Friday Art Feature

I've been seeing all these fantastic decorated pumpkins all over bloggy land and pinterest, and I wanted to get in on the fun.  When I saw the Pumpkin Book Project from Clutter-Free Classroom, I knew I had to have it.  My class worked in groups of 4 to complete their pumpkins - the work is all theirs - except a few suggestions from me, they had no adult help to complete their projects (as you'll probably be able to tell).  They will be orally presenting their pumpkins and character book study on Monday.  Who knew I'd actually be able to get an assessment in on Halloween?!?  Although I told the students to pick favourite BOOK characters, many of them turned out to be characters from TV shows that just happened to be in a book ... sigh ...

Meet Squidward - this group worked quite well together, and their pumpkin reflects that team work.

Meet Flik from A Bug's Life.  Poor Flik was still a little wet when he was moved to the table.

Spiderman, Spiderman.  Does whatever a pumpkin can ...

Perhaps this group will listen to me next time I suggest to use a smaller brush for the black lines ...

Poor Dora - crying paint tears because her group couldn't find the time to make her a mouth ...

Meet Winnie the Pooh - still a little wet, but definitely recognizable.  The students had completed the painting the day before, but some of the paint was starting to flake off, so they needed to fix it today.







The kids had a lot of fun with these pumpkins ... can't wait to hear what they present on Monday!

Happy Friday!!!  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Fridays!!!

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