completed bookmarks

Today the y2's completed their woven bookmarks. After cutting them from the card looms we just tied the warp threads together at the ends.

Some children added stitching.

I'm sure that whoever receives these will value and treasure them knowing that a lot of effort went into their creation.

weaving

It was y2's turn to weave today! We started by threading up our looms before embarking on the tricky task of creating stripey bookmarks! There was a lot of unravelling of mistakes so hopefully they'll be completed in time for Xmas!

weaving

In y2 we've been weaving bookmarks. Simple card looms with woollen threads. The loose ends have been tied off. The children did really well to keep the tension constant and still manage to weave quite tight pieces.

 

 

It's also Christmas card making season. Here's a small selection of the card designs we've done so far this week. Simple cut/folded shapes.

page palz

A pic of some of the most recent 'Page Palz' (bookmarks) we've been making to sell in our school bookshop. The original batch sold out within minutes! They are made from large craft sticks with wooden shapes stuck on. Painted and sealed they sell for 50 cents apiece - a bargain!

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!

simpler page palz

Here are a couple of pics showing my 'sample' ideas that I showed the children as an alternative to the 3D bookmarks. Our efforts have been put on hold this week as we've had parent/teacher meetings instead of after school clubs.

bookmarks

Have been playing around with an idea for some wooden bookmarks - I've christened them 'page palz'. Oversize craft sticks, wooden beads and acrylic paint, sealed with mod podge.

The idea was to make and sell these through our 'Enterprise Club'at school- but I think they'll be a little too fiddly and tricky for the children to make. We've come up with a simpler idea using flat wooden shapes - I'll post some pics when they're done.

Obviously they can be painted in any colourway and can be made to represent a whole host of different characters.

When not being used as bookmarks they could easily be out on display as a sort of 'stick doll' figure.

Would love to know what you think of these and whether or not they could sell.

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.

peg doll

Have painted up one of the recently made peg dolls in a style after the work of Niki de Saint Phalle - lots of bright colours and dots/lines. It's about 10cm from head to toe. Would love to know what folk think.

Also re-purposed a couple of wooden teaspoons (bamboo I think) as bookmarks. They measure around 14cm in length. Thinking about listing them in my etsy shop.

Weaving

Back after the half-term break. Y2 followed up their paper weaving with simple yarn pieces. We'll tie them off and use them as bookmarks.