African Tribal Masks

The class made African Tribal Masks as part of learning about the countries of our world.

They turned our unique and adorable.

The children were shown pictures of tribal masks.  The unique designs and colors were pointed out to them and discussed as a group.  Then each child got a paper with an oval shape and two "cut" lines on the top and bottom.  They each got to draw their own designs and were encouraged to use many colors.

Then they used liquid watercolors to paint over their tribal mask.  When they were dry, they were cut out, the teacher cut the line on the top and bottom of the mask and then overlapped them and stapled them to give them a three dimensional appearance.

Camp Fires

These camp fires turned out absolutely darling and again, this was one of those "What can we possibly do for an art project" inventions.
After the teacher had talked about how campfires are made the children got to make their own.  First they drew their rocks for the fire ring. 
Then they tore brown paper for the logs.

 

They added droppers full of yellow, orange and red paint to their papers.

Then used a straw to blow it to make a fire creation.

Afterwards they chose a small stick and put on a marshmallow.  They loved their campfires.
*Original idea from Nola Arko