Update on March and April is finally here!!

Hello art friends!
I am back and finally updating my blog! I think my last entry is from February so I have lots to catch up on! Unfortunately, I do not have pictures of all of the art projects but I will just write about them!

**Note: It has been a few months since I have done these art projects. I will continue to update this blog as I remember all of our art and crafts from these past months! Enjoy!***

March
Spring
Cherry Blossom- Paint, sponge, brushes-The students will paint a brown trunk and branches of the tree. Then, they can use the sponges to create pink and white blossoms on the tree
Flowers-Coffee filters or napkins, watercolors and pipe cleaners. The students will paint the coffee filters or napkins using different color water colors. They should use at least two filters or napkins in order to have a larger flower. Then, the students can attach pipe cleaners for stems!
Saint Patricks Day
Shamrocks-Paper, Glitter, Scissors
Leprechaun hats-Paper plates, paper, paint- The students will paint the paper plate black for the bottom of part of the hat. Next, they will decorate the hat using the paper. First, cut out a buckle for the hat and belt and glue it on the paper. Then, add a shamrock for good luck! Next, the teacher should cut a hole in the middle of the hat. Roll up the paper and put it inside the hole. Let, the paper unroll until it fills the entire hole in the plate. Next, the student with the teacher's help, will turn the hat upside down and cut vertical slits in the bottom of the paper. Next, the teacher will tape down the silts while the student is holding the hat.
Note: I found with smaller plates it was easier to stay on the kid's heads. Also, you can attack string to keep hats on!
Leprechauns-paper, paint and glitter. The teacher can draw a leprechaun on paper. I drew a girl and boy leprechaun. The students can decorate them with markers or paint and glitter. Also, you can use felt or fabric to make clothes etc!
Pots of Gold-paper and glitter. The students can cut out gold and a pot. Then add gold glitter to the yellow paper to make it sparkle!
Shamrocks 2- green cellophane paper. The students can trace different size shamrocks on the cellophane paper. Next, they will cut them out! We hung these in our room and it looked great!


April

Spring
Butterflies/Bees- corks, paint, watercolors,napkins. Have the students watercolor at least three colors on the napkins and put it aside. Next, the student should color the cork for the body. (We did black for the butterflies and yellow and black for the bees.) Next, the teacher can help attach the wings and body. You can also add a string and hang them up! Also, you can use pipe cleaners for atennas!
Bees 2- toliet paper rolls, paper, pipe cleaners. The teacher can help cover the toliet paper rolls with yellow paper. Next, add black stripes and wings! Also, you can add googly eyes and atennas too! This craft is fun to hang in your classroom!


Easter
Eggs-Tempra paint. The students can trace egg shapes and then paint them with different colors! I made pastel colors which the students loved! (You can make pastel colors by adding white paint to any color tempra paint.)
Bunnies-paint and cotton balls. The students can trace or draw their own bunny. The students can paint the bunnys white or gray color. They use part of cotton ball for the ears and another for the tail. Many of the students want to make their whole bunnies covered in cotton balls!
note: I gave the students two choices of rabbits: one sitting or standing up. They enjoyed having different choices of rabbits!
Easter baskets- paper. The teacher will cut out easter baskets out of brown paper. Next, you will cut slits vertically and horizontally in brown paper. Also, you will cut out 1 inch strips of light brown paper. The students will weave the strips of paper in the slits in the basket. Continue until all the basket is done and cut off loose ends. Next, the students can cut eggs out of paper and put them in the basket. Finally, decorate it!
Easter Rabbits-paper, paint, glue. The teacher can make outline of a rabbit. Next, the students make clothes out of the paper or paint them on! The students really enjoyed making thier own peter rabbits!

The last week of April was M.A.R.E at my school which is ocean enrichment week. Thus, we focused on ocean art and crafts for this week! It was very fun to turn the room into a underwater scene!

Jellyfishes-paper plates, streamers, paint. First, the teacher will cut the plates in half for the top of the jellyfish. Next, the students will paint the plates various colors and put aside. Finally, the students ( with the teacher's help) will staple the streamers to the bottom of the plate. The students wanted to do these all week. We hung up the jellyfishes from the ceiling!
Sponge painting-sponges, paint, paper. The teacher will cut out the sponges into various size fishes, jellyfishes, turtles. I had the students paint on the sponges to create less mess. Then they can stamp on their paper! This is super fun!
Crabs-paper plates, red paint, red paper, googly eyes. The students will paint the plate red and put it aside to dry. Next, they will cut claws and legs out of red paper and glue them on the plate! If you want you can add googly or paper eyes. This crab is ready to go!
Shiny Fishes. tin foil, paint, cotton swabs. The teacher will cut out tin foil in squares. First, the students will glue the tin foil to the paper. ( Tip: Put the glue on the paper not on the tin foil.) Then the students can paint an ocean scence including fishes, jellyfishes, turtles etc. Fianlly, the students can use the cotton swabs to make designs in the paint! ( This project can go with the book The Rainbow Fish!)
Mural- The students can make a mural of all the sea animals they are learning about in class.
Sea stars- color foam and paper. The students can trace or draw sea stars and then cut them out. The students can add different color foam dots to make a colorful design!