This week, Mrs. Christy’s Kindergarten Art Class made paper gingerbread men, and I had the amazing opportunity to watch them create! Before I came to their class, they had already done a bit on the project. Mrs. Christy had given out sheets of white paper with a black outline of a gingerbread man and little cut-up pieces of brown paper. Most of the gingerbread men were halfway covered in brown paper chunks by the time class started. They started this class period by continuing to fill up their gingerbread men with the brown paper. 

Mrs. Christy had also cut up other bright colors of paper into little zigzag lines to decorate the gingerbread men. Once the children glued the zigzag line of colorful paper onto their gingerbread men, they cut them out. Mrs. Christy used an amazing analogy to teach the children how to use scissors properly. “Scissors are like alligators, and the paper is like the food for the alligators. Move the food, not the alligator.” When the kids were done, they proudly held up their gingerbread men to show me their creations. Mrs. Christy is also working on many other projects with her other classes. The upper school students are working on sewing ornaments for the upcoming Winter Gala, and first grade will soon make baking soda and vinegar ornaments! Mrs. Christy has lots of exciting creations going on in art; stay tuned so you don't miss out on the creativity of her students!