Heart collages - grade 1/2
This is a project that was born out of desperation - we had some incredibly cold mornings last week, and on Wednesday, my usually reliable diesel car decided not to start. I was able to call a...
View ArticlePositive/Negative hearts 1/2
This is an easy, beautiful lesson that I originally saw on artsonia and decided to do with my grade 1/2 classes. I needed something that could be done in only one class, as I won't be seeing some of...
View ArticleRainbow fish - grade 6
Isn't this fish lovely? Today, we had another snow day (I've lost count of how many this has been) and I wanted to come up with something special and fun that my little group could do today for art....
View ArticleMartha Stewart Knit and Loom Kit Review and Giveaway!
***This giveaway is now over - thank you so much to everyone who entered! I wish I had so many more to give away. Congratulations to my two winners, Pascale Evans and Beth Elderton - I hope you both...
View ArticleGuest blogging: Valentine's hanging keychains
I've been lucky enough to have the chance to guest blog again over at 52 Weeks Project Blog! This is a great DIY/crafting blog that features a new project every week. The project I shared this time...
View ArticleRaining letters name art - grade 5/6
This is one of my favorite projects, that I first did two years ago, after seeing it here. It's a pretty simple project to do - students use the letters in their name to make it look like the letters...
View ArticlePainting kitchen cabinets - how we survived the ordeal
I'm so excited to share this next part of our kitchen renovations - our painted cabinets! When we bought this house, we knew that the kitchen had to be changed completely, but we also realized that we...
View ArticleThe difference a day can make
When I last left you, my kitchen cabinets had just been painted and Joel and I started to feel a false sense of relief that the big jobs were finished with. Then, we got started on our next project,...
View ArticleAged wood floating shelves - DIY with instructions!
I could not be more excited to share our most recent kitchen project with everyone! For this project, we had the amazing opportunity to team up with Ottawa's new Lowe's location on Hunt Club. For the...
View ArticleValentine Owls
These are just the cutest. My best friend recently started working in an after school program, and sent me over these pictures of the art project she did with them for Valentine's Day. I think they're...
View ArticleDIY - Plastic animal bookends - $3.50
I've been searching for a while for a good set of bookends, and finally found the ones I wanted, by Jonathan Adler.Only problem? They're $120. I figured that surely, I could come up with something...
View ArticleDIY - Oxidized wood X coffee table
This is a project from about a month ago, but I completely forgot to blog about it until now! Joel made this table for us on the Saturday before the Super Bowl, because we were hosting a party and...
View ArticleArt Summer Camp
Have any of you art teachers/bloggers ever tried running your own arts/crafts summer camp from your house? Was it a success? A disaster? Do you have any tips? Any "need-to-know's"?I am considering...
View ArticleMixed media elephants and Hot Air Balloons - grade 5/6
Probably every three months, I decide on a new "favorite ever" art project. This one is definitely my favorite ever as of right now!I came up with this project based on the art of Juri Romanov, a...
View ArticleEye study - grade 5/6
I am trying to do more complex drawing activities with my older students. I mostly avoid them, because I am so terrible at drawing myself, but I definitely value the importance of learning to see...
View ArticleDr Seuss Cat in the Hat - grade 1
I can confidently say this is the cutest project I've done with a class so far this year. It blows me away that these are done by first graders. We only have one week until March break, so I wanted to...
View ArticleI'm going for it!
I've looked into it, figured out logistics, insurance, and everything else that could get in my way, and I've decided I am officially going to do my arts summer camp this year! It just makes sense -...
View ArticleScream! - grade 3/4
About a week ago, I found this project on Pinterest and was so inspired that I decided to do it the next day with my grade 3/4 class. The idea for this art project was to do a quirky portrait using...
View ArticleHexagonal tile makes me smile.
Did you see what I did there? I rhymed.This post is lonnnng overdue. About two weeks ago, we finally installed our kitchen backsplash. I won't get into the nitty gritty of it, because installing a...
View ArticleChinese Lion Dancers - grade 4/5
This is a project that I did with my grade 4/5 class. We began the project back in January, if you can believe it, and it took four or five class periods for them to finish (much longer than I had...
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