Art Class – Turtle Creations (Day 4: finishing touches)

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Today in art class the students added finishing touches to their Reptile/Turtle Creations (This was a 2 hour project with 20 students: Four classes, 50 minutes in length).

Previous classes:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

The students finished cutting and adding details to their scene that they began working on in the last class (see, Art Class-Turtle Creations (Day 3).
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After making sure all the pieces were securely glued down, I demonstrated to the class on how to cover their entire canvas with mod podge. We talked about how it will look milky when applied, but will dry clear. In addition, I let them know that they could use it to glue any loose pieces back down by applying the mod lodge under their pieces.

The students did a beautiful job in applying a thin layer over the design.
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I explained that parts of their paper may get air pockets and showed them how to carefully get them out by gently pressing them down.
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The finished turtles look amazing…from the paper patterns they designed to the cutting and placement on the canvas. So proud of these 5 – 8 year old students!
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