Happy International Dot Day!
September 15(ish) is International Dot Day, so we celebrated all week long by discussing the story of The Dot by Peter Reynolds and how, as artist, we are always discovering new ways to be creative and make our marks on the world.
I love talking about The Dot every year because it's a great reminder that we never stop growing and learning. This year, we "made our marks" with an old classic- shrink film!
Aside from very few students, nobody had had the experience of shrink film before. As soon as the students went home, the parents knew exactly what they were talking about- we knew it as Shrinky Dinks!
Each student was given a piece of shrink film to create their own "dot" with scissors and metallic sharpies. Then, we put the dots in the toaster oven to watch the magic of the shrinking happen. Students had the option to punch holes in their dots before shrinking them or add pins to the back.
They came out great!!
I really love all the dotty artwork!!
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