Japan - Kokeshis Part 2

Moving from paper to wood and our delivery of dolls had come. The class were super pumped to paint their own dolls. We had discussed in detail the designs on some of the dolls I had brought in to show them and they were really excited.

They all worked hard to think about the faces, 

..the patterns and designs (this one's head was a tomato sauce squeezer!)

The finished products! (With some traditional dolls in the background.)

Japan ~ Kimono

Starting the Japan theme was a lot of fun as the class had so many gems to share with us. Here are some lavender fields in Hokkaido!

Our first project after the map was designing some amazing, traditional kimonos. Everyone had ideas about what they looked like so we wanted to copy the traditional style.

First on a large sheet of paper, we used sponges to dab various patterns and colours.

And then, we had to use our fine motor skills to weave the strips in and out of the pre painted kimono. It took a lot of concentration and was fun  for all.

JAPAN!!!

We live there...we love there!!!

 Children love to rip, to cut and to glue more than anything!
This collage of Japanese print paper was the perfect opportunity to start our Geography lesson from Japan.

We learnt about the NORTH (Hokkaido), the NORTHEAST (Sendai), SOUTHWEST and SOUTH (Okinawa)










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We live in Japan 
We love Japan
The capital city is Tokyo
And we live there.

Do you like the cold?
Do you like the snow?
Then go up north
To Hokkaido.

With lots of food,
Go to Sendai, north east.
Eat Zunda & cow tongue
For a real feast!

If you go south west,
You can see history.
With temples & castles
In each city.

Down in the south,
Is sunny Okinawa.
It’s always hot;
You can swim every hour.

We live in Japan 
We love Japan
The capital city is Tokyo
And we live there.

© Leonora Sophie

Italy~ Mona Lisa Project

China! ~The Dragon!~

 

  

 A simple project with outstanding results!

China! ~Canvas lantern decorations~

 We decided to make some lanterns for our China theme involving many textures.

The first stage was decorating the canvas - we chose the night sky and added sequins for stars.

The lanterns themselves were made from origami paper cut into shapes ranging from rectangles to pants (!).

We made our own puffy paint using flour and salt and food colouring to add a more 3D effect to our work.

They all looked amazing mounted onto the wall together!

 

MeXICo~! Calaveras!

Otherwise known as SKULLS!

This is a great introduction video for the kids. Evn though it starts off morbid, it gets the message across really nicely that the Day of the Dead is in fact a happy day and a true fiesta!

DAY OF THE DEAD ANIMATION

We started out with these paper plate Calaveras, moving up to large paper ones and then tried our hands at a salt dough skull too!

I guess kids like the idea of something scary being cute and of course, the chance to really put their art skills to use!

Paper plate calaveras!

Paper calaveras

Cavalera salt dough beads!

INDiA!! ~ Henna Hands

 Kids just love drawing and they love drawing on themselves, so this is a perfect activity for them. Ok, so henna is brown and more about the patterns, but reggio is more about what the kids want to do with it all....

 

For the finale, we went with more of a henna feel and used ONLY brown...with some inspiration on the side and practice under our belts, it was a super fun activity!

Valentine's Project.

 A different idea for a take-home Valentine's project. We decorated the canvas with paint pens. The kids loved it and really got into the project!