fridge magnets

In Enterprise club this week we made fridge magnets. We covered MDF 'wheels' and wooden shapes with patterned papers. Self-adhesive magnetic strip completed the assembly. I like the way one girl chose to begin creating a range of patterned animals. 

kokeshi

In enterprise club we've stoppped making bookmarks for the moment and have gone on to fridge magnets. Here are some I knocked up quickly - each from a couple of thin ply shapes, some patterned paper and paint. They haven't had the magnets stuck on yet. They're about 7cm long.

page pals & pots

Managed to get Enterprise club up and running again. We began to batch paint our bookmarks.You might just be able to spot some frogs, horses, rabbits and the odd mouse. We'll be detailing them further next week.



We've also been going potty again. Thumb pots with handles and rims this week. I think we'll be decorating them next week - we just haven't got the space to make and dry much more!

portraits & bookmarks

Got around to painting our self-portraits (after Warhol) today. Used watercolours. Enterprise club also finished off the felt bookmarks.

Am also feeling a little bit of a 'victim of my own success'! I was told by a publisher today reference my book - 'A is for Art'- that 'you seem to be having success self publishing...why do you feel you need a publisher..?'!! Yes 50+ copies is great but I was hoping that it would show that the idea has fantastic potential given the right backing and promotion.

felt stuff!

This week has seen members of the Enterprise club begin making felt bookmarks - we're on a roll after selling all of our phone charms within 2 days!

In yr5 we have started to create 'artificial' flowers ready for mothers day gifts. The children found them a bit difficult but they persevered and hopefully a bunch of them should hide any faults!

We plan to wrap the 'stalks' with wool/string/thread.

xmas fayre

Xmas fayre at school today. The Enterprise club had a stall selling all the goodies that we've been making this term - earrings, bracelets, phone charms, necklaces, tree decorations, spinning tops, cards, wrapping paper. Everything sold!




And to round the day off, waiting in my post tray was a pack of goodies from Lisa Stubbs at http://lilsonnysky.blogspot.com/ . Wonderful. Thankyou Lisa.

origami

Y3 have been busy learning the gentle art of origami and have made simple boxes to tie in with their science topic on materials combined with a Design Technology unit on packaging.

At school we also run an arts & crafts enterprise club, where we produce items that we then sell on to pupils and parents. We have been busy making Christmas cards using stitches and buttons.