By: Julie Goldstein
This week we tinkered around with recycled corks, oil pastels, paint, and wire. The kids were excited to click on their “listening ears” and follow three steps in three different locations in The Studio. First, they painted a cork with white paint. Then they moved over to the drawing station where they created a drawing of their favorite place. (For the younger kids, it was a free draw for time, typically 5 minutes to fill up their paper). Finally they were given a piece of wire. Their challenge was to attach the wire into the cork (I poked a hole on the top of each wire), and then figure out how to connect with wired cork to the paper. This project is so much fun. It keeps the kids moving around the studio, creatively thinking and problem solving as well as developing their fine motor skills. This is a great lesson for both home and the classroom.
Materials:
- Recycled corks
- Oil pastels or crayons
- White paint
- Wire
- 4”x6” sheets of paper
- Hot glue gun
Instructions:
- Paint the corks with white paint (set out in the sun to dry, while the kids go to step two).
- Create a drawing of their favorite place (or a free draw) be sure to cover the entire piece of paper
- Attach the wire into the hole in the cork and wrap around or create a sculpture and then attach bottom of the wire back into the same hole.
- Hot glue the cork onto the paper (I did this step for the kids).
** You could have the kids use regular glue in the last step. I chose to use a hot glue gun, so that they could take the project with them.