Bike Art in Oro Valley...week 4

For the final week in Oro Valley, I put aside the sugar skulls and went back to the bike art! I think because we diverged for a week, and went to the sugar skulls, there was a very good turn out, and even the first parent! I was thrilled to have a few boys join the group as well as the regulars (all girls) that had shown up for every other workshop! Two of the boys were interested in making art. One boy worked on two pieces, one to donate and a belt to take home, while the other made miniature toy sculptures, that kept him amused throughout the hour he was in the classroom. Engineers in the making!

I can tell that this workshop was not only good for these students, but will build a sense of community in my classroom, for off-class time. I mean that this sort of after-school art club will continue to happen, if I allow it to, even without the bike parts, and students will feel comfortable popping in after school to just "hang out."

Here is the final product... jewelry, hair pieces, one belt, sculptures... to be donated to the campus pop-up gallery! (Everything in this picture is drying with the special glue that I picked up at Michaels, in the morning). I would love to continue this tradition in my classroom in the future!