These shoes were worn by NFL player Patrick Peterson during this last Sunday's game. I have never seen athletic gear with artwork on it like this. I thought it was really cool and something out of the ordinary. In the classroom context, it got me thinking about projects with kids using clothing garments or shoes as a canvas for art. I'm not sure how you would do it but getting a bunch of shoes and letting kindergarten kids create art on the shoes would be such a fun thing to do. I think after they did this you could do a few activities, such as empathy activities (walk in someone else's shoes) or even just simple, fun art display things.
I remember drawing my shoes in grade 4. It eye opening to see all the detail in my shoes that a normally didn't spend much time looking at. Those are awesome shoes. I wish it had been Lucy pulling the football out of the way like she does in the cartoon though.
ReplyDeleteDo you mean to have students literally walk in the shoes that another student has decorated?
Before I went to practicum my CT did an art project with the class on t-shirts. They were learning about the four seasons and it was fall, so the class went out to the field and each picked 4 leaves and then they used paint on one side of the leaf and imprinted it onto a t-shirt! It was a really cool project because each student got their own t-shirt to bring home and it gave them a chance to go outside for a lesson too!
ReplyDeleteAnd there is a blog post somewhere on book report art done on t shirts! I had my class silkscreen t shirts with the class emblem for the year - black and white husky faces. Although it was neat to see the print appear, it was really more work for the teacher than for students and it did not involve any creativity or skill on their part, so I didn't do it again, although they did learn something about the technique of printmaking first hand. The shoes are wonderful - one of my grandson's first pairs of shoes were handpainted with things that his parents thought he would like - batman, owls, and a variety of other things made to order. This "identity" piece would combine nicely with your "empathy" idea.
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