Northside Spin Art

Big Idea: Create random works of art, using crickets to spin the canvas.

Dates: May 9th and May 11th.

Groups Participating: Northside Boys and Girls Club

Attendance: 25

Software: Cricket Logo Blocks

Materials: Legos, peg boards, foam boards, drill, exacto knife, wire ties, crayola markers, squeezable paints, transfer cricket, lego motor and sensor connector.

Directions: Start by cutting a piece of peg board and foam board of the same dimensions. The two pieces of board should be connected by motion module spinner. Tape a piece of paper to the top board, turn cricket on and begin to to create. Take markers and touch them to the spinning paper or splatter paint onto the canvas for a more experimental design.

Associated Concepts: http://www.pienetwork.org/a2z/s/spinart/

Best Part: The kids love any project dealing with art, which helped boost our attendance. Once a few of the teens had finished there spin art, their finished projects helped draw in others.

Worst Part: Not having anticipated a larger group left us short on art supplies.

Improvements: Not each kid needs to make a spin art table. It helps to have them working groups if there is not an abundance of supplies. Even if each kid does not have an individual spinner, they will still have a chance to create their own masterpiece.