Last week we managed to do these projects:
Life skills: Clay holiday ornaments
1st grade: snowflake prints
2nd grade: close up snowman paintings
3rd: clay trees and tint and shade paints with winter themed cut outs
4th: clay bells
5th: Painted elephants and make clay snowflake bowls
6-8th: End of trimester-finished up Egyptian projects
This week we will look at penguins, poinsettias and cardinals
Life skills: sponge paintings of poinsettias with torn paper leaves and blue crayon rubbed background.
Life skills 2: Reindeer with hand print antlers
Kinder: I LOVE these and they look simple if I cut the strips of paper. We can add paper arms and yarn for scarf. No time for a hat though.

1st grade: outline snowflake print, add glitter and background (I cant imagine we will get through more than that in 20 min)
2nd: Outline snowmen, make blue background for poinsettias and maybe sponge paint them

3rd: put together tint and shade art, draw penguin LARGE, paint body black for next week (next week add "snow" with cotton balls, fabric scarves and other accessories) OR maybe we will draw penguins and do black and white printmaking, depending on the amount of foam I have. OR maybe potato print penguins from that artist woman
4th: First layer of paint on bells, set to dry for next week. Cut out tin for tin star.


5th: One group: paint clay snowflake bowl and draw body of cardinal for project below. Other group will draw cardinal and paint with watercolor. If time will start background. Will finish next day.