Alvin ISD's 'Fins and Needles' to make debut in Houston Art Car Parade

ALVIN, Texas – Hundreds of Alvin Independent School District students created an incredible art car to compete in Houston’s Art Car Parade.

“We used just thousands and thousands of feet of yarn,” said art teacher Courtney Werden.

Their creativity was put to the test.

“We would never imagine that we would actually make a car out of crochet squares and sewing it all together,” said student Mary Liga.

Students at Shadow Creek High School created art on wheels or a shark on wheels.

“It's our mascot and we thought, 'Might as well,'” said Destiny Juarez. “I think it turned out pretty neat. I’m actually happy of how it turned out.”

Funded by Alvin ISD’s Education Foundation, Werden’s idea started coming to life eight months ago.

“It has been made by 600 students,” said Werden.

Those students included elementary school children as young as third grade.

“Though it looks just like a sewing project, this is an engineering project. This is them problem solving and figuring out solutions for things,” said Werden.

Their work will pay off when the “Fins and Needles” art car swims in to the Art Car Parade on Saturday, April 8.

“If you work together with people you care about, than you’ll make something beautiful like this,” said Liga.


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