Session 3- Day 1

The Yellow and Green Groups are adding the finishing touches to their flying creatures today. The clay was dried and hardened by firing them in our kiln. The color turned from gray to white and the children were able to paint their creatures. Once the paint dries, they will add wings from various media as the final step to finish this project and will be shown to their parents this Friday at the Art Show.

The Red Group made oceans in a bottle today. Adding blue and green food dye created the ocean-like color of the water. Then the children picked their favorite color sand and jewels to pour in the bottom of the water bottle.

Afterwards, the group went outside to have the bottom of their feet painted to make colorful footprints.

The Lego Room at the Community Arts Center is a colorful, fun place for the children to play and eat their snack. The children enjoy building with the huge selection of Lego's we provide.

Session 3- Day 5

The Turquoise Group is making flying creatures as this session's special. They are making creatures that fly from nature and their imagination.Once they dry and are fired they will use special paints to finish their look. Wings from various media will be incorporated into the final project.

 In ceramics this week, the groups have been sculpting creatures. Once they've dried and are fired, they will be painted and displayed for their parents at the Art Show next Friday. 

      

Today the Orange Group made fish pots. They start by forming a bowl then adding a tail and head and textures to create an original fish.

        The Green Group is making ceramic frogs and coin necklaces out of clay.

 The frogs are designed with the mouth wide open and tongue sticking out like it just caught its meal. The children chose a stamp to press on the tongue, a fly or bumblebee, as if the frog caught it to eat. 

        The group also made coin necklaces which they decorated with stamps and any image they wanted to carve into it. A marker cap was used to indent ridges around the sides to made it look like a coin.

The Green Group has also been working on posters of their name. They were free to design their poster using calligraphy and the letters in their name. The posters are very colorful with designs of different shapes and images.

 The Green Group made kites today that will actually fly. They cut out the diamond shape of trash bags and used permanent markers to enhanced their designs. Kylie and Christian helped attach dowel rods to the back. They used colorful ribbons for the tail. All they need is kite string and they will be ready to launch next week.

                  The Blue group are beginning their fairies using Model Magic and wire. Their fairies will fly in individual environments they create. Stay tuned for the finished fairy gardens. 

 Fish windsocks are looking forward to the colors of the ocean.

Session 3- Day 4

                 The groups enjoyed making flying creatures out of clay as the special project this week.

The Blue group is making ceramic plaques of their choice of a sun or moon.

The Red group painted wooden flower pots with acrylic paint.

They Green group made hot air balloons with colored tissue paper and a plastic cup as the basket. They cut slits into the cup and weaved colored string to make the basket look real.