Fine Arts: Visual Arts

Standard 1: Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques and Processes

• K-4 - Students use different media, techniques and processes to communicate ideas, experiences and stories.
• 5-8 - Students intentionally take advantage of the qualities and characteristics of art media, techniques and processes to enhance communication of their experiences and ideas.

Standard 3: Choosing and Evaluating a Range of Subject Matter, Symbols and Ideas

• K-4 - Students select and use subject matter, symbols and ideas to communicate meaning.
• 5-8 - Students integrate visual, spatial and temporal concepts with content to communicate intended meaning in their artworks.

Source: National Standards for Arts Education

Physical Education: Movement Forms

K-12 Standard 1: Develop physically educated individuals who have the knowledge, skills and confidence to enjoy a lifetime of healthful physical activity.

• A physically educated student demonstrates competency in many movement forms and proficiency in a few movement forms.
  

Reprinted from Moving into the Future, National Standards for Physical Education, 2nd Edition, with permission from the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE), 1900 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191-1599.

Source:National Standards for Physical Education

Shrink Film jewelry is easy and fun to make. Student's love wearing their own creations and the pieces make great holiday gifts. Any large Ellison die can be used to create fun jewelry!

Figure A

Figure B

Supplies Used: Beads, Clear Shrink Film, Colored Pencils, 1/8" Hand Punch, Jewelry Eyelets, Jewelry Wire or Elastic, Needle-Nose Pliers, Permanent Marking Pens, Toaster or Regular Oven, Water Colors

The teacher will die-cut the materials for student use prior to the lesson.

The teacher will die-cut the materials for student use prior to the lesson. The teacher will handle all heating devices.

1. Shrink Film will shrink differently depending on the way it is cut (vertically or horizontally). Cutting one way will result in a wider die-cut and the other way a taller die-cut after shrinking. You may want to die-cut one each direction and shrink them before die-cutting one for each student.
2. Die-cut the LG Word, Love using clear Shrink Film.
3. Use 1/8" Hand Punch to punch holes in the center of the "L" and the "E" to attach to the bracelet and at the bottom left corner of the "L" to attach the Tag (Figure A).
4. Use permanent marking pens, watercolors or colored pencils to color the Word, Love.
5. Die-cut the large scalloped Tag from clear Shrink Film.
6. Use 1/8" Hand Punch to punch a slightly larger hole over the hole in the Tag (Figure B).
7. Write the words "John 3:16" using a black permanent marker. Use colored pencils, colored markers or watercolors to color the Tag (see Main Photo).
8. The teacher will preheat oven or toaster oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit. Place Shrink Film in oven and remove when done. Alternately, use a craft heating tool. Allow the Tag and Word, Love to cool.
   
9. String beads and attach both ends to the Word, Love to create the bracelet. Attach the Tag to the L of Love (see Main Photo).