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First Grade: Fresh Blooms

Second Grade: Comfort Boxes

Second Graders created these warm and fuzzy artworks inspired by artist Kim Welling’s whimsical “Instant Comfort Pocket Box.”

I knew my second graders had to make these when I saw the comfort boxes on Pinterest and thought to myself, I want to make a comfort box! And who wouldn’t love to receive one of these? I really love Welling’s art work and the hand-drawn yet graphic qualities it carries…I think it’s a gift if you can create art that is so easily accessible to people of all ages. Enjoy 🙂

Parker

Ben

Sophia

Amaya

Jaden

Cole

Aiden

Delaney

Hailey

Dryden Has Heart

Every year our school hosts a food drive to show love for our community. I absolutely love that we do this, because as much as I love the tradition of giving each other valentines, it reminds the kids (and me!) that showing our love for people means giving without expecting anything in return. Here are a few snapshots from our Valentine’s Day last week!

Our “Dryden Has Heart” assembly, an annual tradition in Dryden!

Drumroll please…over 650 cans collected!!

Donations to give to our local food pantry! Look at all that love!

Back in the art room, Margaux teaches her fourth grade classmates how to make origami hearts

Showing off our hearts

Love makes us a little googly-eyed…or maybe just a little crazy!

Fifth Grade Face Jugs: In progress

Fifth grade face jugs have just been fired in the kiln and are about to be glazed! This process has been quite an exciting one for my students…there is something so magical about starting with a slab of clay and using your hands to transform it into something three-dimensional that is both beautiful and functional.

Face jugs are one of the first forms of folk art created by African Americans. It is believed that slave families living in the United States placed these “Ugly Jugs” near the entrance to their homes to ward off evil spirits.The fifth graders were challenged to create their own form of a face jug, and had the task of conveying an emotion through facial expression. I absolutely cannot wait to see the finished, glazed products!

Here are three “greenware” terra cotta face jugs. Greenware is clay work that has not yet been fired.

Here is one of my students who came down during her recess time to work on her jug. It’s such a great feeling when  kids ask to spend extra time in the art room 

If you’d like to learn more about face jugs, check out this kid-friendly link from PBS. My students really enjoyed watching it, and it was a great way to introduce the topic! To all of the art educators out there: There’s even a free Power Point!

http://video.pbs.org/video/1918318256

Come back soon to see our finished, glazed jugs!