Funded Oct 26, 2022Since your generous donations were delivered to our classroom, my students have been even more engaged in hands-on art activities. Our class put together their very first 3K Art Show where each student created a self portrait on their own using the materials you provided for us! Using our card stock paper as the canvas for our portraits, students created their facial features using a black marker first and then added all these beautiful vibrant colors using our oil pastels. For students who had a harder time using markers and crayons, we had our model magic to allow them to strengthen their fine motor skills while still creating their own sculptures of themselves.
When the students first saw the materials they were so excited! Some reactions were "wow" and "play-dough yay!". They had to adjust to the fact that our model magic would harden, but they were so pleased with the end results! We painted our sculptures and displayed them for all to see. Our oil pastels were a big hit and still are! Students who weren't very interested in coloring, are now constantly asking for "oils" to decorate their beautiful art work.
As our year continues, I am confident my students will produce beautiful meaningful art thanks to your contributions. Thank you again!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Colon