Candy Art

    Besides feeling like I've gained a pound of candy, I really enjoyed today's activity. It's interesting to see how what we put into our bodies is so bright in color that it can be used to make art. To add to that thought, that could be a point of the lesson; "do we really want to eat so much of what is layered in artificial coloring?"
    Candy aside, one strength of the lesson was connecting language to visual symbolism. Perhaps it would have been helpful to view a music video to elaborate on this. The poems with related art was definitely helpful.
    Some of the teacher samples were very beautiful, particularly the image for "nowhere man." And I agree that the Beatles were indeed a good selection because their discography is nearly endless; so many poems to work with! Also, most of their tunes are all age appropriate, and carry peaceful goodwill messages.
    I probably would not do this project on a regular class day, only because it's so much candy to cram into a 45 minute lesson!! Don't get me wrong, art making is always special, but I still think that this is a special occasion kind of art making experience; maybe a good one for Halloween, or for a special after school art club party, a girl/boy scouts meeting... something to be celebrated; that's just what most people associate candy with.
  As always, I'm looking forward to next groups lesson plan; sock it to me!

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Afterthoughts on my Candy Art post:

I took a photo of the art I made with candy in class and sent it to my boyfriend. He said it looked like barf. haha.

Also, I grabbed a sandwich bag full of candy like a pig when class was over telling myself, "I'm going to make art with this." I knew the dark truth though... I was going to eat it all. I left it on the table in the lobby of the library for someone else to gorge themselves with, because I'm really trying to be healthy!! And today, my sweet tooth kicked in and I missed the candy. haha... This is my confession.