Creature Footprints

Yesterday, we created these creature footprints using paper stencils and mud.  We each designed a creature and then created the footprint.  Together, the footprints looked a large creature had walked down the sidewalk outside of the Fremont Community School!

Silk Scarves and more!

For the December Parent-Child Gift Making Classes at the Fremont Community School, we will be dying scarves for family members that will end up looking something like this photo.

Please join us for this one time class!!!

Made from what?

This creature was made from natural materials that we found on a walk around the neighborhood.  From the picture it’s hard to tell, but the creature has a body made of two large leaves, fingers made of leaves and petals, a neck made of a twig and a belly button made from a small green tomato!  We pasted this all onto a large piece of fabric and then drew the background details on with a marker!

Masks and Wings!

These beautiful masks were made during the Masks and Wings class on Tuesdays.  They are mixed media (buttons, glitter, feathers and fabric…all of the good stuff!)  Next class we are going to fit the masks to each childs head.  Can’t wait to see them on!

Check out the new holiday gift-making classes!

A Trip Under the Sea!

Future sight of the Submarine! See the bumpers…

During the Trip Under the Sea class, we will building a life-sized submarine in the front garden area of the Fremont Community School. We started construction on the submarine by drilling a board to the fence that will support the found car bumpers that we will use for the frame. We also cleared the area and made the ground flat by raking and adding leaves.

After working outside, we moved in to make some painted submarines that have transparent window looking out into the sea. Each created different kinds of fish, plant-life and imaginary sea-life by drawing with markers on the transparency film. Then we cut out the windows of the submarine and taped the transparencies to the back.

Creature and Monster again…

Collaborative Collage Creature

Yesterday during our Creatures and Monsters class we created a large 5 foot tall collaged creature named Joe. Out of a hat, each child drew a different body part they were in charge of creating to make Joe. We looked through magazines to find textures that we like, then cut out the body shapes. The child responsible for making the hands had to talk to the child making the legs to know how many to make. This also went for hands and arms, necks and head and heads and hats!!! It was a true collaboration!

Magnet Monster

After we were finished creating Joe, we moved on to smaller creatures on magnets. Each child got to create different creatures by combining body parts that they had drawn, colored and then cut out of a soft magnet material. These creatures can be rearranged as well as holding up important information on your refrigerator.

Monsters and Creatures Class with Sam and Charlie!

Last Wednesday, Sam and Charlie used their FREE Coupon for a Monsters and Creatures class. They really got into creating many arms, legs, and other body parts to their creatures. Instead of just printing the scratchfoam in a rectangle format, we cut out each body part, used a brayer to put in the ink and with the heel of our hand pressed the paper onto the foam. They turned out great!

Creatures and Monsters!!

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FREE Art Classes Being Offered Now!!!

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During our Fall classes children ages 5-10 will learn how to use silk screens to create prints, create patterns on fabric using dye, use beeswax crayons as a resist with watercolors, make moss paintings, weave with hand-made yarns, assemble large twig sculptures, collage with found materials and design and sew large creatures out of cloth. We will be using these techniques and materials to create art as individuals and as a group. Our art will be exhibited in the art studio at FCS, in nature, in your homes and in the community!!

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My first time blogging!

I’m so excited about starting a blog about the new Art and Crafts Classes I”ll be teaching at the Fremont Community School. Because blogging is very new for me…be patient and get ready to see some great children’s art!!!

Julia