Thursday, December 24, 2015

Parent Gift 2015

On this beautiful Christmas Eve (56 degrees and sunny here in Ohio), I wanted to take a couple minutes to share our parent gift this year.  The kids loved these and were so excited to give them as a gift!

The kids started by painting an 11x14 canvas solid blue.

My pre-student teacher came back to visit and helped paint feet one day during centers.




After these dried, students came over during centers one day and wrote "Let It Snow" with a pencil (which I then traced with a silver Sharpie Paint Pen) and added details to their snowmen.  A paintbrush was used to make the hats then the back end of a brush dipped in the paint was used to make the eyes and mouth.  Last, students used a thin brush to make the orange carrot nose.


The last step was using a q-tip to add snow to our painting.  Below is an example of the finished project.


This project takes a few days with drying time, so it is best to start early.  I started about 2 weeks before winter break.  Fevers and vomiting were running rampant through our building, so I took into account absences.  

The kids wrote their name and the year on a large shipping label and put it on the back of the canvas.  They then wrapped their canvas (with some help) with brown bulletin board paper and attached a homemade card and a bow.

What do your students make for a parent gift? 

2 comments:

  1. Those turned out cute! My team had the students make sparkly white snowflakes. They reminded my teammate of something her son had done. They were cute!

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    1. Thanks! I can only do it with more than one adult though; painting feet with 21 little ones can be a bit challenging for one person!

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