Art with Claudia– Jerusalem

This was a class with a difference! It was my youngest, Etai's class (25 grade 1 boys!)Eeeek!!!! Specially seeing that my English Art classes are 6 max!

We wanted to do something about Jerusalem as it was Jerusalem Day coming up. Being passionate about recycling I decided to do something with recycled goods. I had to find something small without too much mess & fuss. Toilet rolls would do the trick!

We collected toilet paper rolls, a serious amount of marker pens, paper & a glue gun.

I showed them how to draw different buildings & icons found in Jerusalem & we went for it!

I also had a few gold pens up my sleeve for the domes! and just for fun we added red roofs.

The results were astounding! Great fun was had by all! I was simple, small & just perfect for them

And they were ever so proud of their great creations!

Art with a splash of English – Houses & Buildings

Being a Children’s Book Illustrator myself I like to incorporate stories & books wherever I can!

Teaching English in a fun & creative way I decided today we would learn words for buildings.

We looked at different houses & buildings around the world. I showed them a book that I had written & illustrated "Save the Star" . We saw that buildings looked different in different parts of the world. We looked at huts, castles, flats, temples, towers and more. We learnt words like windows, doors, walls….

We folded our papers in half, drawing the building on the top half and then carefully cut the doors and windows open to reveal what was inside. The kids delighted in surprising me with all kinds of creatures, messages & even curtains.

One kid, inspired by the floods in Tel Aviv on that particular day & the book "All Afloat on Noah's Boat", drew Noah's Ark as his building

Great fun was had by all!

Houses & buildings in a city, love those colourful windows!

Castles & towers, just love the gold!

I love the detail of the roof tops!

Yay!markers or if you're South African "kokis"!