One Crayola Short

Willow Art Show Preview

2012-01-18T09:12:00.002-06:00

I've spent my morning researching living artists, hoping to find inspiration for an art show inspired by them. All I have to say, is I am so sick of shock art! Seriously, maybe it's because I have two girls ages 3 and 2 and I don't really want to bring them to an art museum filled with genitalia or maybe I'm just getting old, but I am sick of it! It's old news, how about something creative and

TP Snowflakes-Part 2

2012-01-12T08:54:00.000-06:00

I thought I had already posted the final snowflake projects, but apparently I just thought about posting them. We finished them off by painting them with white tempera paint and sprinkling some clear/white glitter on the wet paint. They are currently hanging from each other in long strings of snowflake in the window to our school office.

Favorite Classroom Tips

2011-12-14T15:46:00.000-06:00

I get tips from all of your blogs all the time. Two such tips have completely transformed my classroom environment. I wish I could remember which blogs I got them from, if it was you, please let me know so I can send some linky love your way. 1. Use wipes to clean the tables. I'm sure landfills everywhere disagree, but using wipes is amazing! It easily cleans off even dried paint, and the

TP Roll Snowflakes~Part I

2011-12-05T09:36:00.001-06:00

Usually my Adapted Art lessons are "one and done" type of projects. The kids like to take them with them as soon as possible, and I like to accommodate. However, today we are starting a two part project recycling TP rolls into snowflakes that look quilled. Here's step one. Students should write their name on the inside of a piece or TP roll (I cut them about 1/2 each). 2. They can

Kumihimo Weaving

2011-11-17T07:46:00.001-06:00

While attending our local Art Fair this fall I talked with a fiber artist that was selling pocket looms to create Kumihimo Weavings. I had never heard of them, so I looked them up and it is a Japanese style of weaving. I found some videos online and there are many sizes of looms and they can be created with many different numbers of strings. You can use embroidery floss, yarn, ribbons, or even

Adirondack Alcohol Inks

2011-10-26T10:01:00.000-05:00

When I found this image in Pinterest, I had to try it out. I a little discourage when I found out that a small, three bottle package of Alcohol Inks are $9.99! Ugg. I kept it in the back of my mind and continued as normal until I found this pin on how to make your own alcohol inks. Amazing! Perfect! Exactly what I wanted to do at a tiny fraction of the cost! I went out the next day and bought

The Truth Hurts

2011-10-16T10:35:00.003-05:00

I got this from Phyl, over at There's a Dragon in My Art Room. It really coincides with what my cohort has been talking about in our monthly meetings. We've been looking at the Finland model of education, which is number one in the world and only tests their students ONCE their entire school career. Something to think about.

Neglect

2011-10-05T15:26:00.002-05:00

Sorry to be neglecting you all, blogfriends. I have many reason why I haven't been posting~although I'm still searching all of your blogs. 1. I got a new classroom! I'm super excited about it, and loving it~but arranging it and organizing it took up ALL of my inservice time before school started and I still have not caught up with all the work that needs to be done. Now instead of having a room

Recycled Gargoyles~Guest Post!

2011-10-04T12:49:00.000-05:00

Wow, another guest post, what fun! This one is written by Elaine Hirsch, who works with Lindsey from my last guest post. Elaine Hirsch is kind of a jack-of-all-interests, from education and history to medicine and videogames. This makes it difficult to choose just one life path, so she is currently working as a writer for various education-related sites and writing about all these things

Guest Post

2011-08-03T22:45:00.003-05:00

Lindsey Wright, from the blog at OnlineCollegeClasses.com contacted me about composing a guest post for One Crayola Short. I've never had a guest post before, and when she said she'd like to write about digital art I was sold. Who doesn't want to incorporate more technology into their lessons? So without further ado, here is Lindsey's article.Thanks, Lindsey!