Ms. Bentley loves pom poms. She learned to make them when she was little. Her dad taught her to make them from old cereal boxes. We brought our cereal boxes from home, so we could learn to make them, too. We traced two doughnut shaped circles, using lids that we found in our classroom. We cut them out, making a slit in each one. We chose yarns that we liked from our big knitting bin. Ms. Bentley wound some small balls for us. We wrapped the yarn around and around both pieces of cardboard, held together. We kept wrapping until the hole in the middle was almost gone. This wrapping took a long time, and we sometimes had 'yarn problems'. But we are patient and good problem solvers. We just kept going. We used our scissors to cut the wraps. We did this by sliding one blade between the two pieces of cardboard, and sticking the other point out through the wraps. Then we cut, and did this over and over again, until all the wraps were cut. We had to be careful that the ends didn't slip out, so we held it really still while we were cutting. We cut a piece of yarn as long as one arm. We wrapped the yarn between the two pieces of cardboard and pulled it really tight. Then we wrapped it around one more time and tied a double knot. We made a hanger out of the ends by tying an overhand knot. We slipped the cardboard pieces out carefully so that we didn't rip them. We want to use these pieces of cardboard over and over again to make more pom poms. To fluff up the pom poms we whacked them on the table holding the hanger. Then we gave our pom poms haircuts to make the ends more even. We thought making pom poms was really hard at first, but now we can't wait to make oodles of them! We will add a little sparkle before we walk them over to the seniors' residence to hang them on a Christmas tree. We hope you will have loads of fun making your own! A homeless man named Ryan, that some of us knew, died in the summer. We felt sad. We wanted to help other homeless people. We made some clay hearts to sell at the Fall Market, November 15 and 16. A potter named Gabriella helped us. We will give our money to someone who can help homeless people. We will take one heart home to our families and tell them the story. Here are some pictures of our hearts. |
AuthorThe Fine Arts Firsties are creative and mindful. We love to share our ideas and happy thoughts. Archives
December 2014
Categories |