Greek geometric pottery project

When the kids finish a project early, rather than having them do "free draw," I like to give them a quick project. Today three of them finished quick and simple mixed media Greek vases. Inspired by ancient Greek geometric pottery, they cut vase shapes from brown grocery bags, added geometric patterns with black sharpies, and then added a painted background. I keep them busy.

Found Object Robots

I've done it before and I'll do it again, but the robot project--using painted pieces of cardboard and found objects from my exciting wicker basket of "junk"--is always a hit with the kids and always makes me smile.