Second Grade Gingerbread Men

We decorated brown construction-paper gingerbread men using fabric and colored paper and then arranged them in a happy circle.

Woodlands Intermediate School Snowmen

In January, third- and fourth-graders made snowmen by covering plastic bottles with papier-mache, which they then painted white. The snowmen's outfits and faces were created using buttons, fabric and ribbon scraps, stick-on googly eyes, and marker. Some wear caps made from the toes of old socks.

Third Grade Castles

I read to the children from a book about castles, then students drew their own castles and completed the pictures with watercolors.

Shawnee Second Grade Snowmen

After I read the class "Snowmen at Night," the students used chalk on dark paper, with crayon for details, to create these lively, personable snowpeople, smiling and even dancing in the moonlight. 

Second Grade Building Collages

Second graders designed and constructed buildings using scraps of fabric and paper, completing the details in crayon. The structures ranged from small houses to big box stores and even a collage of the Empire State Building. 

Third Grade "Day of the Dead" Art

 

For our "Day of the Dead" project, celebrating the Mexican feast honoring the departed, students colored the traditional skull drawing with markers in various color families. Madison's blue-green mask, above, is a good example of the students' creative coloring. 

Third Grade Stage-Set Decorations

Third graders made decorations for the fall class play, "Swamped," using paint and markers to create insects, butterflies, snakes, and birds to be attached to the wall as a backdrop.