(KG,G1,G2) A Project from the Heart

Students created original compositions of  hearts and flowers using clay, acrylics, chalk pastels, paper mache, water colors, and hand-made paper.

(Pr-K) Creating art with Paper Mache Pulp

My Pre-Kindergarten students kept asking me to do a Paper Mache project for a while.

I decided it was their turn to experience the magic of Paper Mache. 

The inspiration for this project came from the book "The Sun is My Favorite Star" by Frank Asch.

The students decided to create rainbows and trees based on the story.

We tore the copy paper into tiny pieces and put them in a large bowl.

We covered the paper with warm water and let it soak for half an hour.

We squeezed the excess water and separated the paper pulp into several bowls. 

We added two tablespoons of glue in each bowl.

Our paper pulp was done when we could no longer see lumps. 

Our favorite part was adding the water colors to the mixture.

Student comment: "My hands feel sticky". 

Student comment: "I made a fat rainbow".

We learned how to create a variety of greens for our trees. 

Student comment: "I like my darkest green". 

Student comment: "The sun makes my tree green".

In the middle of our lesson, we spied a little squirrel demonstrating his acrobatic abilities.

We stopped what we were doing and took a picture of our little acrobat. 

Student comment: "I do not think I can do this". 

Student comment: "Pink is my favorite color".

Student comment: "My sun looks like the sunflowers in our garden".

(KG) Learning how to make Paper Pulp

For these projects we decided to make paper pulp using newspaper, water and glue.

We soaked the scraps of paper for two hours. This made the paper very soggy, which helped it to blend well.

We knew our paper pulp was ready to use, when we could not see individual pieces of paper.

We drained the remaining water and added the glue. 

 

Making a flower using our paper pulp.

Learning how to make paper pulp.

We had fun watching the paper dissolving in our hands.

Adding colorful clay pieces to our paper pulp flower.

The younger students used paper pulp to outline the shape of the fish.

We used colorful paper to complete our project.

Wrestling to get the paper in our hands.

Making a sunflower with our pulp paper.

Student comment: : " The paper pulp feels hard today".

Student comment: " The googly eye is not paper".

Student comment: "I don't think I want to color the paper pulp".

Someone was thinking of food.

Beautiful paper pulp flower.