4th Grade Dia De Los Muertos Clay Sugar Skulls

In Spanish class, 4th grade students were able to learn about the history of the Mexican Day of the Dead and the celebrations that take place in Mexico on November 1st and 2nd each year. We looked at some fantastic examples of sugar skull designs and created a plan in journals. Here is one of the creative designs that was created in a journal... 

And now the skulls that were made are drying and going into the kiln to cook at 1,200 degrees (don't put grandma's cookies in the kiln, they won't be so tasty!) Next week we paint them....I just can't wait to get some color onto these guys (I bet the artist of these beautiful creations cannot wait either!). Look at the teeth/ mouths on these examples from Mr. Vitulli's class, I wish they could talk! 

Finished products to come...stay tuned! 

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5th Grade: Hero Radial Character Trait Designs

The integrated art unit the specialist have been focusing on this year is based on heroes! In library class students brainstormed different character traits that make up a hero and in art we created artwork based on those character traits we came up with. There are some examples from Mrs. Stone's 5th grade: 

The big idea was to fit the words into the space allowed in each section of the square and creating different patterns in-between the words so they would stand out. Markers and colored pencils were used for some fantastic colors and I have to say, WOW!