Monday, July 23, 2012

Session 4- Day 1

The Turquoise Group is making hardcover sketch books. This project is very tedious and is a great learning experience about measuring. The hard outside cover will be surrounded with a cloth, which the children tie dyed previously.
They began this project by folding 24 pieces of white construction paper. Six pages were marked at the fold to make the sewing process easy and precise. Each marked page was placed in the center of the small stacks of pages that were folded together. The small stacks were each sewn through and placed tightly together, as a book, to be glued by a special adhesive. Once they dry, the children will begin the next step of creating their hard covers. Stay tuned for the finished product!



The Green Group is making sponge paintings. Today they created the background with blue skies and green grass. On a large piece of white construction paper, the children used a damp sponge to blot the green and blue paint. They will dry over night and a foreground will be painted tomorrow.
                 The Green Group previously make bumblebee paintings. They painted a large, yellow flower and dotted the background with blue paint to represent the sky. The bumblebees were drawn separate and glued to the flower, shown flying around the flower to make honey!





The Purple Group spent their afternoon beading necklaces and making sculptures out of Sculpey clay.



The groups finished the mosaics that will be hung in the Children's Garden. To finish the mosaic medallions, the pieces must be grouted. Grouting is the technique of filling in the spaces between the pieces of glass. Generally, it is desirable to make the grout level with the overall height of the mosaic surface. Grout is just a fine textured version of cement mortar. It unifies the design. Its color enhances the design: and it adds strength.










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