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#Bigartday17 is tomorrow in Texas. We had a big art time making cakes and pie in 5th grade this past 9 weeks. It was fun, it was messy, but I overheard many time, "this is the best project ever!" My inspiration was the lesson that Rita Martin posted on the Art Teacher Facebook page last year. I ordered the claycrete from Amaco that she recommended from School Speciality at the end of last year when I had some money left in my school spending account.  I ordered the large box and had some left over. I have 100 students.  I introduced the lesson using Wayne Thiebaud paintings and this  video .  On day one the students research the pie or cake they wanted to make. They also had to cut out a template from a cereal box that they brought and tape it together.  Use 3M tape, the cheap stuff didn't stay stuck.  I made several templates but a few made their own.  We also referenced this slide from the AOE You can play aro...

These two are best ever kids, and they were so nice to let me take their picture at 7 am.   Their mom is our Kinder teacher and  I have known them since they were born.  The art work is up, the open house is over, but the images remain. I created to photo booths for parents to take pictures of their kids and remember the night.  It is always a hit.  I am so glad I ordered these flags and letters earlier in the school year. I boxed up my letters to use again with my props. Michaels has the best wooden props! All of these props help since I needed to put it up quickly.  This year's open house was a Flower Themed event.  I was so proud of each grade level as they created some amazing works of art.  It was so nice to receive so many compliments from parents, teachers and kids!  Third grade slab vases with their lovely flowers, Sunflower pinch pots created by 2nd graders and 1st grad...