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My daughter's charter school has it's annual fundraising auction coming up. I've volunteered as one of the Kindergarten class Art Docents, which means I'm partly responsible for coming up with the great idea for something the K/1 class could create as a group to donate to the auction - and the coordinating it being made. 20 kids will be contributing their work on it, and whatever the project ends up being, hopefully it will be beautiful as well as practical/useful. Past auction item projects have included a garden bench, a quilt, a large mirror framed by etched copper 'tiles"..
Thanks in advance to anyone who has ideas, advice to share...
bam
Thanks in advance to anyone who has ideas, advice to share...
bam
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- what about garden stepping stones
- I like teaching little ones about paper making, you can do it quick and easy. They could make a one of a kind stationary set.
- you could use the paper to create a shoji screen or a paper lantern with cheap LED lights inside.
I have more ideas. Im a little sleepy right now and can barely put a sentence together...
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What about Pavers? You could actually do more than one paver - perhaps even one per child, although the cost may be prohibitive of making many. I bet pavers with kid's artwork would be cute.
Another idea would be tile trivets - buy 3x3 or 4x4 tiles, have the kids do artwork, and decopage onto the tiles, and seal them. Glue on felt circles under the tile to protect the table. Again each child could make one. I bought a box of 50 4x4 tiles for $25.
A high tech project is for each child to create a piece of art work, you use a digital camera to take a photo of the child holding his or her work, and put all of those works on a secure digital card (sd card) and put it in a digital frame. You will have 20 parents fighting over who gets the frame because eventually Johnny's picture will come up.
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One year we bought a greenware pitcher and bowl. We had the kids put their thumbprints all over it with glaze and labeled each print with their names. Then we had an artist add antenae and other details to turn each thumbprint into little insects. Had it fired with a clear glaze. It was adorable and the parents went nuts over it.
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How about making kites or windsocks?
www.thenewparentsguide.com/craf...k.htm
Materials needed:
Construction paper
Scissors
Paint, glitter, markers, crayons
Crepe paper
Fishing line
Stapler
This craft makes a great decoration for any porch and on a breezy day they're nice to sit back and enjoy watching them blow in the wind.
1. Take a sheet of construction paper and cut a 5 x 11 inch piece. On one side of the construction paper decorate it with stars, glitter, paint, markers or crayons.
2. Cut about 6 to 8 pieces of crepe paper that are about 24 inches long. These will be the streamers of the wind sock.
3. Staple these streamers to the long undecorated side of the construction paper.
4. Roll the construction paper into a tube and staple together.
5. Tie a piece of fishing line from the top of the windsock and hang for your porch or tree.
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The kindergarten teacher at the school where I work has done paint-your-own-pottery items for several years. One year it was a cake stand and a set of cake plates, another year was a pizza platter and salad bowl, and last year was a cookie jar and a pitcher for milk. The kindergarteners illustrate the items (cookies all over the cookie jar, vegetables on the salad bowl, slices of cake and party hats on the birthday items) and write their first name next to their drawing. She has them professionally glazed at a studio and they have been a huge hit.
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