tuesday kids april 26 09

A really sweet photo of the Tuesday kids and their chalk pastel self-portraits. Xiandani, Amanda, James, Andrea, Alyssa, Elizabeth and Taylor.

kids and me

Andrea and Taylor were drawing portraits of me (the book is up to keep me from seeing what they're drawing) Alyssa is studying one those 3-d picture books and Elizabeth and James are just hangin' out.

Amanda, proud bookmark contest winner with her swag

Shells

James and his mom contributed this box of shells. We had great fun looking at all the different ones, and then the kids glued some onto their treasure boxes.

painting her treasure box

treasure box

vampire hamburger

Xiandani drew this on the center of her treasure box. She likes hamburgers and vampires. Makes perfect sense.

treasure box

Alyssa's completed treaure box.

winning bookmarks

Escondido Library had a bookmark contest and awarded one winner per grade. Three of the Mundo Lindo kids won!

turtle

an extraordinary turtle!

Noemy

Violet

Yailyn

Yailyn felt she needed to make a skirt instead of a quilt...

modeling her skirt and t-shirt

With the t-shirt she printed, and her new, hand-sewn, one of a kind skirt.

mom looks on

Asby

The turtle print becomes a beautiful wall hanging or pillow top.

t-shirt

t-shirt

t-shirt

t-shirt

Elizabeth fish printing

We had a very fun and very productive Tuesday class. We did fish printing and the girls made prints, quilts and t-shirts! It felt like Santa's workshop.

Stephany showing the process of fishprinting

Paint the rubber fish, then lay fabric over it and press or brayer.

Alyssa and her banner

Xiandani and her t-shirt

Alyssa and her t-shirt

Amanda and her master work

Amanda had a vision and went right to work on it.

Amanda makes a quilt

quilts from their fish prints

The kids then chose a fabric and got some batting and began sewing to make a quilt or pillow top or whatever.

T-Shirt

I had them sign their t-shirts and they really looked great! We had some leftover t-shirts from our tie-dye extravaganza last year.

our youngest student

Jennyfer's little sister, just 5 years old (and no English) joined us today. She's quite focused on painting her mirror frame.

thursday painting clay

Everyone painting their clay, and then some mirror frames.

spokesmodel

Asby borrowed my apron today.

Xiandani and her ipod and iphone...in clay

Spring break week, so just four kids in the Tuesday class. We painted our clay from last week.

looks like a chocolate bunny

clay painting sister team

best friends

We worked with clay this week and the kids love clay! Here's Brandon, holding a giant coil pot that he made, with his best friend, Angel.

Noemi

clay glasses

Brandon made clay glasses...temporary ones.

eatin' cookies

Alyssa brought cookies for everyone because it was her birthday, and I forgot to get any photos of the kids working with clay! Notice Andrea (far left) wearing the tie-dye t-shirt she made in Mundo Lindo!

jonathan teaching the art of paper airplanes

thursday kids

Tuesday kids

We made Japanese Paper Kites from construction paper and glue. The kids just had to see if the kites would fly.

Alyssa

Taylor

Andrea

James

He's flying his kite...it's on the left.