Skulls and Sporty looks

Frosted sugar skulls with my first class today.

A lot of sugar was ingested, and the 5th graders got a little crazy.

hopefully the other classes can keep it together more than the class today.

still, there were some nice skulls made!

And it was team jersey day at school for our spirit week,

so my pantsuit got the sporty treatment.

totally retro:

80's pantsuit.

Barry Sanders Jersey

and my grandma's shoes.

(although this outfit today made me realize that the pantsuit might look better if I hemmed it. I can't keep wearing heels. they don't do good in the art room)

Sugar Skulls!

 We're Making Sugar Skulls and learning about the Dia de los Muertos!

Ingredients needed: 10 lb bag of sugar, 1/2 cup meringue powder, 8 Tbs. water and a skull mold

Mix together until it feels like wet sand.

 Press the mixture into a skull mold

 Turn them out onto pieces of cardboard, and let harden overnight.

 Decorate with Royal Icing!

This week we made the skulls.

Next week we're icing!

I'm very excited to see how they turn out.

Pantsuit, Sketches, and Paint!

 Sketches from backpacking this weekend

 Pantsuit, version 3

colorful amate bark paintings.

Thursday...a day for jumpsuits.

jumpsuit picture courtesy of 2nd grade student. my expression courtesy of 2nd graders in the back of the class acting ridiculous.

To spice up my weeks, I decided each day needed a theme.

and Thursday's theme is jumpsuit day.

so each week, I'll be wearing this (straight from my mom's closet - thanks mom!) but styling it differently.

it's a new challenge in creativity.

and i'm the art teacher, I can get away with being a little weird.

it's week two, and I was feeling like I was wearing it so much better than last week,

until a 3rd grade boy walked in,

looked at me, hiked up his pants as far as they could go,

and said, "Miss Rokos - why do you look like this today?"

because, Donovan, it's jumpsuit day.