So I do what every art teacher does when I'm tired of all my lesson plans and fresh out of ideas, hit up Pinterest.
Usually within second my brain has kicked back into over drive and I'm filled fresh energy, becoming inspired by all the innovative art teachers, and the work their students are producing.
Most of the time I take the inspiration and remold it to meet my students interests.
But other times, I borrow straight from above! Taking a lesson meant for middle school or high school and give it to my little ones and see what they can do!
Here's my 4th graders take on Totem Spoons.
We built them with recycled clay, hence the dual color.
And painted them with tempera cakes, water colors work too.
And as an extra incentive I let the kids "spray paint" their finished product with a fixative!
Nice for a first try!
