just "eh"

I have been a part time art teacher at a small Christian school for the past two years. It is kindergarten through sixth grade and even though I probably would prefer adolescent over elementary education, I have enjoyed getting to know the students and finding out where they come from.
Last month was open house at school. I share a room with the sixth grade teacher and he asked if I would do something on the bulletin board. I said, yes because I love doing bulletin boards and he was thrilled because he does not. After looking on pinterest (which is where I find much inspiration) I saw someone made a "coloring wall." The person had painted various designs on a large piece of paper and encouraged people to help fill it in.
I googled "The Earth without Art is just Eh" and this Stampin' Up! image come up.

Since it was after school when I started working on this and my energy level was slowing down as was my creativity, I copied this image onto a piece of paper, and stapled it the bulletin board. I called it, "Mrs. McCray's Open House Coloring Page!"

I told the kids the bulletin board looked pretty boring without any color.

They helped themselves to the crayons on my "Art Cart" and started making the coloring page look fun!

 

The kids enjoyed coloring and some of the parents joined in as well. This may turn into an annual event at open house. I don't even want to imagine the Earth without art; how boring would that be?