Archive for December, 2010

Merry Christmas from Mrs. Brouwer

Merry Christmas from Mrs. Brouwer.  See you in January!

Continue Reading Add comment December 17, 2010

A Holiday Break

Georgetown was a-buzz today with pre-holiday parties and excitement!  We took a break from art projects and everyone enjoyed an art room “Favorites Day” – a chance to enjoy favorite games and art room activities.  There were lots of Santa-hat elves in the room today too!

Continue Reading Add comment December 17, 2010

First Grade Reindeer

Don’t you just love these crazy reindeer?!  Classroom teacher Mr. Jurewicz created these fun collages with his students.  He has them displayed on their lockers, and I laugh every time I go by them!  Thanks for bringing an awesome art project into your classroom, Mr. J.!

Continue Reading 1 comment December 16, 2010

One More Art Show Selection!

Couldn’t resist this great Nutcracker King created by Mason in Grade 4!  Mason’s piece will be on our Art Room Wall Of Fame through January, and will be featured in our Spring 2011 Hudsonville Student Art Show.  Way to go, Mason!

Continue Reading Add comment December 15, 2010

Inspired by FOOD!

We’ve been inspired by food this week in the art room!  To help with our January 19 “Marco’s Pizza Night”, our artists have been designing pizza boxes.  Marco’s Pizza delivered a truckload of pizza boxes to the art room, and our artists are decorating the boxes this week.  The boxes will be returned to Marcos, [...]

Continue Reading Add comment December 14, 2010

2011 Art Show Selections

Finally….selections for our 2011 Student Art Show are up on the Art Room WALL OF FAME!  Congratulations to students who have created these wonderful masterpieces.  Your artwork will be on display in the art room through January, so bring your family in for a sneak peek! Our 2011 Student Art show will be held April [...]

Continue Reading Add comment December 13, 2010

Art Teacher Blog Directory

I just love snooping through my fellow art teacher blogs….it’s a fun way to get a peek into art rooms all around the world!  Check this out… 49. Patty Palmer 50. TishaLou 51. GTown Art Blog (Submissions close in 290d 11h 53m) URL: (URL of your blog post) Name: Email: (Not visible) Link tool by inlinkz.com See lots [...]

Continue Reading Add comment December 12, 2010

Surreal Snowmen

Some of my 5th Grade artists have been creating these crazy collage snowmen this week – we decided that they look a bit surreal!

Continue Reading Add comment December 11, 2010

Winter Pine Trees

Mr. VandenBerg’s Third Graders are finishing up a watercolor project.  They created a beautiful background for their trees by brushing cool colors on a 9×12 sheet of watercolor paper and sprinkling the wet paper with salt.  When they rubbed the dry salt away during the next class, it was amazing to see the different textures [...]

Continue Reading Add comment December 9, 2010

A Different Day in Art….

Today we spent our art time in the GYM, singing!  This was our annual all-school practice for the December 9th Holiday Program.  And I have to say it – don’t miss the Holiday Program tomorrow night!  I am so impressed with how beautiful our students sound and the way our Music Teacher, Mrs. Bretz, has [...]

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