Dec 4, 2011

Magic Carpets

My grade 3 and 4 students have been creating magic carpets based on Persian rugs this term. This is one of those projects which took a lot longer than I thought it would. I just saw this great project at Georgetown Elementary Art Blog and I now wish we'd done something more simple like their magic carpets. 

Ours were done in a similar way to the mandalas I've done before, in that we started with half the design and traced it to get a symmetrical second half. Once the design was all traced out I had the students outline and then colour their work before finishing it off with a paper fringe glued to each end. It took them many weeks to complete this process and although they look quite nice I think we were all sick of them by completion!




Posted by Anne Farrell at Sunday, December 04, 2011 Labels: , , ,

37 comments:

  1. MaryDecember 4, 2011 at 7:25 AM

    These are beautiful! I love all the different designs and colors.I've been thinking about doing some Magic Carpets as well. thanks for the inspiration.

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  2. PhylDecember 4, 2011 at 5:13 PM

    These are just lovely! I am going to pin this lesson, for sure!!!

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  3. Josey M. BrouwerDecember 4, 2011 at 6:23 PM

    They are FAB, Anne! Thanks for the GT blog creds! I like the mandala tie-in.

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  4. Christie - Fine LinesDecember 5, 2011 at 7:37 PM

    Hi Anne
    I was just browsing on Pinterest and saw a comment you left on Kathy Barbro's board about how to get a page translated to English through Google search. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I didn't know how to do that and I follow a couple of blogs that are in different languages that I don't know how to read. You have opened doors for me -- wanted you to know I appreciate it:)
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  5. Anne FarrellDecember 6, 2011 at 5:31 PM

    Thanks all - No problem Christie, glad I was useful :)

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  6. MissDecember 7, 2011 at 6:57 AM

    These are beautiful! I love Persian rugs!! Can you explain a bit how you made the paper fringe- it looks so meticulous and perfect! Very effective for the rugs.

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  7. KristinDecember 10, 2011 at 1:43 AM

    Hilarious-- I just finished magic carpets with Grade 1 and they were pretty sick of them by the end as well. Love the lesson and idea and the fringe, I think next time we may just do "mini magic carpets." :)

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  8. Mrs. SkojecJanuary 16, 2012 at 7:17 PM

    Okay, theirs may have been simpler, but yours are gorgeous! I love them! There must be a way to make them easier and still look great. The symmetry, the fringe, the colors, I'd hate to see you lose any of that. Don't give up on this one!

    ~Pam

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