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VISUAL ARTS FOR CHRISTMAS: FIRST AND SECOND CLASSES.Using a Poem as Stimulus: Christmas Dog.Tonight’s my first night as a watchdog,And here it is Christmas eve.The children are sleeping all cosy upstairs,While I’m guardin the stockin’s and tree.What’s that now – footsteps on the rooftop?Could it be a cat or a mouse?Who’s this down the chimney?A thief with a beard –And a big sack for robbin the house?I’m barkin, I’m growlin, I’m bitin his butt.He howls and jumps back in his sleigh.I scare his strange horses, they leap in the air.I’ve frightened the whole bunch away.Now the house is all peaceful and quiet again,The stockin’s are safe as can be.Won’t the kiddies be glad when they wake up tomorrowAnd see how I’ve guarded the tree.Shel Silverstein.Drawing Make drawings based on imaginative life Make a drawing using a variety of coloured drawing tools (crayons, markers and colouring pencils) about the scene/room in the poem Paint and Colour Use colour to interpret themes based on imaginative lifePaint a picture about the moment when the dog is “ bitin his butt “Print Use a variety of print making techniques Choose a variety of Christmas motifs ( bells, holly, trees, presents, etc ). Make simple stencils based on these shapes and sponge/spray through these stencils onto squares of cheap fabric. Assemble the individual pieces of printed fabric to make a quilt to keep the children cosy in their beds.Clay Make simple pottery (pinch pots) Make some pinch/thumb pots. Turn them upside down and attach coils of clay using slip to turn the pots into bell shapes. Turn out the lips of the pots. Decorate the bell shapes with incised patterns or drawings. Paint your bell shapes, add ribbons and hang. As an alternative use papier mache or plaster of paris bandaging.Construction Make imaginative structures Stuff a variety of paper bags (of different sizes and shapes) with scrunched up balls of newspaper. Join a number of the stuffed bags together to give you a figure shape. Add and attach all types of construction materials, papers, paints, etc. to turn your figure into a Santa model. Make a model of the dog in a similar way – attach the dog to the Santa figure – to represent the action of the poem.Fabric and Fibre Make small inventive pieces Take an old sock and attach beads, buttons, bows, fabric scraps, threads, etc. to your sock to turn it into a special Christmas stocking. In groups work in the same way on an old pillowcase to make a Santa sack.CHRISTMAS THEME for First and Second ClassesStrandObjectiveStimulusActivityDrawingDraw from observation, p.30Collection of Christmas tree decorations, talk about the shapes, colours, patterns etc.Draw a selection of these grouped together, use a variety of drawing materials, chalk pastels, oil pastels on coloured paper, store in your portfolioPaint and ColourExplore the relationship between how things feel and how they look, p.32Make a collection of fabrics that look and feel right for decorating a Christmas Ball Gown.Choose a fabric: now paint the colours and the textures of the fabric. The children add texture in the form of sugar, sawdust, lentils, etc. to their paint, in order to show the ‘texture’ of the fabric.PrintUse a variety of print-making techniques to make theme based or non-representational prints, p.34Bring in off cuts from your Christmas wrappings. Look at the designs on the paper.Create a simple Christmas design based on the wrapping paper, cut it out as a stencil. Sponge paint around the design to create a print. Repeat.ClayExperiment with and develop line, shape, texture and pattern in clay, p.36Go on a nature walk: gather seasonal pinecones, and pine needles and other evergreen vegetation.Make a clay slab. Using the material from your nature walk, incise and decorate your slab to illustrate the theme of Christmas. Write the date on your slab as a keepsake. ConstructionMake imaginative structures, p.38Read a story about Santa’s workshop and the elves. Talk about all the rooms in the Workshop.Working in groups of three/four, design and make a model of Santa’s Workshop. Imagine the roof is off, so we can see inside. Make your walls out of paper: stick together. Fabric and FibreMake small inventive pieces with fabric and fibre, p.40Bring in your own Christmas Stocking which you hang up for Santa, examine how they are made, look at the patterns.Make a toy size Christmas stocking for your favourite doll or soft toy, so they too can hang up a stocking! Cut and stick fabric together to make the shape, attach festive designs. ................
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