School Silent Auction

Here is some documentation on some of the collaborative art pieces that we did in our classroom for this years silent auction.  

Prickly Pear Mosaic Mirror

Children rolled out pear shaped pads and then used pointed sticks to create the needles.  We let children use their imagination, so that the needle designs we all very unique.

 

Our friends at Borton Magnet Scool were kind enough to do our first firing.

We then glazed the tiles.  After the glaze was added we fired them a second time.

We had traced all the pads and labeled them, so that as they were being fired we could start with the mosaic.  We arranged the pads and glued down our mirror.

We bought square glass mosaic tiles and I broke them in half and discarded any sharp pieces.  While letting the children mosaic I explained to them that it was like a puzzle and the trick was to get them close together without touching.  I also explained that there was a flat side and a bumpy side and we wanted the flat side up.  I mostly worked with two at a time, so that there was a lot of individual attention.  The children did an amazing job!  

Because of time, the teachers had to do the grouting and cleaning.

Then we stuck in the pads and grouted.

Wiped off and sealed.

Here they are hung up and ready to be auctioned off.  We got about $450 for both of them, although they were auctioned separately.

Hands Around a Heart

In this item, we started by tracing handprints onto black paper and had them used metallic makers to write their names and then decorate them.

Then the hands were paced around to form a heart and a quote was added inside.  This was then framed.

The quote reads "we hold our children's hands for a little while... But they hold our hearts forever."

Handmade Felt Garden Bed

This was my personal contribution.

And here are some of the other classroom's finished art projects.  They look amazing!

A rainbow made of recycled bottle caps!

A lamp made with colored plastic cups, that were then melted in an oven.

Children's water colored hearts arranged in a tree.

Dove made from everyone's handprint over a tissue paper decoupage background.

Fingerprint dove that come with a corresponding list of all children and which color fingerprints are theirs.

Watercolor flower pot.

Water colored paper that was punched out in shapes of butterflies and then put into a shadow box.

Corinne's beautiful artwork in different forms.  Cards, framed pieces, and a tote bag.

One of the dads, Alan, made both of these incredible pieces!  A rabbit bike lock and a ladybug garden trellis.

Beautiful artwork and classroom collaborations.  

And these are only preschoolers!  

Wow!!!