brand-new picture book by author and illustrator Kate Beaton. It came highly recommended from our local book store and it totally lived up to my expectations. The kids laughed all the way through it and couldn’t get over how the little warrior horse looks like a chubby guinea pig:) Title: The Princess and the Pony Author: Kate Beaton … Read more
Inside: Our Dot Day art in Grade 1. Happy International Dot Day! My class and I just finished reading The Dot by Peter Reynolds. This is a sweet and witty story about one child’s experience making art. Here’s the blurb from Amazon: Her teacher smiled. “Just make a mark and see where it takes you.” Art class is over, but … Read more
Today was our very first day back at school. Yesterday I carefully planned out what I’d be doing with my returning class (we keep our old class for a couple of days before we receive our new one). I had a couple of fun activities in mind and was raring to go. But then, this morning as I was having … Read more
Hello! Today I’m posting my 3 favourite pins for the month of August. My pins this month are all activities I want to do with my outgoing class in September. I like to do fun and easy art projects because … well, they’re fun and easy:) To visit the original pin, just click on each image. Isn’t this first pin … Read more
Hi Everyone! We’ve been learning about butterflies and even had the opportunity to keep some caterpillars and watch them change into chrysalises and emerge. After we released them we decided to make our own tie-dyed butterflies from coffee filters. If you haven’t done this before it’s super simple. You need white, round filters and you get the kids to colour … Read more