Week 1: Up-cycled Art
June 21 - June 24
Instructor: Kim Mesa
In this session campers will learn how everyday items and recycled materials can be used to create art, toys, and other fun projects.
June 21 - June 24
Instructor: Kim Mesa
In this session campers will learn how everyday items and recycled materials can be used to create art, toys, and other fun projects.
Day 1 (6/21/2022 )
9:00am Housekeeping and intros
9:15am Ice Breaker Activity - Name Tags
Description: design a name tag that expresses your personality
Materials List: Name tag template, lanyard, colored pencils, markers etc, for designing
9:30am Activity: Up-Cycled Art & Tootsie Roll Flowers
Description: We will discuss what up-cycled art is, how we can use materials we normally have around the house - or that are easily accessible - to make toys, decorations, and gifts, and why it is an important option for making and developing your creativity.
We will then create flowers using Tootsie Roll Pops, cupcake liners, twist ties (or wire), and masking tape.
Materials: Scissors and a hole punch.
10:15am BREAK
10:30am Maker Journals / What is Design Thinking?
Campers will receive a Maker Journal to document their process and work over the course of the week. We will review how to use the journals as well as the worksheets available to them.
We will review the principles of Design Thinking and will participate in an activity that uses the process - The Chair Challenge.
Materials: Maker Journals, salad bar sheets, Design Thinking worksheets, paper, and decorating supplies.
11:30am LUNCH
12:15pm Continue morning activity
12:45pm TINKER TIME - Intro and journal process
2:15pm Snack
2:30pm Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm Clean Up
3:00pm Camper Pick Up
Photos
9:00am Housekeeping and intros
9:15am Ice Breaker Activity - Name Tags
Description: design a name tag that expresses your personality
Materials List: Name tag template, lanyard, colored pencils, markers etc, for designing
9:30am Activity: Up-Cycled Art & Tootsie Roll Flowers
Description: We will discuss what up-cycled art is, how we can use materials we normally have around the house - or that are easily accessible - to make toys, decorations, and gifts, and why it is an important option for making and developing your creativity.
We will then create flowers using Tootsie Roll Pops, cupcake liners, twist ties (or wire), and masking tape.
Materials: Scissors and a hole punch.
10:15am BREAK
10:30am Maker Journals / What is Design Thinking?
Campers will receive a Maker Journal to document their process and work over the course of the week. We will review how to use the journals as well as the worksheets available to them.
We will review the principles of Design Thinking and will participate in an activity that uses the process - The Chair Challenge.
Materials: Maker Journals, salad bar sheets, Design Thinking worksheets, paper, and decorating supplies.
11:30am LUNCH
12:15pm Continue morning activity
12:45pm TINKER TIME - Intro and journal process
2:15pm Snack
2:30pm Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm Clean Up
3:00pm Camper Pick Up
Photos
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Day 2 ( 6/22/2022 )
9:00am Warm Up Activity - Pinwheels
Description: We will make pinwheels using paper, straws, straight pins, and beads.
Materials: Scissors, pliers, clear tape, and markers/colored pencils
9:30am Activity: Toilet Paper Tube Characters
Description: Toys, like action figures, can be expensive and kids often get bored with them pretty quickly. So why buy them when you can make your own? Using a little imagination and materials you have around the house you can have fun making your own action figures! Create pollinators for your garden, animals for a zoo or farm, or pets to add to your family. The possibilities are only limited by your imagination! This fun activity guides you through the process of making a butterfly using a toilet paper tube and colored paper. You will then learn how to modify your designs to make other critters/Characters.
Materials List: Toilet paper tubes, colored paper, pipe cleaners or twist ties, scissors, glue sticks, clear tape, and markers
10:15am BREAK
10:30am Activity: Fire Breathing Dragon
Description: Campers will make Fire Breathing Dragons, which are used to celebrate the Lunar New Year (the beginning of the year based on the Lunar Calendar). 2024.
Campers will make their dragons out of toilet paper tubes/cardboard, colored paper/ and tissue paper.
Materials List: Scissors, clear tape, liquid glue or glue gun, craft sticks, pom poms or googly eyes, and self stick gems
Reference: The Lunar New Year is celebrated across Asia and in many other parts of the world. Dragons are usually a part of the Lunar New Year celebrations, with red dragons dancing to create excitement and usher in good fortune. The Dragon is also part of the Lunar Calendar, with the next Year of the Dragon in 2024.
11:30am LUNCH
12:15pm Continue morning activity: Finish and Share Dragons.
1:00pm TINKER TIME
2:15pm Snack
2:30pm Daily Camper Assessment
2:34pm Clean Up
3:00pm Camper Pick Up
Photos
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Day 3 ( 6/23/2022 )
9:00am Warm Up Activity: Paper Construction Garland
Description: Campers will create garland using strips of paper to create various shapes.
Materials List: Scissors, hole punch, clear tape, colored paper, and yarn or string,
9:30am Activity: Marble Runs
Description: Campers will design, prototype, and create marble runs. A marble run is very much like a slide – only instead of sliding down a structure, a marble rolls down it. Building a marble run is an effective way to explore the concepts of relative position and motion, slopes, turns, gravity, heights, and more. Building a Marble Run from scratch is challenging and teaches the fundamental concepts of engineering in a practical way.
Some of the educational benefits of making Marble Runs include:
● Building Spatial Awareness. ...
● Raising Creativity. ...
● Developing Engineering Skills. ...
● Enhancing Problem-Solving. ...
● Improving Hand-Eye Coordination.
Materials List: Design Thinking worksheet, blank paper, toilet paper tubes, cardboard (various thicknesses), paint, colored paper, clear tape for prototyping, and glue guns.
10:15am BREAK
10:30am Activity: Continue to work on Marble Runs
11:30am LUNCH
12:15pm Continue morning activity: Finish and share Marble Runs
1:00pm TINKER TIME
2:15pm Snack
2:30pm Daily Camper Assessment
2:34pm Clean Up
3:00pm Camper Pick Up
Photos
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Day 4 ( 6/24/2922 )
9:00am Warm Up Activity: Review and critique Marble Runs
Description: Campers will learn how to positively provide feedback on peer projects.
9:30am Activity: Mobile Made of Natural Elements
Designed by Michele Guieu
Description: Using natural materials to make art and everyday objects, like baskets, is traditional around the world in many different cultures. Campers will collect items (leaves, twigs, flowers, etc) from around the school, as well as having some available in the classroom. They will use the natural element to design and create a hanging mobile.
Materials List: Natural elements including twigs & small branches, fine twine or fishing line, and beads.
Reference: Today in western cultures, we are used to using an array of different materials that are made through an industrial process to make art (plastic beads, frames, photographs, soldering processes, industrial paint and dies, etc.). As we consume more and more of these products around the world and as the population grows, some of the resources are eventually going to become rare and even depleted, like some of the rare metals needed to make cellphones.
Watch this video about Andy Goldsworthy, an artist who uses only natural materials in his work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sngXz55b4bc
10:15am BREAK
10:30am Continue Mobile Made of Natural Elements
11:30am LUNCH
12:15pm Continue morning activity
12:45pm Complete all of this week’s activities
1:00pm TINKER TIME – ONLY if weekly activities are complete
2:30pm Daily Camper Assessment
Weekly Camper Survey
2:45pm Snack
3:00pm Clean Up and Prep for Showcase
3:30pm Student Showcase
4:30pm Camper Pick Up
Photos
Day 4 ( 6/24/2922 )
9:00am Warm Up Activity: Review and critique Marble Runs
Description: Campers will learn how to positively provide feedback on peer projects.
9:30am Activity: Mobile Made of Natural Elements
Designed by Michele Guieu
Description: Using natural materials to make art and everyday objects, like baskets, is traditional around the world in many different cultures. Campers will collect items (leaves, twigs, flowers, etc) from around the school, as well as having some available in the classroom. They will use the natural element to design and create a hanging mobile.
Materials List: Natural elements including twigs & small branches, fine twine or fishing line, and beads.
Reference: Today in western cultures, we are used to using an array of different materials that are made through an industrial process to make art (plastic beads, frames, photographs, soldering processes, industrial paint and dies, etc.). As we consume more and more of these products around the world and as the population grows, some of the resources are eventually going to become rare and even depleted, like some of the rare metals needed to make cellphones.
Watch this video about Andy Goldsworthy, an artist who uses only natural materials in his work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sngXz55b4bc
10:15am BREAK
10:30am Continue Mobile Made of Natural Elements
11:30am LUNCH
12:15pm Continue morning activity
12:45pm Complete all of this week’s activities
1:00pm TINKER TIME – ONLY if weekly activities are complete
2:30pm Daily Camper Assessment
Weekly Camper Survey
2:45pm Snack
3:00pm Clean Up and Prep for Showcase
3:30pm Student Showcase
4:30pm Camper Pick Up
Photos
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