Art on Fridays - What does friendship feel like?

When the question "what does friendship feel like?" was asked, most of the children answered with "good", "happy" or "sad". 

For art today, I brought out different materials to help the children explore the use of different descriptive words. Each child touched, smelled and investigated the materials one by one. They all thought of a word that describes the feeling they get from it and shared it with the group.

Feather "fuzzy and soft" Allye

Shell "bumpy" Kesler;     
          "rough" Damon

Pipe Cleaner "flexible. Easy to bend" Grace

Glass "sharp" Andrea;    
          "hard" Kesler;     
          "fragile" Matthew

Fabric "colourful" Janet

Cotton ball "fluffy" Grace";      
                  "comfortable" Allye

Chestnut "cold" Kesler;    
               "round" Grace;   
               "smooth" Allye 

Andrea

Allye

Luca

Matthew

Damon

Grace

Kesler

Their art project will be displayed at Creative Minds and can be taken home at any time. 

We used all the materials to do textured art. Texture is an element of art used to describe the way a two or three-dimensional project feels when touched. The visual "feel" also takes place when observing a texture art project.