November 12, 2008

Theme:  Decorate Holiday Tree for DAR Festival of Lights

Goal:  Decorate Tree in the Pre decided Topic of Comic Book Heros.  Deliver Tree to DAR on Schedule.  Each student will make at least one ornament for the tree and one to take home.

Materials:  Fabric in Comic Book Hero theme, used for tree skirt and to cover wooden ornament shapes.  Matching ribbon for bows, empty glass ornaments to fill.  Comic Hero stickers, mini figures, tree topper to be colored, glitter, glue, sequins, and various notions to embellish and create ornaments.  Scissors, markers, paint and yarn/strings.  Camera for photos.  Snacks for participants.

Attendance:  Eleven Students and 1 instructor.

October 15, 2008

• Theme:  Holiday Lanterns
• Goal:  Each Student will create a unique paper lantern for the Autumn Holidays
• Materials and/or books:  Various paper lanterns, foam stickers, variety of 3D embelishments, glitter, paint, yarn, fabric, and glow sticks.
• Number in Attendance: 15 students and 1 adult instructor.

October 1, 2008

Theme: Make No-bake cookies while planning and brain storming themes for this years DAR Christmas Tree.

Goal of Session or Activity:  Every student will dabble in No bake confections, take some edibles home, learn some basic kitchen skills, we have a theme for our tree(s).

Books and/or Materials featured  Receipe for No bake cookies, (see below)  Receipe for Rice Crispy treats found on the slide of the box.  All listed ingrediants.  Large tablet and markers to record suggestions and voting.

Number Attending:  Ten students and one instructor.

Two themes chosen:  Edible Ornament tree and Comic Book Heros.

No-Bake Chocolate Cookies by Sarah Sprock

• 4 cups sugar
• 6 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 lb oleo (margerine or butter)
• 1 1/2 cups peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 7 cups quick oats

Bring to a good boil sugar, cocoa, milk and oleo. remove from heat. Add peanut butter, vanilla and quick oats. Drop by teaspoons onto waxed paper.

September 17, 2008

 

• Theme:  Fabric Paint
• Goal of Session or Activity  Each Student will create their own unique t-shirt design using fabric paints, stencils and brushes.
• Books and/or Materials featured:  Stencils, brushes, various colors of fabric paint, instructions, images to trace, and plain cotton t-shirts.
• Number Attending 9 students and one instructor.

September 3, 2008

• Theme: Art Crosshatching
• Goal of Session or Activity:  Students will learn basics of cross hatching and apply these principles to a line drawing of their own creation, or from a  approved source.  For example a coloring page.
• Books and/or Materials featured:  Coloring pages, Crosshatching handouts and examples, drawing papers and various pencils and pens.
• Number Attending:  Ten students and one instructor.

August 20, 2008

Theme:  Art:  Locker Magnets

Goal of Session or Activity:  Class will design one or more locker Magnets each.  These custom locker magnets will be made using sheets of paint-able, printable, cut able magnetic material.  These can be used to personalize lockers, refrigerators, etc.

Books and/or Materials featured:  Magnetic sheets purchased at craft store.  permanent markers, coloring books for images, scissors and imagination.

Number Attending: 7 students and one instructor.

May 14, 2008

• Art:  Class Project.  Three way figural flip book.
• Goal of Session or Activity:  Each student will create a figural drawing that divides into 3 sections.  The common demarcations will be the neck and the waistline.  Sheets were prepared by instructor before class.  Each sheet is divided into 3 sections and the marks for the common neck and waist were added.  Once the drawing is complete the sheets will be cut into 3 sections and fastened in order in book fashion.  Multiple combinations of figures will be possible with the resulting flip book.  Each student will get a small copy of the flip book with a larger copy being put in the library.  Original art will be returned to the students.  Figures should be brightly colored and well defined.  All backgrounds will be left white to provide a common ground.
• NOTE: Also at this class we will take photos of students in poses for flying in preparation for next project.
• Books and/or Materials featured: White paper that is pre-marked and measured before class.  Pencils, colored pencils and Markers.  Project will be scanned, printed professionally and spiral bound.
• Number Attending :  15 students attending.

April 16 and 23, 2008

• Theme:  Art: Fusion pictures. Class 1 and 2
• Goal of Session or Activity:  Each student will Think of two or more unlikely subjects to fuse into a sketch and then a painting.  Today’s session was step one, the idea, the sketch, the back ground…Next week step two complete the painting.
• Books and/or Materials featured: Sketch paper, some pictures and books for inspiration, Scaminals and Behold the Bold Umbrelephant by Jack Prelutsky, canvas board, pencils, acrylic paints and brushes. 
• Number Attending : Class one,ten Students and one instructor.  Class two, twelve Students and one instructor.

 

April, 2 2008

• Theme:  Art: Kites
• Goal of Session or Activity:  Each student will assemble and decorate a dehydrl Kono Kite kit.  If assembled properly these kites will fly in very light breezes.
• Books and/or Materials featured: Kono Kite kits for the classroom from www.drachen.org , basic water color sets and brushes, tubs for mixing water, clear tape and imagination.
• Number Attending :Ten Students and one instructor.

March 19, 2008

• Theme:  Art/Lamps and Shades
• Goal of Session or Activity:  Each student will create a lamp with a “found object.”  Instructor will enlist the help of an electrician to apply lamp kit.  Student will decorate and/or embellish the lamp shade of their choice .
• Books and/or Materials featured: 40 watt light bulbs, bottle lamp kits, wooden bases, Dow rods 1/4 inch and 1/2 inch, various found objects, various lamp shades, hand drill, wood screws and washers, Gorilla brand glue, paint, fabrics and embellishments.  Note:  Found object were brought in prior to today’s class.  Lamp base and or bottle lamp kit was installed prior to class.  Bases were painted in a previous class.
• Number Attending : Eleven Students and one instructor.