Sochi Winter Olympics

Olympic Print Making

To celebrate the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi we wanted to commemorate the occasion in our visual journals.  We decided to do this by using toilet paper rolls to create prints.  

Materials:

• toilet paper rolls or paper towel rolls (cut into smaller pieces)
• tempera paint (red, yellow, blue, green, black)
• black construction paper
• scissors
• glue
• Q-tips
• pencil
• visual journals

Open up to an empty double page in the visual journal.  Using the toilet paper rolls dip the open ends into the paint, lift and press against the first page creating the Olympic rings. 

 Helpful Hints: 

* Make the print using the yellow paint first so not to mix it with the other colors

* The Olympic ring colours in order from left to right are blue, black then red for the top row and yellow and green for the bottom.

 On the second page make circle prints covering the page using all the colours of the Olympic rings.

Dip the end of the Q-tip into the paint and outline the letter in the title using the same colours as the Olympic rings.

Helpful Hint: 

* Write the word in pencil lightly before using the Q-tip to ensure a legible title

Draw the silhouette of any of the Olympic sport onto black construction paper and cut it out using scissors. 

Helpful Hint: 

* Use the link for a visual of all the Olympic Pictograms

Glue the silhouette onto the page with the multiple circle prints.

TADA!! IT BECOMES A WORK OF ART!

Helpful Hints:

* You can use the empty space to write about:

• Their favourite part of the Olympics
• Why being persistent is important 
• How they are resilient like an Olympic athlete 
• Their favourite sport in the Olympics
• How kids can stay active

Fall Poetry

Fall is.... Poetry Writing with Negative Space 

This was a favourite of my class by far.  They loved being able to use a spray bottle to turn their poetry into art.

Materials:

• spray bottles
• watercolour paint powder (red, orange and yellow)
• leaf cut outs
• black marker or pencil crayon
• visual journal

Ahead of time fill the spray bottles with water and a couple of scoops of the watercolour paint powder.  Mix it well so that all the powder has dissolved into the water.

Helpful Hint:
*Add labels to the spray bottles for convince

Open your visual journal to a blank page and flip the other side underneath so that only one page is exposed.  Place the leaf cutouts on the page.

Using the spray bottles spray a mist of paint onto the visual journal.  

Helpful Hints:

*Check after each spray that it has covered the page and to see if you have enough paint on the page ( I found one spray was enough for orange and red but yellow needed two)

*Aim for the middle of the page when spraying 

*Laminate the cutouts if you plan to use them more than once, otherwise they could get soggy

*This can be messy so; if it's a nice day take it outside

Remove the leaves to reveal the negative space left behind by the leaf cutouts.

After the paint has dried, use a black marker or pencil crayon to add your poem overtop.

Helpful Hints:
*The title should be big and bold to grab attention
*Colours can be used to make the title 'pop'
*Marker can sometimes go through the page so check the backside or use a pencil crayon

Voila!