K-1st Grade Musical - Barn Yard MOOsical

While the students were learning all their songs and actions to the Barn Yard MOOsical in the music room, they painted the backdrop for their show in the art room!

For each musical I draw out the backdrop on large paper (33'x8').  I cut or fold the backdrop into four sections - one section for each day of the specials cycle.  Every student that wants to paint part of the backdrop has the chance to paint.











The Barn Yard MOOsical was a blast to paint with the K and 1st grade students.  They painted the whole thing - all I did was outline it in the end.

Famous Art Parody (7th 8th)

Towards the end of the term my students needed a humorous assignment, so we used cartoon characters and famous art to make a parody.

Students Learned/Practiced:
--Observation
--Proportion
--Taking two ideas and making them one
--Famous art work
--Critical thinking
--Problem Solving

The students were to pick out cartoon characters from TV, comics, or video games to re-draw into a famous art piece of their choice. The paper I choose for the final insured that the students would need to redraw the pictures and not trace them. Once they had drawn their characters and the artwork they would be inhibiting, students added color with a medium of their choice.