Monday, June 28, 2010

Jewelry Camp 2010!

The week after school let out, I directed Jewelry Camp for current and incoming Middle Schoolers. Here are some highlights of the pieces we made during the week:
Our first project was a bracelet made of seed beads and safety pins. You basically put four 5mm glass beads on a pin, clamp the pin shut, then string 50 pins on jewelry elastic to create the bracelet:
We also glazed ceramic bisque pendants in all shapes. They were all so different and colorful!
The girls painted and decoupaged small jewelry boxes to keep all of their bobbles:
We all had fun making earrings and charms out of good old fashioned Shrinky Dinks...
Some more bracelets we made out of Twistee Wire and hemp and handmade polymer clay beads:
Fused glass necklaces were a big hit and the results are just beautiful!
One camper completely covered in her handmade BLING!

Friday, June 4, 2010

Last Day of School!

I am WAY overdue in posting about the last day of school, and what a fun day it was! After the awards assembly in the morning, the entire sixth grade got together in the library for fresh made waffles and ice cream, Dance Dance Revolution, and socializing...
Mrs. Herrity scoops ice cream!:
The guys sign each others yearbooks and Mr. Ewen too:
The day ended with a massive game of dodgeball and then everyone watched the faculty/8th grade softball game!
I hope everyone has a fantastic summer! Be creative!!!!