meta name="p:domain_verify" content="64879cbe134de85545e2f8c10b95cb65" Books, Art and Teaching: March 2019

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Leprechaun Traps




This may be my students' favorite project of all time! I read them LOOKING FOR LEPRECHAUNS to inspire them to try trapping their very own Leprechaun to lead them to a pot of gold. Then I pulled out all the random items I had saved in my art closet- for example, the "ladders" are from my watercolor refills, the toilet paper tubes were saved by the custodians, and the "nets" are donated ribbons. Of course we needed shiny things to attract the Leprechauns. They had to make a plan and a "shopping list" before I gave them the okay to start building, and then the Leprechaun trap building began!


Each table got a roll of masking tape, and some students were able to build the entire thing with tape. I also hot glued for the students who needed some help. Students had the option to finish their work in one day or take a second day of art to complete the traps. They were all so excited to take these home and try trapping some Leprechauns this weekend- good luck kids!

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