tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66207173426478868362024-03-20T10:59:34.964-04:00Art Smarts 4 KidsCheck back daily for a dose of art!Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.comBlogger393125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-58270828344578931562010-04-06T20:39:00.004-04:002010-04-06T21:17:30.283-04:00Pairing Paintings and Poems RevistedYes! I did get to teach my pairing paintings and poems lesson! I thought it went very well. I began by displaying Rousseau's Surprised! (shown above) and brainstorming with the class everything we saw in the painting. Then we decided the main idea of the painting.Though I had found a poem that matched this painting pretty well, I decided it was a little out of reach of some of my students. I Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-66957272922691469212010-02-15T18:16:00.005-05:002010-02-15T18:32:09.322-05:00Pairing Paintings with PoemsIt certainly has been awhile! I’m student teaching this semester (and loving every minute of it) so things have been busy around here. I have had some time the last few days, though, because we got hit by a ton of snow and schools have been closed now for over a week! I’m sure the kids are loving it, but I’m ready to get back. I spent some time last week working on a lesson for our poetry unit Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-88064029129631097512009-12-19T11:39:00.003-05:002009-12-19T11:56:35.780-05:00Virtual Cookie DecoratingCookie baking has always been a part of the Christmas season in my house.But you can only make so many cookies before you run out of people to eat them. When you’ve made enough real cookies, head to this site to decorate some virtual cookies. Return to main page.Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-46116967551509982762009-12-19T11:33:00.003-05:002009-12-19T11:58:18.042-05:00Create Your Own Christmas Carol OrnamentThis project is best for older kids. The paper strips are small and the ornaments are made of glass. That said, I had a good time making mine! Supplies Needed: Clear glass ornament Printed Christmas carol lyrics Scissors Yarn or ribbon Printer and inkGoogle search for the lyrics of the Christmas carol of your choice. Here’s a good place to start. I chose Joy to the World. Copy and paste theJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-59021851955254458432009-12-19T11:26:00.002-05:002009-12-19T11:33:39.852-05:00Create Your Own Gingerbread Man GarlandThis is another kindergarten project that’s fun for all ages. When my sister was in kindergarten she made a gingerbread man garland that still hangs on our tree every year. My sister would be perfectly happy if that garland ended up in the trash and each year she tries to convince our mother to leave it off the tree, but her arguments only cause our mother to choose ever more prominent placementsJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-7596634845298000182009-12-19T11:14:00.004-05:002009-12-19T11:26:24.928-05:00Create Your Own Patterned Candy CanesI can’t take credit for this simple and easy project; I saw it in a kindergarten classroom this week. The idea is that the children practice making pattern using red and white beads. When they finish, they have an ornament to hang on the tree or in a window. Supplies Needed: Chenille stems Red beads White beadsString one bead onto the chenille stem and wrap the end of the stem around the beadJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-42337258583699601122009-12-19T11:02:00.004-05:002009-12-19T11:13:54.308-05:00NaNoWriMo 2009 UpdateYou’ll notice a 2009 National Novel Writing Month winner badge in this post. No, I did not earn that. Not this year. But my mom became a winner on November 16! I stalled out around 15,000 words. Whoops. Congrats, Mom!Return to main page.Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-36129171226638344042009-10-27T21:48:00.008-04:002009-10-28T10:41:26.961-04:00Halloween Pumpkin CarvingI spent the weekend moving! Yes, again. I know. It was humid and rainy as we moved my things into my new place, but I’m happy and settling in nicely. While I was lugging boxes up and down stairs, my family was carving pumpkins. My family lives in a different state than I do, so they weren’t able to help with the heavy lifting, but my mom did offer to write a guest post about her pumpkin carving Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-56544878052900073842009-10-16T16:14:00.002-04:002009-10-16T16:18:41.327-04:00The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaolaThe Indian paintbrush flower blooms in reds, oranges, yellows, and pinks throughout the Midwest as it does at the end of this story. There are many tales about where the flower came from, and Tomie dePaola’s retelling of The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush is an especially captivating one.Little Gopher is not like the other boys in his tribe. He’d rather draw pictures on rocks than run or ride Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-24628865224431766622009-10-09T19:22:00.004-04:002009-10-09T19:29:46.789-04:00NaNoWriMo 2009It’s that time of year again! Dust off that imagination that’s been hiding in the closet since you exhausted it last November and get to work! That’s right: National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is almost upon us. If you’ve ever read a story and thought I would have done it differently, there’s a writer in you looking for a chance to perform. If you make up characters and ask what they would Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-64404962544573809412009-10-01T21:16:00.002-04:002009-10-01T21:20:40.527-04:00Tiny Art DirectorI almost forgot to share this site with you: Tiny Art Director. No doubt many of you have found this on your own, but it's new to me. The artist's young daughter is a is a harsh critic and her critiques of his work are hilarious.Return to main page.Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-59478489120358013062009-10-01T16:54:00.002-04:002009-10-01T17:27:47.374-04:00Ms. Julie's Blog Carnival and MoreMs. Julie, who you've seen mentioned here often, has begun a monthly blog carnival called The Gallery. The Gallery is a showcase of art projects for kids, and this month one of my projects was included along with projects from ten other bloggers. This month's offerings include a fantastic line drawing project based on Kandinsky's work, a palm tree silouette project, and a project meant for Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-56308598760879699732009-09-27T23:51:00.004-04:002009-09-28T11:24:57.160-04:00Create Your Own Picasso Painted CollagePablo Picasso’s art spanned many styles as he grew as an artist. I have posted about Picasso before and recommended that you try your hand at a music collage in his style. At the beginning of the summer I went to an art exhibit that had one of Picasso’s painted collages. Today’s project was inspired by that painting.Note: My aunt created the jazzy painting with the brown background, and I paintedJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-41404053358441783282009-09-09T16:58:00.003-04:002009-09-09T17:07:41.352-04:00Stone MountainLast week I posted about Gutzon Borglum’s Mount Rushmore monument to the first 150 years of United States history. But Mount Rushmore was not Borglum’s first attempt at a major mountainside monument. In 1915, Borglum agreed to carve a memorial on the face of Stone Mountain near Atlanta, Georgia.The completed Confederate Memorial Carving at Stone Mountain, Georgia shows Confederate General Robert Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-81416031174540177932009-09-04T15:49:00.004-04:002009-09-04T16:11:52.259-04:00Mount RushmoreI mentioned on Tuesday that I did a bit of travelling this summer. In August and September I went on an amazing, 17-day road trip across the country and one of the things I saw was Mount Rushmore. After a visit to the sculptor’s studio, I knew I would have to tell you all about it.Mount Rushmore is located in the Black Hills in South Dakota:About 2 million people visit each year and I can Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-85140815699344026852009-09-01T13:48:00.003-04:002009-09-01T13:54:25.781-04:00Create Your Own Thumbprint AnimalIt’s that time of year again! I don’t know about you, but I am so happy to be back in school. I disappeared for awhile this summer in order to do some travelling and in the next few weeks you’ll get to see and read about some of the things I’ve been doing. Hopefully you haven’t forgotten about my little website.I have decided, however, that I will not be posting every day. It has been a long timeJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-38922095351021819452009-06-01T19:33:00.007-04:002009-06-01T20:01:36.139-04:00Create Your Own ButterflyI recently had the pleasure of spending a full week with a wonderful class of second graders. I was able to create my own lessons so, of course, there was an art project involved. The second graders had been studying butterflies and were even tracking their life cycle. When I arrived, the butterflies were hanging in chrysalises from the roof of a mesh tent. Over the course of the week, all of theJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-58348322508446372522009-05-01T11:10:00.004-04:002009-05-01T11:18:48.955-04:00Look! Look!Look what just came in the mail! I know what you're thinking: "Who did the art on that mug and where I can I get one???" It's one of Ms. Julie's tangles printed on a mug. Isn't she great? And yes, you can enjoy hot chocolate or tea or coffee or ice cream (Mm. Ice cream would be delicious out of a tangle mug.) or anything else you can put in a mug out of your very own tangle mug. Visit Ms. Julie'sJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-15819606527528546082009-04-27T00:01:00.000-04:002009-04-27T00:01:01.267-04:00Macaroni Self-Portrait DayIt seems that today is Macaroni Self-Portrait Day. Whose idea was this? I don't know. What I do know is that playing with macaroni and glue is fun and whoever thought that this activity should have its own holiday was on the right track.Of course you don't need step-by-step directions for this one so I'll just show you my own self-portrait. I hope you have as much fun with this as I did. Happy Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-79135939463563536872009-04-22T07:17:00.001-04:002009-04-22T07:23:14.246-04:00Create Your Own Rainy Day MasterpieceIt’s a rainy day here in Maryland. We’ve been having a lot of those lately and I know that a lot of you, at least in the U.S., have, also. So today, or the next time it rains, look out your window at the trees. Don’t they look dark and gloomy against the green and blue-grey background of the leaves and rain?I must admit that I did not think of this project on my own. I saw it in a school where I Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-25630551910825873822009-04-21T11:34:00.008-04:002009-04-21T11:55:08.233-04:00Mom's Chocolate Painting Inspired by Ms. JulieMy mom has become so annoyed by my lack of posts that she went ahead and created her own. I guess you guys missed me.********I have been looking at your chocolate painting post for so long now that I decided I needed to give it a try. First I needed to pick something to copy and I was inspired by “Parrot Paradise” on Ms. Julie’s Place – She however is much better at creating art than I am. Next IJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-72968429563288965542009-04-06T14:34:00.002-04:002009-04-06T14:41:38.306-04:00Chocolate PaintingI haven't dropped off the planet. I'm here! I hope you are all enjoying poetry month and the poems Gregory K has been posting at his site this month. I've been doing a little traveling so I haven't been around much. I haven't even done much writing, though I had planned to get to work this month!I promise you all some real posts this week, but in the meantime enjoy this project. Turn any picture Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-54531434693908341972009-04-01T06:19:00.004-04:002009-04-01T06:26:45.868-04:00Sculpt Your Own Clay Birthday CakeToday I am 24. Unless I can somehow have a party in a hot air balloon, I can’t think of a better way to celebrate than to do a birthday art project with you all.So today, sculpt your own clay birthday cake.Supplies Needed:Clay (flour, salt, water)PaintPaintbrushPipe cleanerWax paperAluminum foilScissorsThis project would be much simpler if you use colored, store-bought polymer clay rather than Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-84262475482303724092009-03-29T11:21:00.003-04:002009-03-29T12:09:55.120-04:00Awesome April EventsSo many awesome things happen in April and I want to be sure you know about some of the things I'm exited about. First, April is Script Frenzy! If you've been reading this blog for awhile, you'll remember that National Novel Writing Month happens in November every year. Script Frenzy is hosted by the same wonderful group of people. In April, adults are challenged to write a 100-page script in 30 Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620717342647886836.post-76584938336612974832009-03-26T15:51:00.002-04:002009-03-26T15:53:27.668-04:00Two Year Old ArtistYou all must go watch this video! Of course, videos like this pop up from time to time, but they always amaze me.Wouldn't it be wonderful if all two-year-olds were given tubes of paint and canvases to play with?Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983585400807257457noreply@blogger.com2