Art Club - Turnips / Onions / Acorns

It's Autumn Celebration time in Art Club!

Art Club for ages 5 & 6:

John Cage - Oh, How We Love You

Fri Oct 9

read "The Gigantic Turnip"

look at a variety of root vegetables with greens

use play silks, wooden figures, and a REAL turnip to retell the story

draw & paint portraits of turnips, radishes, and beets using Gelatos

play the Gardener's Match Memory Game

Fri Oct 16

read In a Nutshell by Joseph Anthony

look at bur oak acorns & caps

look at samples of wool roving dyed with acorns

remove the loose papery skins from yellow and red onions

dye wool yarn using our onion skins

Fri Oct 23

read A Log's Life by Wendy Pfeffer

take a nature walk to find an oak tree and collect some acorn caps

make wet felted acorns using our acorn-dyed yarn

learn to finger knit using our onion skin-dyed yarn

play Tree BINGO