Photo Gallery: Nickelodeon lend artistic talent to projects at Thomas Jefferson Elementary

Eric Swamborg, Nickelodeon’s director of digital operations, carries a bag of bark to a butterfly gardent that several Nickelodeon employees, who participated in Viacommunity Day, helped build at Thomas Jeffereson Elementary School in Burbank on Friday, April 19, 2013. The team painted a mural on a punch ball wall, and built and planted a butterfly garden. Viacommunity Day is a day for Viacom employees to commit their time and energy to nearly 100 volunteer projects worldwide.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Nickelodeon intern Christina Neist pulls weeds in a butterfly garden she and a large team of Nickelodeon employees, who participated in Viacommunity Day, help to build at the back of Thomas Jeffereson Elementary School in Burbank on Friday, April 19, 2013. The team painted a mural on a punch ball wall, and built and planted a butterfly garden. Viacommunity Day is a day for Viacom employees to commit their time and energy to nearly 100 volunteer projects worldwide.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

sketches on a blank white punchball wall the pattern for a mural that a crew of Nickelodeon employees painted at Thomas Jeffereson Elementary School in Burbank on Friday, April 19, 2013. The team painted a mural on a punch ball wall, and built and planted a butterfly garden. Viacommunity Day is a day for Viacom employees to commit their time and energy to nearly 100 volunteer projects worldwide.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Fifth graders Morgan Miller, 11, Brianna Castro, 11, and Maddy Shadkam, 10, look at an image of a being held in front of them of the artists idea of a mural that a crew of Nickelodeon employees, who participated in Viacommunity Day, are painting on the punchball wall at Thomas Jeffereson Elementary School in Burbank on Friday, April 19, 2013. The team painted a mural on a punch ball wall, and built and planted a butterfly garden. Viacommunity Day is a day for Viacom employees to commit their time and energy to nearly 100 volunteer projects worldwide.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Debbie Middleton, with Nickelodeon Games, pours blue paint into a tray that will be used for the sky of a mural she and a team of Nickelodeon employees, who participated in Viacommunity Day, paint on a punchball wall at Thomas Jeffereson Elementary School in Burbank on Friday, April 19, 2013. The team painted a mural on a punch ball wall, and built and planted a butterfly garden. Viacommunity Day is a day for Viacom employees to commit their time and energy to nearly 100 volunteer projects worldwide.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

PTA historian Kristi Chase, of Burbank, and Vice Principal Caroline Solberg, walk through the school’s Thomas Jefferson garden to put a thank you sign on a fence before several Nickelodeon employees, who participated in Viacommunity Day, create a butterfly garden at Thomas Jeffereson Elementary School in Burbank on Friday, April 19, 2013. The team painted a mural on a punch ball wall, and built and planted a butterfly garden. Viacommunity Day is a day for Viacom employees to commit their time and energy to nearly 100 volunteer projects worldwide.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Eloise Lopez, with Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer, turns to laugh after students suggest they paint Sponge Bob Square Pants on the mural she and a crea of Nickelodeon employees are painting on the punchball wall at Thomas Jeffereson Elementary School in Burbank on Friday, April 19, 2013. The team painted a mural on a punch ball wall, and built and planted a butterfly garden. Viacommunity Day is a day for Viacom employees to commit their time and energy to nearly 100 volunteer projects worldwide.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Carson Smith, with Nickelodeon, transports plants to a butterfly garden that several Nickelodeon employees, who participated in Viacommunity Day, help build at Thomas Jeffereson Elementary School in Burbank on Friday, April 19, 2013. The team painted a mural on a punch ball wall, and built and planted a butterfly garden. Viacommunity Day is a day for Viacom employees to commit their time and energy to nearly 100 volunteer projects worldwide.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Lauren Preston, of Nickelodeon Games, swings a pick to tear out stubborn weeds where she and several Nickelodeon employees work together to build a butterfly garden at the back of Thomas Jeffereson Elementary School in Burbank on Friday, April 19, 2013. The team painted a mural on a punch ball wall, and built and planted a butterfly garden. Viacommunity Day is a day for Viacom employees to commit their time and energy to nearly 100 volunteer projects worldwide.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Carson Smith, with Nickelodeon, shows several students a picture of what the mural several Nickelodeon employees are painting on the punchball wall at Thomas Jeffereson Elementary School in Burbank on Friday, April 19, 2013. The team painted a mural on a punch ball wall, and built and planted a butterfly garden. Viacommunity Day is a day for Viacom employees to commit their time and energy to nearly 100 volunteer projects worldwide.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Sean Coughlin, with Nickelodeon Games, works on removing a plant where he and several Nickelodeon employees, who participate in Viacommunity Day, work together to make a butterfly garden at the back of Thomas Jeffereson Elementary School in Burbank on Friday, April 19, 2013. The team painted a mural on a punch ball wall, and built and planted a butterfly garden. Viacommunity Day is a day for Viacom employees to commit their time and energy to nearly 100 volunteer projects worldwide.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Several Nickelodeon employees who participate in Viacommunity Day pull weeds in a butterfly garden they are helping to build at Thomas Jeffereson Elementary School in Burbank on Friday, April 19, 2013. The team painted a mural on a punch ball wall, and built and planted a butterfly garden. Viacommunity Day is a day for Viacom employees to commit their time and energy to nearly 100 volunteer projects worldwide.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

The area at the back of the school where a butterfly garden will be created by several Nickelodeon employees who participated in Viacommunity Day at Thomas Jeffereson Elementary School in Burbank on Friday, April 19, 2013. The team painted a mural on a punch ball wall, and built and planted a butterfly garden. Viacommunity Day is a day for Viacom employees to commit their time and energy to nearly 100 volunteer projects worldwide.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Several gallons of paint are placed at a punchball wall site where several Nickelodeon employees who participated in Viacommunity Day help to create a mural at Thomas Jeffereson Elementary School in Burbank on Friday, April 19, 2013. The team painted a mural on a punch ball wall, and built and planted a butterfly garden. Viacommunity Day is a day for Viacom employees to commit their time and energy to nearly 100 volunteer projects worldwide.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A punchball wall, painted white, that will be where Nickelodeon employees, several from Dora the Explorer, will paint a mural at Thomas Jeffereson Elementary School in Burbank on Friday, April 19, 2013. The team painted a mural on a punch ball wall, and built and planted a butterfly garden. Viacommunity Day is a day for Viacom employees to commit their time and energy to nearly 100 volunteer projects worldwide.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)