Geese and Swans and Hens…Oh My!

There is time for one last blog post this calendar year. (And in related news, how did 2022 race by so quickly?) This is a Christmas blog post--but if you aren’t celebrating Christmas, please stick around because I think you’ll like this post.

I teach art at a Kinder-eighth private school. We always do Christmas art and this year I have a specific theme. Each class illustrated a different part of the song “Twelve Days of Christmas.” We took a few shortcuts in that some classes colored in coloring sheets rather than making original art. But hey, that’s still creative…

We are starting with the eleventh verse, followed by the twelfth, which might be unconventional, but we had too much cute art to only do one verse. I’m not making you sit through all twelve verses—you’re busy!

** Turn your sound on so that you hear the music in the video! Click on the video below: 

The video goes by quickly, so here are some photos of what the kiddos made:

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave me to me…

twelve lords a leaping…

8th grade

eleven ladies dancing…

8th grade

ten pipers piping…

7th grade

nine drummers drumming…

Amazing detail from one of my super talented 7th graders.

eight maids a milking…

6th grade

6th grade

seven swans a swimming…

6th grade

six geese a laying…

2nd grade

five gold rings!

Kindergarten

Kindergartener solving a problem--too many rings?
Cross one out!

four calling birds…

1st grade

three French hens…

5th grade

two turtle doves…

3rd grade

and a partridge in a pear tree!

4th grade--adorable!

4th grade--tackling challenging subject matter!

4th grade--obviously, the partridge needs a swing!

4th grade--fabulous detail...

4th grade--super creative from one of my imaginative students...

4th grade awesome artist

4th grade--love all this texture!

Thanks for reading my blog posts this year. I love to share fun art and make people laugh, and I hope you enjoyed everything.

Have a cozy and safe new year and I will see you right back here in 2023.