Creating a Collaborative Alphabet

A couple of weeks ago, we worked with a wonderful artist named Lynne Mulvihill. She taught us how to make words and letters, using materials from trees.

First we explored all of the different materials. There was bark, moss, cork, paper, seeds, pinecones, and even wooden beads.

Then we tried gluing the materials onto letters. We have to make sure our glue stayed in the lines and that our natural materials covered all of the glue.

After gluing, we did a "tap test" to make sure everything stuck on.

Finally, we created this beautiful alphabet for our classroom word wall.

Thank you Lynne!!!