What's Going on in the Classroom: Last Days in the Art Room

Ah! Only a couple more weeks and there is so much to do! So we finished out practice pieces for our clay unit and they are everywhere. First step to getting them out of the room, wax the bottoms!

Seriously, there were clay pieces on every surface in the room! After they wax the bottom, students used a dipping method to glaze their pieces.

See all the glazed pieces! They're ready for the kiln. We're waiting on putting the last batch through currently. While they were glazing, they were also working on their final, larger clay pieces. Here are a couple of examples, but I will post more when they're glazed and out of the kiln!

For the last project of the year, we are doing wet felting. This is a process where wool roving is combined with hot water and soap causing the to fibers shrink, creating a piece of felt! We did this whole process outside and it was a ton of fun, with the sun shining! Now we are learning three different stitches and embroidering a border and designs on our pieces. My hope is to sew them all together to make one large wall hanging! More pictures to come as we finish!

DIY Ugly Dolls- 4th Grade Art Project

Hey all:
I got the flu! It was a nasty strain, viral of course, so nothing to do but suffer through it. I missed many days of teaching, but now I am back at it and I wanted to update the rest of you on our 4th grade Ugly Dolls project. These are so great and the kids are loving them. We sewed each piece, right sides together, and then turned them inside out. Now we're stuffing them and sewing them up, take a look at the cuteness!