When I saw this awesome sugar skull ceramic planter at Trader Joes I knew I had to come up with a way for my students to make them! So here it is, just in time for Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) on November 1 & 2! All you'll need is clay, a popsicle stick, a fettling knife, and a dull pencil.... Make a sugar skull ceramic planter: If you want to plant … [Read more...]
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Ceramic Sugar Skull Plates for Dia de los Muertos
(See my "new and improved" version of this project here.) Dia De Los Muertos (or Day of the Dead, November 1-2) is one of my favorite holidays…. I love the colorful imagery and the focus on honoring loved ones who have died. So when one of my students requested that we do a ‘Sugar Skull’ project in ceramics class, I was all for it! I assumed I could find a plethora of Ceramic … [Read more...]
4 Keys to Success with School Auction Art Projects
School auction art projects are an ideal way to get students involved in your next school-wide fundraiser! School auction art projects help your art program to thrive With all the funding cuts in education these days, programs like art and music are forced to compete for an increasingly small share of their school's budget.... if they make it into the budget at all. In many … [Read more...]
TIP #15: 4 Habits for Better Sketchbooks
In my early days as an art teacher, I never considered what it might take for my students to have "better sketchbooks". In fact, I remember giving my first middle school students their first sketchbook. I offered a few ideas for drawings and a deadline to return their sketchbooks at the end of the semester. Then, I turned my students loose to fill their sketchbooks at home, in … [Read more...]