Art Time

Guest author M. 3rd grade tells us about art at Double Creek

    This year we did really fun art projects. I'm going to show you art that we made here at Double Creek.

We made drinking-straw flowers. First, we cut up the end of some straws and we stuck the cut up end in some paints. Then, we put the end of the straw on a piece of paper and twirled it. 

 

We tried bleeding tissue paper painting.

First, we put tissue paper on a thick piece of paper in the order that you want them to be in and you gently brush some water over the paper and tissue paper and after a few minutes we peeled off the tissue paper to reveal a beautiful mosaic of color.

        Then, we made tissue paper trees. We drew trees and filled them in with markers. We used the same technique as the tissue paper art to make the leaves, sky, and the grass. Some people chose a fall look and some people chose winter.

       Every year in October, we go out on a walk to look for these cute, cuddly caterpillars called wooly bears. Since looking for wooly bears is such a fun tradition here at DC, we decided to make their portraits. Fall is also the time when the chickens molt (lose their feathers and start growing back new ones). You can see that our wooly bears are made out of feathers from our chickens. We went out on a walk gathering nature supplies for the wooly bears soft fall beds. We carefully arranged the leaves, twigs, lichen and moss to give our wooly bears a safe place to hibernate. 

        We played with paint mixing and tints to make these colorful circles. We had to make all of the little tiny individual lines that were exactly one centimeter thick, but you could point them in any direction you wanted, so it was worth it. 

 

Field Trip Recap 23-24

 

We love our field trips! One of the parents at the school generously arranged a fire station visit for our school. The firefighters gave us a very thorough tour and we had a lovely time in the adjacent park. We followed up the station visit with stop at the Portland Fire Museum where we learned about the history of fire fighting.

Fleet week is an amazing opportunity to climb aboard a variety of ships. It was fascinating to meet members of several branches of the military and learn about the variety of jobs carried out on the water. 

The Oregon Zoo is always a favorite with the Double Creek students. It is fascinating to watch different animals and think about their behaviors and habitats. Some of the animals also seemed to enjoy watching us. 

Last year we enjoyed three different plays as a school: Oregon Children's Theater's Good, Northwest Children's Theater's Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and Southridge High School's performance of Sponge Bob the Musical. The kids were able to stay after Sponge Bob to talk to the actors and technicians and take a peek backstage. It's no wonder that the kids were later inspired to write and perform their own play! 

Accidentally dressing as a rainbow is one of the talents of Double Creek kids.