Crazy Legs, Texture Socks - by grade 1

What FUN!! First graders drew and cut shoes from textured contact paper and stuck them on the bottom an ugly gray sheet of 18x24" paper. Then they added legs, all the way to the top. The kiddos had a wonderful time picking ribbon, rick-rack, lace, corrugated cardboard, and foam strips to make these wonderfully zany textured socks. The one rule was to make the socks a matched pair!

When the glue was dry, the kids cut around them so we could display them in the hall.

The "crazy legs" have been a favorite of passersby!

DONE!

The grade 4-6 chorus will be singing The Circle of Life and some other songs from the Lion King as part of their winter concert. My art room is next to the music room, and I've also heard the kids belting out Don't Stop Believing so energetically that it sounds there's an episode of Glee being taped next door!

So, we made these big "props" that they will be using in the concert - that's Zazu up top, and below are Simba, Rafiki, and Mufasa. (I hope my spelling isn't too far off on these names.) With limited time, I drew them out, and basically directed volunteers during lunch, and after school what to paint and where. Then a couple of helpful 6th grade boys came out of their study hall to create and hot glue the crazy hair on them. They came out pretty cool but mostly I'm glad they're done!