Terra Cotta Warrior Photo Book

My fourth grade students created a photo book to be sold at the auction. We used small figurines of the Terra Cotta Warriors, but you could use any small object. This is also a great lesson in proportion. I had the students bring their own cameras in and each class I took to a new location. We arranged the warriors in different positions around campus. I encouraged the students to get into the warriors world. You have to get dwon on their level to get more interesteing photos. I then selected the best photos to tell a little story of their adventures around our campus.

Toy Chest

This toy chest will also be sold at this year's auction. I painted all of these rectangles on to the wood with acriliyc paint. Then I had first grade students create fingerprint animals to put in each section. First they choose the color and added their fingerprint. We let it dry and then used sharpie markers to add in the details.

Handprint Cross

Each year our school hosts an auction to raise money for a certain area of our school and to donate to an underprivileged school in China. We often create art pieces with the students to sell at the auction. I helped create 3 of these pieces this year. This is the piece I created with the Preschool students. I used a thin piece of plywood and covered it with plaster to make the cross. One class added the gold by rubbing over the whole board. The next class used silver to make many tiny fingerprints. The last two classes made blue and purple handprints.

Money Muncher Fish

This was a great project for my first graders they loved getting messy in the paper mache and designing their own unique fish. I even had one octopus.

Step 1: Blow up a balloon for each student ( I used a ballon pump)

Step 2: Using wall paper paste and strips of newspaper cover the whole balloon. We took two classes to make sure the fish would be solid. About 6 layers of newspaper should be good.

Step3: Make fins using hard card paper or cardboard. Tape them onto the newspaper.

Step4: I coated the fish with a primer to cover up the newspaper and tape.

Step5: Paint the whole fish using tempera paint.