Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

We painted self portraits on aluminum foil. I drew a circle thinking it would give the students a boundary to paint in but didn't pre-cut the circles. I thought I could cut them afterwards and attach them to a hand mirror shape cut from construction paper. Well, that turned out to be a mistake because the students took advantage of the extra space to add more details like ears and hair to their faces. I didn't want to cut off parts of their artwork so I improvised. I created a frame around the aluminum foil using extra pieces of bulletin board borders. They were still mirrors and all the hard work and creativity could be displayed in our classroom.


Our colorful mirror paintings on display in our 4K room:

A few closeups- I just love all the attention to detail and time spent on these portraits. They each have their own character. 

Apple Art

We had tons of fun using apples in different ways during our apple unit! Wee sliced apples two different ways and did apple printing. It was a fantastic process art activity for our students and they really enjoyed it. It's always so much fun to watch their creativity bloom. We mixed cinnamon in with our paint to add an extra sensory experience to the activity. Boy did our room smell yummy!

Here's how our finished apple prints turned out.

We experimented with gravity and the laws of physics with our apple roll painting. We borrowed a slide from the playroom to serve as a ramp for our apples. We painted the outside of the apples, red yellow and green. Then we took turns rolling the apples down the paper covered ramp. Wow! what a great time. It was a bit messy but well worth it.