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…
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| 8th grade |
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eleven ladies dancing…
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ten pipers piping…
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| 7th grade |
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nine drummers drumming…
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| Amazing detail from one of my super talented 7th graders. |
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eight maids a milking…
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| 6th grade |
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| 6th grade |
seven swans a swimming…
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| 6th grade |
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six geese a laying…
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| 2nd grade |
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| Kindergarten |
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| Kindergartener solving a problem--too many rings? Cross one out! |
four calling birds…
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| 1st grade |
three French hens…
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| 5th grade |
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two turtle doves…
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| 3rd grade |
and a partridge in a pear tree!
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| 4th grade--adorable! |
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| 4th grade--tackling challenging subject matter! |
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| 4th grade--obviously, the partridge needs a swing! |
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| 4th grade--fabulous detail... |
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| 4th grade--super creative from one of my imaginative students... |
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| 4th grade awesome artist |
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| 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.
Great school-wide Christmas project! As always, the talented students at SRL have excelled! Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteHi Rush, thank you very much! I think they did a super job...
DeleteWhat fun! Great illustrations of the Twelve Days - which are definitely not easy!! I was really impressed with the partridges and I loved your comments. You did an awesome job putting the video together. Thanks so much for brightening my day!!
ReplyDeleteOh Debby, thank you! Your comment brightened my day. I love those partridges—quite amazing for 4th grade—complex and detailed….
ReplyDeleteThe 5 golden rings part of the video really made me smile, as did the 3 French hens with delightful names!! So cute. What a fantastic art idea for bringing together all the kids' work!
ReplyDeleteSpring, thank you! I love the personal touches and funny details the kids bring to the projects. They always surprise me!
DeleteGotta love the solution to having too many gold rings!
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha! So funny.
DeleteExcellent project! The kids did great. I love those little creative minds!
ReplyDeleteThank you! They are a creative bunch...
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