Kindercamp Week 5: Katharine

Lascaux cave paintings group exercise:
Craft paper, oil pastels, masking tape

Kindergartners will create their very own cave paintings as they travel back in time to Lascaux, France in a recreated world with craft paper and turned over tables.

Rain sticks:
Cardboard tubes, wax or craft paper, rubberbands, rice or beans, markers

Students make their own instruments with recyclable materials and dried food!

African papier-mâché masks:
Plastic mask molds (in aaac basement), newspaper/craft paper, papier-mâché mix, tempera paint, hole punch, raffia, yarn, beads, some sort of elastic band to attach it around head?

Students will get a little messy as they learn about the papier-mâché process and sculpt their own African inspired masks.

Aztec pendant:
Tube pasta, colorful beads, tin can lids, construction paper, glue, markers, scissors, yarn or suede cord?

Kindergartners will paint pasta, then while waiting for it to dry create a design for their pendant. This design will be glued onto the tin lid and then all the pieces will be strung on.

Mayan vase:
Salt dough, tin can, tempera paint

Students will experiment with homemade dough and cover a tin can to make a Mayan vase.

Japanese windsock
Paper bag or poster board?, stapler, hole punch, markers, tissue paper, wire, crepe paper

Students will decorate and assemble a Japanese windsock while learning about pattern and repetition as they attempt to imitate the appearance of scales on a fish.

Ghanian stamp print:
Paper bag or craft paper, Styrofoam trays, pencils, tempera paint, scissors, potato stamps, other stamps

Students will learn about basic printmaking and how to create a pattern as they imitate the adinkra cloth art from Ghana.

Papel Banners from Mexico:
Colored tissue paper, scissors, string or yarn

Cutting simple designs in tissue paper, students assemble a collection of colored flags and attach them to string, creating a traditional papel banner from Mexico.