Yarn Bombing...

Art club use to paint their membership sticks but this year they decided to yarn bomb them instead.

1st grade Zebras....

First we cut out the parts of our zebra...the head, the neck, the body and the legs.

Next we used scrap construction paper for the stripes.

Last we added on a yarn tail and the eyes and nose.

Our inspiration piece was pained instead of using construction paper.

The idea came from  Mrs. Crisco at:

1st Grade Guitars with Yarn Strings...

I showed the 1st grade an acoustic guitar, which they all called

a cowboy guitar! Then we drew our own guitars using a Sharpie.

Students were asked to draw designs on their guitars.

Next we used water colors to paint our guitars.

The students had to measure out the black yarn for their strings. I added the lines of clear glue but the students had to attach their own strings. 

The only reason I applied the glues is because clear glue is very expensive so I need to keep control over its distribution. 

5th Grade Yarn Weaving...

Okay it was a slow go at first....

Getting the warp strings on your boards took 3 class rotations. The kids worked on other projects as we strung our looms.  The Warp is the lengthwise strings and the weft art the thread or yarn which go through the warp yarns to create cloth or in our case, a wall hanging. 

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Putting the yarn through the eye of the needle was quite the challenge as well...

But after the first day of weaving they got it all under control and are doing an awesome job! 

End or day 1

Great job changing colors and keeping the tension consistent. 

This as a great color change but the sides are being pulled to tight.

Here the weft is a little loose

This student is weaving 2 weft strings and then attaching them and then added 2 more. This leaves a fringe on each side. Cool right!

Nice color change and even tension!

A few friends ran out of time so they had to cut their weaving off a little short, and by ran out of time I mean the last day of school!

You can buy the cardboard loom HERE on Amazon