St. Martha Catholic School Artists

Use brown paper bags and fold the top part up.  Fold here. Cut top portion off. Using a spray bottle with water, spray front and back of bag. Fold bag.  Twist the bag. Make about 10 of these to start out. Using a glue stick or hot gun gun connect the pieces to make a rope. Clothespins help to glue it together if using stick glue. Continue connecting the pieces together. Let the rope dry for about an hour or more. After the rope is dry, start forming your cross. Add additional glue where needed as you are forming the cross. Additional twisted pieces may be needed to form the cross. Weave the pieces through the cross and glue. Here's an example of a finished paper bag cross. For this one, I used about 20 paper bags. After completing the cross, I sealed the whole piece with matte medium. A cheaper version of matte medium can be made by mixing half liquid glue and half water together. 

Kindergarten - M: After trying absolutely everything I could think of to help one of my little friends stop crying because she didn't like her drawing, someone softly started singing and before I knew it the whole class joined in....and yes, my little friend was soon happily drawing and singing  smile emoticon Kiddos = win this one! Me = my heart grew a few sizes bigger once again!! Happy Triduum - Enjoy!!

A new friend in our classroom....❤️☺️🙏

Stone Pizza and pizza making in Kindergarten!! The kiddos had a blast!! 

At the end of the 2013-2014 school year,  some of our SMCS students were selected to display work at Texas Children's Hospital - Kingwood which opened in January 2015. 

The SMCS Art Club is participating in the Art Colony Association's 3rd Annual Middle School Art Competition. The competition culminates in an exhibition of the finalist's artwork at the Bayou City Art Festival in Memorial Park on March 27-29, 2015. I am very proud of our 13 middle school students who created these beautiful pieces for competition!