Cassie Stephens: Let’s Create Art-Themed Ornaments!
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As an art teacher, I always love seeing Christmas trees with an artsy theme. So I thought I’d put all of the art-themed ornaments I’ve created over the years into one blog post. This way, if you want to create an art themed tree for your classroom or home…you can! And I’ll show ya how. Let’s start with these wee bearded gnomes made from old paintbrushes!
By the way…these projects are kid-friendly too! So if you want to have your students create these, they totally can. Here’s a quick tutorial:
Now we did use Celluclay and plaster strips to create these. In a pinch, papier-mache could be used instead of plaster and air dry clay instead of Celluclay. You aren’t gonna believe how easy this one is. Video here:
This video was made for you to share with your students.
I used some ribbon found at the craft store and some old paint brushes to jazz mine up a bit.
Using some wire, I added them to my wreath. I found the wooden pallet at Goodwill and painted it to go with the wreath.
Here’s the video:
How cute would pencils, paint tubes, paintbrushes AND crayons be on an art room tree?! We did make these a little bigger with paper towel tubes. It may be time for you to send out that school wide email and start asking for both! Details here.
These are made from plaster and Model Magic…with those puffy things that they use in the mail when they are shipping something fragile as the armature! Here’s the how-to video:
We even made scissors and…
Glue sticks which were, honestly, the easiest of them all. It’s just a plaster-wrapped tube painted in tempera!
Now you don’t have to have a funky colored tree for your art room…any ole tree will do! In fact, I see tons at Goodwill which is a great place to grab one. THEN…you can decorate with all of your (or your students!) artsy ornaments! Details on this tree can be found here.
The most fun is in the making! So…if you are looking for messy projects as you head back to the art room after Thanksgiving, here you go! Have fun!
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