Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is not my favorite day at school, but I know the kids enjoy it. We made heart fish, and they turned out pretty cute! You need two big hearts for the body, a medium heart for the tail, and a small heart for the lips. And an eye!

Art Club - Painting

I saw this idea on this blog: http://lostpersonshomeschool.blogspot.com/2011/01/winter-art.html

I had to adapt a bit for my age group (I had k-5 all at once). So I put the tape on for the trees ahead of time. We talked about painting the "negative" and they really enjoyed using the watercolors. They turned out great!

Fluffy snowman

We did holiday centers again with 3rd and 4th grades. I found a cute idea on pinterest to use shaving cream and glue to make a fluffy paint to make snowmen. We used q-tips as "brushes." I combined that idea with an old watercolor project I used to do where we painted snowmen snowglobes. I think they turned out great!

Back to School Bulletin Board

Well, school is starting back up. This means a lot less crafty time for me. I always love doing my back-to-school bulletin board, so here is this year's board:

Winter Bulletin Board

To go along with our opinion writing, I had the kids respond to the prompt "Winter is a great season." We were able to crank this out in one session, they were superstars and worked so hard! And I'm so glad I'll be able to leave it up into January.

Halloween Spiders

We did rotating classes this morning - third through fifth grades. I decided to do a craft... We made these spiders with pipe cleaners and pony beads. The kids loved them and they turned out great!

Fall trees

Every year classes are asked to make decorations for the fall festival. I saw these cute puzzle piece trees. Paper bags, spray paint, and glue!