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North Middle School Art and Technology

Collage Puppets

Posted by cgaub on 28th March 2010

This is a great picture tutorial on how to make these fun little collage puppets. All these links were screened and found acceptable for middle school students, however since most of them go to outside blogs there might be other material on the blogs that is not acceptable. Please notify me if the link is [...]

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Stuffed Doggie Pillow

Posted by cgaub on 22nd July 2009

Did you find some small scraps of fabric and need a project to use them? Here is the pattern and directions for a totally cute patchwork doggie pillow. This is an intermediate project, not for total beginners. All these links were screened and found acceptable for middle school students, however since most of them go [...]

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Wire Statues ala Giacometti

Posted by cgaub on 22nd July 2009

Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printer. His trademark statues are long and stretched out to look like they are never ending. You can learn more about this artist here, and how to make a cool sculpture here. YES I have all the supplies for this project, so just ask! All these links [...]

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Fabric or Paper Flowers

Posted by cgaub on 22nd July 2009

This step-by-step tutorial shows you how to fold papers or fabric to create fun 3-Dimensional flowers that you can hang or wear as a pin. All these links were screened and found acceptable for middle school students, however since most of them go to outside blogs there might be other material on the blogs that [...]

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Friendship Bracelets

Posted by cgaub on 22nd July 2009

CraftJR is a great website for KIDS that has picture step-by-step tutorials on hundreds of projects. It is also connected to a bunch of other KIDS sites that are fun and safe. My students are always asking how to make friendship braclets but I can’t remember from my kids days… so I was excited to [...]

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