Sometimes I Even Sleep!

My, oh, my! It was been a long time since I've posted; this Fall has been a whirlwind, and lately I've been focusing a lot of my time and energy on my Etsy shop, Made In Flight. I started making things for the shop back in April and it's been growing slowly, but surely, ever since. (Let's not forget that our household must survive on a teacher's and a pilot's salary-- extra income is always good!) And since this is my blog and it's a post about the letter "E" theme at school, I will now shamelessly plug my Etsy shop (see what I did there?) here on my blog:

Made In Flight

Alright, now back to my actual post!

A few weeks ago at school our theme was "Easy E." This theme was particularly challenging as the art teacher because I wanted to give the kids variety and avoid the usual "elephant" crafts that we did last year in the 3-year old program. However, I overcame the challenge and actually had a blast coming up with our art for the week! Hopefully all you fellow teachers out there will find something new and different to add to your "E" curriculum. Check out the projects below!

Our first project was an Eskimo. The kids assembled all the pieces with glue, and got a little fine motor practice by stretching cotton balls for the coat edging before gluing those on as well.

Next we made an egg! The kids traced the egg shape on their paper, cut it on the line, and then used plastic Easter eggs to paint their paper eggs. They rolled and stamped however they wanted with whatever colors they wanted to decorate their eggs. 

Our third project was "Eerie Eyes". The kids traced their eyes and cut them out, colored them, and glued them in place on their papers. Very simple, but a lot of fine motor practice.

Our last project was an "Evening Sunset" (this was a fun way to teach the kids about time as well). For this project, I outlined the setting sun with a yellow marker beforehand. The kids then used 5 colors of paint to blend their sunset color gradient. It was really fun to watch them discover how layering colors can create a whole, cohesive picture.

"E" was definitely a fun week for us; I hope you'll find something here to make your "E" week more fun, too! 

And now, time to return to the hurricane of laundry, cooking, working, making stuff for my shop, working on Christmas gifts, staying sane (maybe)....