Our Visit With Artist Susan Furneaux

Today we met a real live artist, Susan Furneaux.

 She taught us all about wool and felting. 

We made a felt ball that looked like the Earth.

Here is how we made our felt ball (retold by our Blue Group):

Step 1: Get your white wool and dip it in soapy water.

Step 2. Squish it back and forth between your hands.

Step 3. Take a little bit of green wool and wrap it around the white piece like a present.

Step 4. Dip it back in the soapy water and squish it back and forth between your hands.

Step 5. Put a little bit of blue and brown wool around the ball.


Step 6 Dip it back in the soapy water and squish it back and forth between your hands.

Step 7 Roll it hard between your hands to make it a ball.

Step 8 Bring it to the bathroom and run cold water over it to wash the soapy water out!

Step 9 Let it dry!

Our new artist friend is coming back to visit us next week.  We can't wait to see what we will create with her then. Have you ever felted before?  

How did you find our instructions?  If you have a question for us please let us know!

Meeting Our Real Artist

We had a special day today in kindergarten!  We met a real artist.  Her name is Catherine.  She loves to dance and loves to sing and loves to make masterpieces on silk!

First she wanted us to think about ourselves and all the things we love! We shared with a friend.

Next, we had to make a plan.  We picked one important thing about us and drew it with a pencil. We had to draw our picture as big as we could!

Our Red Group got an extra treat! Catherine showed us some of her silk paintings! They are beautiful!  They started with her pencil plans.   The Blue Group will have to wait to see more on Friday!

On Friday we will learn how to put our drawings on the silk! We can't wait!

How To Make A Snowman Sculpture - Part 1

On Friday, we made a snowman sculpture.  Here is how you can make a sculpture.

First, we made the dough. We mixed 2 cups of flour, 1 cup of salt, and 3/4 cup of water. We stirred and mixed and rolled out the dough.

Next, we made 3 balls of dough. One for the bottom, one for the middle, and one for the top.

Then, we joined them together with toothpicks so they would not fall apart or fall over.

Finally we added a little toothpick for the nose and 2 toothpicks for the arms. We waited for them to dry over the weekend.

Here is what they look like today!

Some days are messy...

and this sure was one of them! My apologies for all the paint splattered bodies that came home today... but we sure had fun!

Introducing a new kind of masterpiece...RUGHOOKING!

Have you heard about our new masterpiece? We are learning all about rughooking!

Thank you to Bertha's mom for bringing in a frame and all  the materials we need!  We are having fun learning how to hook!  It is hard and a little frustrating at times, but we are taking turns and being as patient as we can.  We will keep posting our progress for you to see!

Glittery Love!

Remember our newspaper stew?  Look what happened when we added paint and glitter!  We love our sparkly hearts!  We hope you do too!