1st Grade: Morph Scissors

 I love the unexpected in art and my 1st graders delivered.
Their job was to the trace the out-line of their scissors, then morph that shape into something unexpected. I showed them my example of a girl juggling balls in the circus. My picture got lots of 'OOOs' and 'Aahhs'. 'I'm going that with mine!'
Then, I announced that my idea was off limits which forced them to stretch their imaginations to come up with their own ideas for their pictures.

Two rules for this project:
1. Students had to trace the scissors in some way
2.  Keep their idea a secret till the very end of class.
(Keeping a secret can be so fun! I allowed them to whisper their ideas to me and promised not to share them.)

Superhero

Fire Dragon

Fish

Cartwheel

Day of the Dead Skull

Their ideas turned out way better than mine. I really like the Day of the Dead skull. Good call back from the beginning of the school year. And that dragon sure looks scary!