Name projects Part 1 - grade 5

I've started the school year with some quickie name projects, to get us up and running. Not much instruction to these lessons - the point was mostly to get the brain juices flowing and get the kids back into art mode after a summer off. My 5th graders stacked the letters of their names (or nickname) and thickened one side for a 3-dimensional effect, similar in spirit to the stacked shapes lesson of Tisha Smith at http://artwithmrssmith.blogspot.com/2010/08/stacked-shapes-op-art.html