My Art Lesson

Yesterday, I was approached in the stairwell by a teacher of mine asking for me to have an art activity ready for the following day (today). I asked what materials she had and she said she had crepe paper. I was quite unsure as to what to do. But I quickly agreed to the proposal and said I would come up with something. I have never done a project with crepe paper (other than the decoration of a room). I decided to have the girls make flowers by tearing up the crepe paper and adhering it to the paper using glue.

I left it to be a rather open-ended project as many things have many guidelines. I drew a few kinds of flowers on the board and handed out paper. I explained different ways to attach the crepe paper to the paper. And then I set them off to create. I went around and answered questions and helped with problems. They are not all done but I am very happy with how they are turning out. Most of the students did something a little different. They used different sized papers and different colors and tried new things that I hadn't thought to try.

The teacher and students loved it!

Here are some of the results: