For a collaborative International Dot Day project, every student in my primary school made a dot which was combined into a big mobile! Somehow we managed to fit almost 500 dots on the mobile, glued back to back with yarn in the middle.


When students finished their dots, they left them on a stool near the mobile so that I could find two similar sized dots to sandwich. Some of the early finishers enjoyed helping match up dots.

When the mobile was finished, I had to figure out where I was going to display the mobile! I was originally thinking that it could hang in the art room but it ended up being way too tall for that. If I had gotten this idea earlier, I would have used a hula hoop to increase the diameter and decrease the height. Luckily, our school librarian was happy to find a place to display the mobile in the library. She was also the first to complete her celebridot- inspired by Eric Carle's "The Very Grouchy Ladybug!"
super cool!
ReplyDeleteYour dot day ideas are fantastic. I had never heard of Int Dot day until I saw it on your blog. My brain is now buzzing with ideas for next year. i would love it if you would take the time to have a look at my blog
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Thanks,
Shelley
Thank you so much for posting this! I just completed a similar mobile based on your post and just posted it on my blog: www.artteachart.blogspot.com - I mentioned your post and provided a link to it. I'd love for you to check out what we did in our class! Thanks again for the inspiration!!
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