This post is really going to post me in a bad light, but I have to share. Today was the funniest day. So, we're doing the letter Uu this week, and for sure my favorite Uu pieces of art work are the Unicorn Tapestries (appx. 1500).
So I went to bed last night trying to think of what project I could do around the tapestries. IT came to me at some insane hour of night when I obviously wasn't thinking too clearly, and being sleep deprived this morning, I wasn't thinking too clearly either and decided to carry on with the project. So the idea was we would do our own weaving. I ransacked my moms embroidery box, threaded 50 needles (ya, the really sharp quilting kind. Helloooooooo???) with different colors, and we were going to sew our own little rainbows. A mother of one of the kids said "You gave needles to a dozen 5 year olds????" Why yes, is there something wrong there? I so need more sleep. Here is a sampling of what I heard over the next 15 minutes:
-OUCH!!!
-My needle came undone.
-Ow! Teacher I think I'm bleeding!
-Ouch! I need a bandaid!
-My needle came undone
again.
-Just lick it, it doesn't bleed for very long.
-Can I take off my pants? I poked myself really hard and I think I'm bleeding.
-My needle came undone AGAIN!!!
-Ouch!! I don't want to do this any more, I've poked myself like a million times.
-This needle won't stay stuck to the thread!!!!!
-There's blood on my blue part!
-I don't like this needle, can I just get a new one?
-I'm used to this, I have to get my blood drawn all the time.
In my defense, I did demonstrate to poke the needle into the
carpet, not on your lap, or hand, and I did keep reminding them, it just didn't work out so well. So, about 4 of them finished, most didn't even attempt it. I was dying at myself. So those of you registered for next year, this project is OFF THE BOOKS!!! I've come up with a fabulous FOAM, needle free option, we'll try it out tomorrow. I'm so sorry about your little chickens! Here is what all the fuss was about.
For our second project we looked at the artist Brent Kee Young (b 1944-). His medium is glass and he's incredible.
So we created with glass today as well. We etched initials on glass cups. They turned out so cool! It was such an awesome project, I'm going to have to do more with etched glass because it is just all too fun. Here are the finished products and a bit of the process.
This week for the letter Vv, we talked about Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890). We made a thick, full of texture and movement background (a la Van Gogh), and when it was dry, we added our Vincent Van Gogh sunflowers. We turned them into Valentines for our Families. We had a great week with the letter Vv.
This fabulous kid is so nice! In fact, his niceness is what makes him amazing! He loves his friends and toys, he does not love punching! He would love nothing more than to have a huge robot! His favorite thing is the whole earth, and fittingly his favorite color is green! We love spending time with this wonderful boy at The Studio.
We looked at abstract versions of the painting. . .
. . .and then we made our own. They turned out pretty good I think. Here are a few great ones.
