Scratch Art

This was so easy, I'm surprised I haven't tried it before! We did this in after school Art class...the students colored patterns in with crayon (making sure to press hard...great way to use all of my short, broken crayons) and then painted over their patterns with black tempera paint. After they dried, we scratched out all kinds of designs! The best scratchers we found after some trial and error were toothpicks. The kids loved uncovering the color and wanted to keep doing more and more. Definitely a project to repeat!

Spiderweb Bowls

We made these in my after school art class...the kids loved them but it was very messy...lots and lots of glue. I found the idea on a craft website but I actually tried the technique posted on eighteen25 and that worked much better. I love the spider with one big eye and one small eye...I always tell my students they are so much more creative than I am :)

We made these

Origami Stars

After School Art...always a joy! These origami stars were courtesy of Zen Crafting...she has a step-by-step picture tutorial as well as a video tutorial! Talk about on the ball! The kids really enjoyed creating origami...not to mention raiding my amazing mixed bag of buttons for their star center!

Dream Catchers

Another wonderful afternoon with After School Art students! I found this creative Dream Catcher tutorial at That Artist Woman.

Big Mouthed Fish

Gone Fishin' with after-school artists...

Pinwheels

Pinwheel Maker is a title I never thought I would earn! Not as hard as it looks though...we tried these for after-school art and they turned out just fine! The students had fun running up and down the hallways making their pinwheels spin.I can't remember which blog I found this idea on...but there are a few variations out there in cyberspace. We used thumbtacks stuck into pencil erasers...but the 1st grade teachers at my school tried these with brads stuck through the center of their pinwheel and rolled up paper for the stem.
Happy Pinwheeling!