Kindergarten Spiderwebs with Chalk Pastel and Glue

#chalkpastel #spiderwebs by #waitsfieldschool #kindergarten

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Kindergarten Chalk Pastel Spiderwebs

Any art teacher will tell you that Chalk Pastels vs. Young Artists can be a tough match! However, with some careful modeling, monitoring and let-it-go-ing, this colorful dust storm can be turned into beautiful artwork! 

Kindergarten artists used Elmer's glue to trace a spiderweb design on black paper.  After it dried, they used chalk pastels to fill in each closed shape created by the glue. 

 

Of course we started this lesson by reading Miss Spider's Tea Party by David Kirk.

Chalk Pastel Spiderwebs

...and a reminder to follow ArtClass_AllDay on Instagram! 

Kindergarten artists made spooky spiderwebs with glue and chalk pastels.  We started by practicing drawing spiderwebs on white paper, then drew one on a piece of black paper.  Then we traced over the lines with white glue.  When the glue was dry, we used chalk pastels to fill in the rest of the page with color.  The chalk pastel (ideally) doesn't stick to the paper where there is glue.  

#chalkpastel #spiderwebs by #Waitsfieldschool #kindergarten

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Here is the inevitable "let's see how much chalk I can get on my hands" moment:

#chalkpastel with #Waitsfieldschool #kindergarten #letsgetmessy

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Monster Draw!

 

First and second grade artists loved drawing MONSTERS! We used the game Monster Draw as our inspiration and we read "Jeremy Draws a Monster," by Peter McCarty.  We used Gel markers on black paper and colored pencils on white cardstock.

Monster Draw!

Spooky Spiderwebs with Glue and Chalk Pastels

Kindergarten Spiderwebs

Kindergartners used glue on black paper to draw spiderwebs. When the glue dried, they colored them with chalk pastels, making sure to blend the colors and fill the whole page.

Not so Ugly Dolls!

 Fifth and sixth grade artists are creating original Ugly Dolls!  They are learning about symmetry in their classroom, so this project ties in very nicely.

We started by folding a piece of free draw paper in half the tall way and drawing half of a monster shape along the fold.  Then we cut them out and traced the monster onto colored paper.  We glued our ugly dolls onto black paper and used scrap paper and black markers to add simple details to the faces.

The next phase of the project is to make an Ugly Doll out of felt.  We traced the monster onto two sheets of felt, then cut them out.  We used scraps of felt to add details to the doll and then sewed the two pieces together with whip stitch.  We stuffed the Ugly Dolls with filling.

Each artist named his or her not-so-Ugly Doll and came up with character traits and a short story about the monster.

Here are the finished paper not-so-Ugly Dolls

Students folding paper and cutting out symmetrical shapes. 

Students breaking my cardinal "no shadow puppets" rule of using the projector.  They are using their Ugly Dolls as shadow puppets on the official Ugly Doll website.