Kindergarten Sculptures

What do you do with all those old, wornout foam blocks and extra pieces of foam?  Make sculptures, of course!  The kindergarteners had so much fun building these.  They had fun problem solving to figure out how to get pieces to stand up without falling over.

Empty Bowls: A Huge Success!

Thank you to everyone who helped with Empty Bowls.  The event was a huge success.  We raised over $1500 for the food pantry!  It was wonderful to see the students serving food and having so many parents, teachers, and assistants there to help as well.  What a wonderful team effort this that benefitted  such a great cause.

Look at all the vegetables we chopped!

Thanks to our chefs!

Our tables were beautifully adorned with the decorations our students made.

Here is a selection of the bowls that people were able to choose to take home.

So many choices...which bowl should we pick?

Families enjoyed creating hands that were tied together to show ways we can prevent bullying in our school. 

Paper Bead Creations

4th graders are finishing up their paper bead bracelets inspired by the paper bead jewelry in Kenya and Uganda.  They rolled the beads themselves using recycled magazine papers.

Check out this YouTube clip to see how women in Uganda earn a living making paper beads:

Empty Bowls Dinner

I am very excited to tell you about the upcoming Empty Bowls dinner.  This month in character education, students at Three Creeks are learning about community service.  In an effort to get kids involved in giving back to our local community, we will be participating in Empty Bowls.  Empty Bowls is a hunger awareness dinner that will take place on November 28 from 5:15-6:45 p.m. Students in all grades will be creating something for the event, ranging from clay bowls to placemats, to table decorations.  The dinner will include a simple meal of chicken noodle or potato soup and bread. Tickets must be purchased in advance: now through November 16.  Cost is $5 per person or $20 per family of 5. All proceeds will be donated to a local food pantry.  Three Creeks students and their families are invited to come.  Each family who attends will be able to take home one of the handmade bowls as a reminder that there are always empty bowls in our world.   There will be family art activities and music performances during the evening as well.  

  If you wish to buy tickets, please fill out the form that was sent home and emailed through Harmony and send the money to school in an envelope marked “Empty Bowls.”   We hope to see you there.

Junk Sculptures

The 4th graders have been making junk sculptures inspired by toys we looked at from Kenya.  In Kenya kids often make automobiles from bottles, caps, and scraps of wire that they find.  We used recycled treasures that had been stored up in the art room waiting to be used.  Here are some of their creations:

Andy Goldsworthy Art

Check out the 5th graders and their Andy Goldsworthy inspired nature artwork in this short film.

Trash is Cash

Fourth graders are learning about Kenya.  Many people in Kenya are using trash to create art that they can sell to provide income for their families.  Students are working on making their own artistic sculptures using trash such as empty containers, caps, and wood scraps.  Check out these 2 videos to see learn more about trash art and Kenyan culture.