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Hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!  It was a bit windy here, but we were blown away at how much fun we had on the beach!  I love three day weekends because then you get to have a four day week!! It's like the gift that keeps on giving!  Today we are making Summer Shades with a picture in the lens that tells a story about what we will be doing over summer break! The kids have been very creative with this today and I love being able to wear my example when the kids enter the room!  Friday we began painting our rose sculptures. We had to paint with acrylic since there is not enough time left for glaze. I was very pleased with how the Sargent Art acrylic Glitter Glaze looks on the roses! We also put Mod Podge on them to make them extra shiny!  A student made this for me today! It totally made me cry. So simple, so beautiful.  It is going in a frame in my house. It makes this all worth it to know that I have inspired someone. Thank you, Emmy! My...

So with the end of the school year upon us, I needed a good simple lesson, that would be fun and EASY! This project is good for kinder through fifth! YES they ALL love this project! I told them it is something they can do at home this summer too! We have had more fun this week doing this, I think they would be happy doing it next week too!  All you need is coffee filters, a spray bottle, markers, and some glue  First fold the coffee filter like this  Then spray about 3-4 times on the FRONT and the BACK and squish it flat and smooth Then use markers to make a creative design with DOTS! Every dot has to be done on the front AND THE BACK.  Then CAREFULLY open to reveal the gorgeous design!!!! The best thing is that the whole project only takes one class period! I let each student make two circle designs   Then glue onto a piece of paper and create something!! The posssibilities of "circle things" is endless! I have LOVED seeing everyone's creative ideas!!! Monster ...

This week, second graders are finishing their marbleized peacock paintings. It has been so fun to watch their reactions to the shaving cream which is a HUGE crowd pleaser! We made the heads the first week with markers and painted the middle with sparkly water. The eyes and beaks were colored with oil pastels. Here is a link to the marbleizing directions   HERE  We made the head the first week and the spots the second week   they used black crayons to draw the spots, then colored them with markers. They used sparkly water to paint the markers. I have been putting glitter glaze or glitter paint in the paint water, when we paint markers. The kids LOVE being surprised by the sparkles  SPARKLY  I have had many people ask about the liquid watercolor. Here is a quick link to the brand that I use if you want to get some. They are AWESOME! 

A few posts back I said I was going to write out the script for the bull dog Draw-a-long. These are the steps I use when doing it with the younger grades. As you can see they are very precise, which is important for every learner to be able to follow along and be successful. This lesson builds confidence because they are so EXCITED when they finished to see a dog that looks so realistic. The open ended background allows for SO much creativity to happen. This is a great drawing exercise for any grade level k-5th!  Get your pen ready and HAVE FUN!  I would LOOOOVEEEEEE to see your finished bulldogs to add to the bottom of this post!! Send them to  www.natty241@hotmail.com  Be sure to color ALL of your background!  :-)  1. Begin with a line at the top with a little wrinkle. IT should be longer than your finger                      2. Then draw two diagonal lines about the same length as your finger  3...