Torn Paper Aliens

Torn Paper Aliens

This is such a fun project.  The key to the success of the alien is the “lack of control” in tearing the paper!  This gives a huge variety of alien faces! What you will need:  A 9 x 12 black paper to build your alien on, a 9 x 12 green paper to tear the...
Galaxy Playdough

Galaxy Playdough

What you will need: 2 cups of plain flour 2 cups of water with black and blue food coloring 1 Tbsp. of cooking oil 1 Tbsp. cream of tartar 1 cup of salt INSTRUCTIONS: Mix liquid ingredients in a large pan. (FYI: I found black food coloring in a large size at Big Lots...
Transforming Eggs

Transforming Eggs

This is a project from Mrs. Goodroe's kindergarten across the hall from me.  Each student is given an egg cut out to transform.  They then wrote the sentence, “It was an egg, now it is a . . .”.  I thought they turned out so lovely!
Drawing a Bunny

Drawing a Bunny

Last Friday, I lead the children in drawing a basic bunny.  I used basic shapes so it would be super easy.  To keep it a low set up – I used regular black markers for the drawing and let them color them with crayons.   They had a blast adding details. Step One:...