Art Class Folies!

I am so behind in posting but wanted to share some of the things I've been doing in my art class this year and with my students...
This is the door I painted for the beginning of the school year, it reads: "Grow your creativity"...

G-man and I made this melted crayon art together as decor for the classroom:

and my friend and I made these cute "a la Martha Stewart" lanterns for the ceiling

One of the first projects I did this year with my 8th graders was "painted shoes" (or painted Toms shoes) as part of our painting unit. They loved their shoes and I think they did an amazing job.
This is the prototype that I did first to decode the project:

 Then S-dog begged me to paint his... I tried to talk him into trains or robots but he INSISTED on flames and I think his creative instincts are on the money!

Here are some of my students' creations!...