Sunday, August 11, 2013

Back-to-School with Hands-Art!

Back-to-School "Hand Collaborations" for Welcome Bulletin Boards via RainbowsWithinReach

BACK-to-SCHOOL with Collaborative Hands-Art!

Beginning a new year, or a new group, is the PERFECT time for collaborative art featuring the unique handprint of every member of the new crew. 

Here's a bulletin board that I saw last year during my author-illustrator travels to Daytona Beach, FL. This work was on the cupboards in a kindergarten room at South Daytona Beach Elementary. LUV me my Kinders! 

Back to School Hand Art in Kindergarten via RainbowsWithinReach

(Yes. I remember being told that she had seen something on Pinterest that provided her original inspiration.)

Back to School Hand Art in Kindergarten via RainbowsWithinReach

Back to School Hand Art in Kindergarten via RainbowsWithinReach


Back to School Hand Art in Kindergarten via RainbowsWithinReach

Back to School Hand Art in Kindergarten via RainbowsWithinReach

Back to School Hand Art in Kindergarten via RainbowsWithinReach

Back to School Hand Art in Kindergarten via RainbowsWithinReach

Back to School Hand Art in Kindergarten via RainbowsWithinReach


Back to School Hand Art in Kindergarten via RainbowsWithinReach

Here are a couple of other back-to-school collaborations including individual hands -- that I have featured here previously. Let's start with easy-peasy. 

Simple: always has a way of looking great! 

Handprint Wreath for Classroom Door

This next classroom door idea, were more mature kids in Colorado: magic markers and individual hands. 

VOILA! 

Classroom Door of Individual Decorated Hands via RainbowsWithinReach
Colorado Classroom Door. 

Here's my earlier "Hands RoundUP" with all sorts of ideas. 
There are several poems appropo for hand print captures.
{Just click the picture.} 

Handprint Poems, Rhymes and Art Projects (RoundUP via RainbowsWithinReach)

Here's one of my absolute FAVE 'hands' projects ever. 
These were created independently, 
but the idea could be converted to collaborative. 
{Click this pic to go to the original article with close-ups.}

Elementary Art project with hand tracings via RainbowsWithinReach

There have been at least a couple of handprint 'welcome' rainbows for me over the years. 
Here's "Mr. Greg" of Tennessee. 

RainbowsWithinReach meets Kindergarten Smorgasboard

Here's a launching the new year project from Mr. Greg's classroom wall. 

Back-to-School Goals: Parent + Child Puzzle

Here's the handprint Rainbow welcome that awaited me at Gator Elementary in southern FL. 

Rainbows from Individual Hand Tracings via RainbowsWithinReach

Here's another INCREDIBLE bulletin board that launched the school year in an Ohio kindergarten room. 
The brilliant Mrs. Heidi used my song 
"You're Wonderful" to get their year started.
You've GOT to see how she extended the idea. 
{Click the pic to tour her room.}

"I Am" Bulletin Board in Response to "You're Wonderful" by Debbie Clement



photo of: "You're Wonderful" by Debbie Clement Digital Download Available Now

Click the pic to go to the opportunity to purchase at TeachersPayTeachers. 

Hope that whether you've started already
or are still in the planning stages
these ideas spur you on to your own creations. 

As always. I'm UBBER grateful for your pins!
Thank you, pinners!  



2 comments:

  1. AMAZING art ideas from an AMAZING woman!! Thank you so much for sharing. I am definitely rolling with that first hand ditty right of the bat this year.

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  2. Hi! I wanted to let you know that I have featured the hands bulletin board on my new blog post about group activities for the beggining of the year. You can see here:
    http://maros-kindergarten.blogspot.gr/2013/08/2013-2014-1.html
    Have a nice week!

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