Art Trading Cards!

While students wait for their turn to visit my art store this week, they are working on trading cards. Artists often make these mini works of art and pass them out to get their name in the public eye. Students are creating one pastiche card (a copy of a famous work of art) and 2 or more cards with their own original art. They have the option of trading their cards with their classmates. So many cards have turned out beautifully! More designs coming soon!






















































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Angry Birds, Lego Style By My Crafty Students

My fifth graders got very creative during Be Creative centers. They made their own abstract 3-D versions of Angry Birds. Very clever.



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Be Creative Center Time Again!

A beautiful geometric mosaic.



Future architects?






This tinker toy sculpture is a dog.


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Be Creative Center Day!

If my classes earn 6 crayons (they get one crayon per week based on good behavior) they get to have a Be Creative Center Day. Students have the entire class time to do various activities such as finger weaving, straw construction, play balancing games, Lego architecture and more. Here are some of the super creative things grades K-5 made over the past couple of weeks.


Is this students a future Frank Lloyd Wright?






Great balancing!



A creative way to learn spelling words?


















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Some more 2nd grade Pigasso and Mootisse drawings

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Two sides to every story by Anonymous

Since the fourth graders are about to create their own Picasso inspired portraits, I thought I'd try out one too. I love the website www.picassohead.com. Go there and try to make your own Picasso-like creation!

Two sides to every story by Anonymous: Picassohead

Fourth Grade PTA Reflections Contest: Diversity means....,

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Third Grade Georgia O'Keeffe Guided Drawings

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First Grade Rainbow Fish: Coloring!

These are looking fantastic! Students are using primary, secondary, warm or cool colors for their fish.














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