December 22-23
9am-3pm
Snow Creature Sculptures
Students will craft sculptures of people, animals, or imagined creatures. Students will use various materials to create a structure for their sculpture, add air-dry clay to give it a snow-created look, and then add fabrics or small objects to detail their creations. Once their clay has dried, they can go back and paint details or add other features as they desire.
Mosaic Collages
Students will explore the multifaceted art of mosaics by creating various holiday or winter-themed scenic collages. Using a variety of colorful papers and scraps, magazine clippings, and festive shiny materials (such as tinsel or foil), students will tear and cut small pieces in order to create a larger picture.
Melted Snowpeople Paintings
Students will use acrylic paint to capture an uncommon type of portrait: the transformation of a jolly snowperson into a colorful puddle. This project encourages students to learn and think about abstract art while using painting techniques to create liquid textures in their work. On dark paper, students will experiment with blending, swirling, and dripping techniques to show the movement of melting snow (white acrylic) mixing with various colors of the features and accessories of the students’ choosing.
Students will craft sculptures of people, animals, or imagined creatures. Students will use various materials to create a structure for their sculpture, add air-dry clay to give it a snow-created look, and then add fabrics or small objects to detail their creations. Once their clay has dried, they can go back and paint details or add other features as they desire.
Mosaic Collages
Students will explore the multifaceted art of mosaics by creating various holiday or winter-themed scenic collages. Using a variety of colorful papers and scraps, magazine clippings, and festive shiny materials (such as tinsel or foil), students will tear and cut small pieces in order to create a larger picture.
Melted Snowpeople Paintings
Students will use acrylic paint to capture an uncommon type of portrait: the transformation of a jolly snowperson into a colorful puddle. This project encourages students to learn and think about abstract art while using painting techniques to create liquid textures in their work. On dark paper, students will experiment with blending, swirling, and dripping techniques to show the movement of melting snow (white acrylic) mixing with various colors of the features and accessories of the students’ choosing.
December 29-30
9am-3pm
New Year’s Greeting Cards
Students will design and create their own New Year’s greeting cards, focused on themes such as hope, celebration, and well-wishes for the future. Students will investigate and practice developing simple pop-up mechanisms to add a 3D surprise for their card’s recipient. This could be something like bursting fireworks, the year 2026, or an idea they create on their own. Using construction paper, metallic markers, and foil, students will practice cutting, measuring, and folding to create their image in a greeting card to share for the holiday.
Polar Bear and Penguin Pastel Portraits
Students will create Polar Bear and Penguin portraits using oil pastels on dark paper to explore color and texture. Working with oil pastels, students will practice and learn techniques of color blending and theory to create the differing textures of polar bear fur and smooth penguin feathers. Students will continue to add landscape details and backgrounds that create a mood while learning and practicing skills in color contrast and composition.
Self Portrait Winter Scene Searches
Students will experience an interactive challenge through a Self Portrait Winter Scene Search drawing project. Students will first observe and sketch a detailed mini drawing of themselves. Then, students will develop a larger, Winter-themed composition around their self-portraits. Students might develop scenes based on a busy sledding or skiing hill, maybe a crowded ice rink, a holiday gathering, or something they imagine entirely on their own. The goal is to strategically place and color people and objects within the composition to make themselves less visible. Students will practice skills, developing compositions, scale drawings, and adding fine details. Finally, students will exchange copies of their scenes and try to solve everyone’s searches.
Students will design and create their own New Year’s greeting cards, focused on themes such as hope, celebration, and well-wishes for the future. Students will investigate and practice developing simple pop-up mechanisms to add a 3D surprise for their card’s recipient. This could be something like bursting fireworks, the year 2026, or an idea they create on their own. Using construction paper, metallic markers, and foil, students will practice cutting, measuring, and folding to create their image in a greeting card to share for the holiday.
Polar Bear and Penguin Pastel Portraits
Students will create Polar Bear and Penguin portraits using oil pastels on dark paper to explore color and texture. Working with oil pastels, students will practice and learn techniques of color blending and theory to create the differing textures of polar bear fur and smooth penguin feathers. Students will continue to add landscape details and backgrounds that create a mood while learning and practicing skills in color contrast and composition.
Self Portrait Winter Scene Searches
Students will experience an interactive challenge through a Self Portrait Winter Scene Search drawing project. Students will first observe and sketch a detailed mini drawing of themselves. Then, students will develop a larger, Winter-themed composition around their self-portraits. Students might develop scenes based on a busy sledding or skiing hill, maybe a crowded ice rink, a holiday gathering, or something they imagine entirely on their own. The goal is to strategically place and color people and objects within the composition to make themselves less visible. Students will practice skills, developing compositions, scale drawings, and adding fine details. Finally, students will exchange copies of their scenes and try to solve everyone’s searches.
"Both girls enjoyed the camp today; thank you for adapting the activities to their abilities and developmental level."
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