Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Update on the Apple Slice Sculptures

Four sections of third grade and we got quite a lot accomplished on the apple slice sculptures.


 
Getting the first coil rolled.

 
Medium tightness on the round quilled strip of paper.
 


painted cores, tape wrapped, or stapled cardstock in ivory or pale yellow

 
Many already have an excellent start.
 
one more class and they should be done.

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Second Graders Work on Leaf Sculptures


Thursday afternoon the children were checking over their work for loose coils or gaps



Some were already done and got busy doing  mini drawing of a coil leaf and were able to sculpt 4 or 5 extra strips over the drawing.



ALMOST DONE,

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Apple Slice Sculpture





I found this idea on Pinterest, but the connection just went to a broken link.  Just went by the photo and started with a rolled up cylinder for the center on my example.  For the classes of third grade, I let them chose from cardboard tubes or stapled card stock.

We are collecting sticks and crimping the paper for the apple skins.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Pixel Style Flag

Graph paper in assorted sizes has been our guideline for arranging these interesting American flag creations.  We hade 1 inch, 1/2 inch, and 1/4 inch grids available.  I had pre tested it on the two smaller sizes.  For the one inch boxes I gave it a brief preview, but didn't get to far into the project before I realized it wasn't quite right for me.  I found myself subdividing the larger squares as I went along.