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PARTY LINE GOSSIP
Have you ever noticed a flock of birds sitting on a telephone wire and wondered what their conversation was about? I imagine from that height they get a pretty good view of what’s going on in the neighborhood. Actually, when … Continue reading
PAPER BAG BUILD-A-PUPPET
We named this project “Lunch Bag Build A Puppet.” The only supplies needed, other than colored markers and a glue stick, are a brown lunch bag and the animal features copied on white construction paper. Patterns are included in this … Continue reading
TROPICAL FISH
Tropical fish, in pictures anyway, always seem to have bright, beautiful coloring. Since calendar pictures are also bright and glossy, they seemed to be the perfect scales for our fish. So, this project uses calendar pictures, colored markers, chalk, glue … Continue reading
LOADS OF TOADS
Our 1st Grade teacher actually named this project, “Toad”ally Awesome,” for us. Notice the different shapes, designs and color combinations the kids use. This project uses a toad picture to color (pattern included), black construction paper, colored markers, scissors and … Continue reading
FROGS IN PERSPECTIVE
This 1st Grade project was on perspective, the closer an object is the larger and closer to the bottom of the page it is and the further away the object is the small and closer to the top of the … Continue reading
STARTING OUT
Today I’ve selected the project, “Torn Birds,” to feature. This is a first grade project that really gets the kids’ attention. Special supplies, other than construction paper, for this project are feathers, google eyes, glue sticks and colored chalk. For … Continue reading
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HERE KITTY, KITTY
We call this “It’s the Cat’s Meow.” The 2nd Grade started the class by practice drawing cats. I have included a web address that has step-by-step instructions for drawing a simple cat. We discussed primary and complementary colors on the … Continue reading
IT’S A HOOT
We call this project “Give a Hoot,” for no other reason than that I thought it was cute. You’ll need black construction paper, oil pastels and gold glitter glue for this project. I give a quick lesson on drawing an … Continue reading
