Arrows Homeschool Co-op Project
ON DISPLAY
December 1 - February 9, 2026
RECEPTION
December 4 5:00-7:00
Arrows Homeschool Co-op Elementary Art Diorama Project (grades 2 through 5), with five special guests from a middle school art collaboration
For this multi-week mixed media diorama project, we looked to create a tiny stage or a world inside of a box, turning a story into a three dimensional scene. Student artists were charged to create a story scene and include an animal. The story scene could be inspired by tales or books they’ve read, their favorite places, or just their imagination. Animals could be main characters or part of the background. We explored background, middle ground, and foreground throughout the process. Box sizes were determined by the exhibit space. Students were given the choice of working as a team or independently.
Special thanks to the New River Valley Creative Reuse Center and RunAbout Sports (shoeboxes) for your materials support.
| First Name | Grade | Title of Artwork | Description |
| Uzziah B & Judah | 2nd | A Waterfall with Trees | A jungle waterfall with animals |
| Haddie | 2nd | Rocky Falls | An outdoor scene celebrating nature with flowers and butterflies |
| Gabriel | 2nd | Joe in the Room | An indoor glimpse of Joe’s house and his cat named Cotton |
| Zoey | 2nd | Comfy Cozy Corner | An indoor house scene for dolls |
| Melody | 2nd | Field of Freedom | A painted horse in the wild |
| Grace M & Anne Katherine | 3rd | It's Nature's Playground | A spring time forest to cheer you in the winter |
| Rivanna | 3rd | Monkey and Parrot Jungle | Jungle scene with parrots and a monkey friend |
| Emma | 3rd | The Room | An interior space, one room with two purposes -a main room and a bedroom-divided by a rug |
| Adeline | 3rd | Forest Feast | A woodland scene with a lake and animals |
| Raelynn | 3rd | The Deer Camping Outside the Tent | An outdoor scene of my home with a pigeon barn and trees |
| Elijah | 3rd | The Two Aliens | An outer space scene where an alien is trying to get a space pickle and a space duck is nearby |
| Estella | 3rd | The Little Bunny | A bunny enjoying the garden |
| Julia | 4th | Red Bale Farm | A barn scene filled with animals and a featuring a childing the walkway |
| Caleb | 4th | Fisherman's River | A forest scene with a turtle and a fisherman |
| Coby | 4th | Spade Springs | A forest scene with a waterfall |
| Lilly D & Paisley | 5th | The Manger Scene | Manger scene of Jesus’ birth |
| Jayna | 5th | My Homing Pigeons | A pigeon racing scene with a barn |
| Benjamin | 6th | Medieval Castle | A medieval castle with a moat |
| Brannan | 8th | Freedom | A fore and aft rigged sailing dinghy at sea |
| Orrin | 8th | Paddington's Kitchen | Paddington making marmalade. Clay Paddington by Naomi Strange |
| Elise | 8th | A Few of My Favorite Things | An indoor scene of a bedroom with handmade finishings such as a crocheted quilt. |
| Caleb | 8th | Paddington's Attic | Paddington writing to his Aunt Lucy on a brisk London morning. Clay Paddington by Naomi Strange |
