The Largest Fruit Bowl in Colorado Springs

Have you ever seen a ginormous fruit bowl? Not only have students at Pikes Peak Prep seen one, they also helped create one modeled after the work of sculptor Claes Oldenburg.  The project was so massive a school-wide effort was needed, involving every grade, K-12.

Materials for this great project were generously donated by the GEO Foundation, and parents. The GEO Foundation provided the paper that was needed through Donors Choose and parents provided newspaper and flour.  The students provided the much

needed hard work and dedication to getting the giant fruit bowl completed.

Every day students were up to their necks in paper-mache, trying to complete this one-of-a kind project.  Students learned many valuable skills by participating in this project.  These skills include learning how to plan a long term project, staying focused even when they want to give up, and perseverance to achieve awesome results. Even with learning all this information the students were able to complete the incredible task in a month!

Ms. Cross, Pikes Peak Prep art teacher, stated, “the students had a great time working on this project and were very proud of themselves and the finished sculpture.”