This
is a project that was born out of necessity. The Friday before
Christmas break ended up being.. wait for it.. another snow day! If
you're keeping track, that makes THREE snow days in a period of two
weeks. Sometimes when attendance is low, we'll pool classes together to
give teachers extra planning time. My colleague offered to take the
classes to the gym, after which I would take the classes for an art
lesson. While they were in the gym, I desperately searched for a quick,
Christmas-y related project that I could do with the supplies I already
had, in about 40 minutes. I unfortunately don't even remember where I
came across this idea - it was basically a similar picture and I just
copied what I thought was going on! If this idea belongs to you, please
let me know so I can credit you!
Anyway, this project
was as simple as it seems - students drew branches using chalk pastels
onto black paper. Then, they drew Christmas balls on white construction
paper using oil pastels. They cut out the Christmas balls and glued them
to the black paper. The last step was to use gold Sharpie to draw
little hooks. A very quick, very satisfying 40 minute project for a
group of snowed-in students!
(Before you get to the
photos, I'll add - they don't do this art justice! I had to take quick
pictures with my iPhone, as the kids were taking these home for
Christmas break.)
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