Pinch Pots by Grade 2

Students created these pinch pots with lids using self-drying clay.    They then decorated with oil pastels before painting over with black paint, creating a "resist" effect.  The final touch was a fancy bead for a handle on the lid.

Recycled Magazine Bowls by Grade 4

I love projects that use recycled and found materials - so this project is one of my all time favorites.  Fourth graders rolled up colorful magazine pages, and then coiled those rolls, in order to create these fantastic  bowls.  Here are photos of the students hard at work as well as of some of the finished products.....

Shape Creature Magnets by Grade 3

Third graders brainstormed and sketched imaginary creatures that combine characteristics of two or more animals.  They worked from their sketches to create these vibrant wood-shape magnets.

Tessellations by Grade 4

A tessellation is created when a shape is repeated over and over covering a plane, with no spaces or overlaps.  Fourth graders observed the tessellations of M.C. Escher before embarking on their own.  They created tessellating shapes by cutting and rearranging index cards, and then used their imaginations to figure out what those shapes looked like.  Here are some great completed examples: