A few weeks ago we celebrated Farsang in Hungary. Farsang - which literally means 'carnival' in English - is a really fun annual event. The kids dress up, they play games, and the mood is generally happy and bright. I wanted to do an art project with my students that would bring some of this carnival atmosphere into the classroom and I thought that brightly coloured bunting banners would be ideal.
Unfortunately, while I think the end results looked spectacular, it was quite a time consuming project. It took two 40 minute classes to complete the banners, and even then less than half of my Grade 2s finished in time. This was in spite of me doing an awful lot of the prep at home for them before the second class.
Another problem with this project is that there wasn't really much of a focus on English. It was basically just a cute craft project. Oh well.
Anyway, In spite of these issues, I thought I'd still share this project as I really, really loved the finished results.
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