For our children's school fundraiser dinner, I helped the 5th grade make a USA-themed chair to be auctioned off to raise funds for the school.
School Fundraiser - 5th Grade Class Project : USA Chair
I took a nice and sturdy wooden chair, painted it white, and partitioned it off into 37 pieces.
On a piece of paper I kept track of which number corresponded with which portion.
(On the actual chair I just drew thin pencil lines - no numbers)
On a piece of paper I kept track of which number corresponded with which portion.
(On the actual chair I just drew thin pencil lines - no numbers)
The chair is divided into 37 portions
The children each got to draw a number out of a jar.
That number determined where he or she would get to paint.
That number determined where he or she would get to paint.
The kids LOVED working on this chair!
Since 5th grade covers US history, the theme for the chair was "America."
The USA fundraiser chair at the dinner
It was so much fun to go into the classroom several times of over the last couple of weeks and spend some time with the kids while they painted.
Each child had different creative ideas, which made it even more fun... :)
I just love kids!
Only three children at a time worked on the chair, because we really couldn't squeeze in more than that.
The teacher was generous enough to let me do this in the classroom, so the children would just take turns, then go back to their regular school-work.
Each child had different creative ideas, which made it even more fun... :)
I just love kids!
Only three children at a time worked on the chair, because we really couldn't squeeze in more than that.
The teacher was generous enough to let me do this in the classroom, so the children would just take turns, then go back to their regular school-work.
Seat of the fundraiser USA Chair
The teacher got to paint a portion as well!
{Guess which portion - hint: "We the people...."}
{Guess which portion - hint: "We the people...."}
The back of the USA fundraiser chair
I forgot to take a picture of the bottom: All the children signed their name there.
That was a fun little touch.
With the chair I included a guide with the above chair sketch and the names of the children with their corresponding numbers. Hopefully people will be able to say years from now: "Look: this is the portion Andrea painted" (or Tyler, Skye, etc., etc.).
A real auctioneer guided the bidding this evening, which made it a lot of fun!
*sorry about the low quality of the pictures: the only chance I had to take these was at the event... :(
That was a fun little touch.
With the chair I included a guide with the above chair sketch and the names of the children with their corresponding numbers. Hopefully people will be able to say years from now: "Look: this is the portion Andrea painted" (or Tyler, Skye, etc., etc.).
A real auctioneer guided the bidding this evening, which made it a lot of fun!
*sorry about the low quality of the pictures: the only chance I had to take these was at the event... :(
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Just thought I'd share this idea since it was so much fun
to do for me and the 5th graders.... :)
to do for me and the 5th graders.... :)
