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Georgia would love to adventure around her home in New Mexico and would find various skulls out on her trips through out the desert. These skulls were our inspiration for our paper and model magic skulls. Students folded 9 x 12 paper in half then used pencil to write or print their name.  We then drew a line around their name and students cut (with the paper still folded) along the pencil

Hello there! Finally! I am back to school from the Arctic Freeze and Snowstorms of January. Yep, I taught only 9 days in January and part of February and some classes I have only seen once since Dec 20th! Yikes. Well, we have finally had a full week of school last week so students could get some projects done. :) If you are like me are you trying to find a different artist to inspire

Deep in the country of Mexico lies the Sierra Madre Mountain range.  While preparing for our Fine Arts Festival  -The Mexican Marketplace and Tropical Rainforest-my 5th grade students created these beautiful mountain landscapes that included at least 3 landscape details.  DETAILS such as: horizon line, foreground with trees and plants, middle ground with hills, smaller trees, rivers or

We have been busy creating various winter scenes in our art classroom.  One project that was inspired by my good pal, Ginger, over at Paintbrush Rocket was this beautiful winter landscape. Students first used shades of blues and purples  then added white to created beautiful tints on their paintings. Some students painted stripes and some painted large shapes.

These are some of my favorite projects all wrapped up into one big thematic unit-The Fair! I found the most adorable book A Fabulous Fair Alphabet by Debra Fraiser This is a MUST have book for your library collection  and if you are a font loving person like I am it will  send you over the moon with all the type faces and images! Look at this little guy all