New Project November: Pixel Art Fingerpaint

November 12, 2021

Today's New Project November post comes from Rosie Herold! We love seeing students take on our Makey Makey projects, and this combination of math, coding, and art is one of our favorite projects!

MS math group working on coordinate points, makey makey, coding and pixel art. Can’t wait to share their fun centers with lower grades. @makeymakey @VOCALCCSD #library #makerspace @drn_cofc #math @JamesSimonsMont pic.twitter.com/kgtcjPHql9
— Rosie Herold (she/her) 📚✌🏽🏳️‍🌈✊🏾🤖❤️⚛️ (@MsRosie_library) November 5, 2021

The Pixel Art Finger Paint project is like a physical computing geoboard!

Interactive boards allow students to draw shapes. @makeymakey #library @VOCALCCSD #coding #math pic.twitter.com/bi80JqRkQL
— Rosie Herold (she/her) 📚✌🏽🏳️‍🌈✊🏾🤖❤️⚛️ (@MsRosie_library) November 5, 2021

It's a great project for 4th -8th grade students for bringing a kinesthetic aspect to the coordinate plane!

Pixel Art Finger Paint

Head to the Guide

Make and code your own with our Pixel Art Finger Paint guide! This guide is part of our intermediate maker series where kids can learn to craft switches out of office supplies, hack a favorite toy, design an alarm systems, create tilt sensors, and even hack a secret code invention!

Find out more about this epic series in this post about the Maker Classes!