Showing posts with label snowflakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snowflakes. Show all posts

Monday, January 7, 2019

Paper sculpture

The last few days before Christmas break, my students worked on these gorgeous paper sculptures.  Each grade level did something different, but all were required to create a three dimensional sculpture with paper.  As much as I'd like to give my students a little more freedom, I honestly end up with not much of anything, simply because they just don't know what to create! So we save that for free draw time when they are finished with projects.  In the meantime, I teach them step by step for most of our projects, and when they finish, they're often inspired to create a variation of something they've learned.  For example, my 6th grades created these amazing cone paper sculptures in all white, and a few students that finished early made a smaller sculpture in different shapes and/or colors.  





My 7th graders got a little taste of quilling with these paper snowflakes. 





These looked so pretty stacked up as I was on my way to the display case!






My 8th graders worked on an origami style sculpture, I'll put those in my next post!

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Whew.... Who knew snowflakes could be so hard?!

After a particularly disastrous snowflake-cutting lesson this week, I think I have learned my lesson as well!  I was tasked with decorating the Christmas tree in our school auditorium for the holiday program, so I was determined to use some student work this year.  Usually there is not enough time for us to create anything in art for the tree.  We are usually still finishing up fall projects until the beginning of December, and by then, it's too late.  So... In a last minute decision, I attempted snowflakes with 4th grade.  Thinking how much fun it would be and how "everyone needs to know how to cut a snowflake correctly, right?!" Riiiight. Maybe not.  

  It's all in the folding I told them... It was downhill from there!  Bless their hearts they tried so hard!  We did end up with a good good, no, GREAT ones though!! 


Lesson #1,436....Paper snowflakes... Harder than I thought. :)

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Snowflakes

 Several years ago before the birth of Pinterest, :) I found an online tutorial for these gorgeous 3-dimensional snowflakes.  I make these almost every year with my fifth graders.  Rather than repeat the steps, the instructions can be found here.  To simplify the process, I put a tape dispenser and a stapler on each table.  We used 6 inch white squares for the larger one, and 3 inch for the smaller...





Just beautiful and perfect for the weather we've been having lately!