Kindergarten cows

Does it GET any cuter than these cows?! I found this idea on Pinterest several years ago and it has become my favorite kindergarten project.  I guess you could say I save the best for last.  The next few posts will also be of some of my favorites! 

Sweet kinder tulips!

Oh how much I love these beautiful tulips my kinders are working on this week!!  (I saw these on another art blog, I need to find the link to post here.)  They did such a great job with the drawings!  I was a little hesitant to do this one with kindergarten but decided they could do it, and they really impressed me!  We used a petal shaped template to help with some of the lines but other than that, they free handed  them step by step along with me.  

Painted paper flowers, 2nd grade

Remember all that paper we've been painting? We are putting it to good use this week in second grade!! I love these beautiful bold flowers!!

Painted paper trees

I used some of my 1st graders' artwork for our volunteer gifts in my previous post.  The remaining classes also completed a similar version but instead of using green construction paper for the leaves, we used our painted paper that we created earlier in the year.  I also had a substitute for one group and she is a fantastic one!  I left lesson plans for them to create just the background with paint, and I failed to specify which direction I had originally intended for the paper to be oriented.  So, she did that very first step portrait instead of landscape, and I am so glad she did, because I think I love them even more this way!!

Here are the landscape versions, I was thinking it would be better to have more room for the flowers, but now I love both versions.

We ❤️ our volunteers!

Each year our school hosts a volunteer appreciation tea for the wonderful volunteers that help us throughout the year. This year I was asked to have students create something special for them in art to show them how thankful we are for their time.  The tree and branches are their handprints and we used our painted papers that we made earlier in the year for the flowers. :)

Happy First Day of Spring!!

Ironically, today is a dreary, cold, and rainy day... The temperature is a balmy 45 degrees on the first day of spring. :( So... I'm happy to be creating such beautiful bright and colorful flowers in a few of my classes this week.  It definitely has brightened up my morning!  We added polka dots to the background of these and I love the striking effect of them!

This student asked if he could do his in shades of black, white, and gray.  It turned out awesome!

Happy Spring!

Cosmos!

Finishing up spring projects this week, starting with 1st grade and these larger-than-life flowers!  I found them here and she has shared an awesome tutorial for them!  Although I didn't exactly follow it.  Probably would have been easier!  :)  We discussed Georgia O'Keefe and her beautifully detailed flowers while we worked on this project. I can't wait to decorate the hallways with these!

I scream, you scream!

4th grade just finished up these yummy little treats just in time for spring break!  This year I decide to cut them down after we finished painting with watercolor.  This project is another great lesson for color and drawing.  We used cans to trace overlapping circles, then added a "ruffled" bottom to each scoop and added a cone!

A home for a bird!

My first graders are finishing up a springy little project this week!  We learned how to use a ruler makings these charming little houses!  I have so many great ones I'll probably make another post of them as more are finished up.