Around the World Class goes to Eygpt…

During our Around the World art class on Monday, we started off by creating our own alphabet similar to the hieroglyphics from Eygpt.

Once we were finished with our alphabet, we started to work on our sarcophagus.   To make our sarcophagus, we used cardboard and tin foil. We used our secret alphabet to write messages.  Then we painted patterens on the sarcophagus to make it beautiful and more interesting.   After the paint was dry we drew background pictures of Eygpt.  Naomi had just studied Eygpt, so her drawing includes the Nile River.

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.