Paper mache cake slice

#Bigartday17 is tomorrow in Texas. We had a big art time making cakes and pie in 5th grade this past 9 weeks. It was fun, it was messy, but I overheard many time, "this is the best project ever!" My inspiration was the lesson that Rita Martin posted on the Art Teacher Facebook page last year. I ordered the claycrete from Amaco that she recommended from School Speciality at the end of last year when I had some money left in my school spending account. I ordered the large box and had some left…

Before reading this post, click here for a complete list of art supplies that you can use to create your own fantastic dessert sculptures (and links for ordering them). Our food art unit started two months ago when my students learned the geometry inherent in drawing cake slices, doughnuts and ice cream. Using my You Tube tutorials they were able to create a backdrop of paintings for a classroom bakery art instillation. Initially my middle school students created flat looking paintings with…

#Bigartday17 is tomorrow in Texas. We had a big art time making cakes and pie in 5th grade this past 9 weeks. It was fun, it was messy,...

My giant things post as promised , mostly has to do with with papier-mâché. I tend to associate papier-mâché with piñatas. Do you? An Aus...

Coming soon to a mailbox near you: a pumpkin pie postcard!

Extra large fake cake slice with a cherry on top!

Thiebaud Mania!! The 5th grade created slices of cake. These yummy sculptures turned out AMAZING!! These cute little delights have ...

#Bigartday17 is tomorrow in Texas. We had a big art time making cakes and pie in 5th grade this past 9 weeks. It was fun, it was messy,...

Grade 5 papier-mâché cake & pie slices