Kindergarten Wayne Thiebaud Cupcakes

Kindergarten students learned about the artists Wayne Thiebaud by studying his "yummy" paintings of sweets including cupcakes. After viewing his paintings we had a discussion about the difference between 2D artwork and 3D artwork and then proceeded to transform Thiebaud's paintings into our own  3D cupcake sculptures using model magic. We discussed how a 3D shape is solid and can be viewed from all sides, verses a 2D shape which is flat and not a solid shape.

To create the sculptures students had to first create a pinch pot for the base of the cupcake. We then created a coil (or snake) for our icing. The kids had a lot of fun seeing how long they could make their coils. The kindergartners did end up needing some assistance putting the icing on top of the cupcake.

Finally (and I think this part was the students' favorite) we got to decorate our cupcakes with sprinkles, stripes, and even a cherry on top.

Finished product!

Finished product!

Finished Product!

 

Just some of our cupcakes safely stored away. I have some of the cupcakes displayed in our wonderful display cases right outside of our cafeteria.

 

 We spent one class discussing Wayne Thiebaud and creating our pinch pots. I loved having colorful pinch pots around my art room for a week before my kindergartners finished their cupcakes their next art class.

Putting the final details on our cupcakes! We love our sprinkles!