0 comments

Cork Santa Christmas Ornaments



We painted the corks half flesh tone and half red color. We used felt for the hat and beard, added glitter and a face. Ready to be placed on the family Christmas tree!
Inspired by the cute idea on : http://www.redtedart.com.
read more
0 comments

Pine Cone Christmas Trees II


By popular demand we made the pine cone Christmas trees again. The recent version has pretty ribbon around the base. We will let you decide which looks nicer.
read more
0 comments

Outdoor Tree Ornaments with Recycled Material




My first graders and I accepted the challenge of making ornaments for our school pine tree. We decided to use yogurt containers glued together to make ornaments. We reused some packing plastic binding to make stars. The results were great and weather proof!  
read more
0 comments

Chestnut Doll Craft


To further our Fall Crafts we decided to use chestnuts. The children glued and decorated their dolls using and recycling; cardboard, newspaper and yarn. Very creative.


read more
0 comments

Cardboard Haunted House





 Our Haunted House deserves an honorable mention. 

This house was constructed by my students of three years ago. 

One of my fellow teachers had stored it! The kids thought  it was good enough to show off again, so we did. OoooooW





read more
0 comments

TP Bats and Hand Print Wings


This year for Halloween we are making Bats. The children painted TP rolls Black. Then they traced their hands onto black paper and cut them out. They glued and decocated their bats and took them home to spook their parents!
read more
0 comments

Dry Leaf Collage



Welcome back to school project consisted of celebrating Autumn. We kicked off the school yearolored a worksheet and then came their turn to use their imaginations! by making natural leaf collages. The children c
read more
0 comments

TP Roll and Cork Sheet Pencil Holders

Instead of buying gifts for my group on Children's Day, I decided to have them make their own pencil holders. We Reusing TP rolls (industrial size) which we painted  on the inside with acrylic paint. Next, we used cork sheets which we glued to the outside  then decorated with fun foam. 
read more
0 comments

Plastic Bottle Birdhouse Using Wine Corks



To celebrate Spring we decided to make a birdhouse. The kids took a plastic water jug and cut off the bottom half. We trimmed and glue the base back on to the jug. We cut wine corks in half and into circles and glued the cork an onto the jug. We made the roof out of some cork sheets we had from another project. Keep posted, we will be making these with other containers!!!
read more
2 comments

Mother's Day Embossed Heart Pendents

read more
0 comments

Cardboard Picture Frame Craft






Decided to give my group frames made of cardboard for decorating. They preceded to decorate their frames using stripped cardboard, cut-outs and cork. They used to two methods of painting: acrylic paints or spray paint. We also made the back and stand for the frame out of cardboard. These were a hit with the with the parents!.
read more
0 comments

Cardboard and Cork Valentine Hanging Craft


We decided to make a colorful Valentine using cardboard and wine corks as our main materials. Cut up the wine cork and made circles and rectangle shapes. Cut out cardboard and painted the heart shapes bright colors. Strung them up in any combination and offered them to the parents! Very Springy. 

read more
0 comments

Tin Foil Paintings




Using cardboard as a canvas the children  crisscrossed the boards with yarn. Once the yarn was in place, we brushed the board with white glue. Working rapidly we quickly placed the foil on the board pressed it down and rubbed it with a bit of felt. Instead of permanent ink pens we decided to use acrylic paint, we found acrylic paint to be a nice alternative.. We were very pleased with the results! Credit:http://hollysartcorner.blogspot.pt
read more