5th Grade is busy making their armature for their paper mache sculptures. Students had several choices how to build their sculpture. After showing a quick demo how to make basic 3D forms out of news paper, they got straight to work.
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| Check out this Pineapple with a bow! |
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| A cactus wearing a sombrero! I love their creativity. |
They also had the choice to use cardboard, poster board, found objects like toilet paper rolls, cans, cups, empty containers to use while assembling the armature. We even used foil as part of their armature.
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| This elephant's trunk is foil, body is newspaper, legs are foil wrapped with paper, and ears are poster board. |
I personally love using foil for this process because it is so easy for children to manipulate in to 3D forms. After creating the sculptures parts, students can wrap the foil with tape or newspaper. It makes for great organic looking appendages.
Some students chose to draw 2 profiles of their animal on poster board or cardboard. Next they cut out the parts of the animal: head, legs, tail. After all parts were cut, students stuffed their parts to make them 3D. Some students used foil or cardboard. Cardboard was used to create cylinders for the bodies. Depending on animal, some students could use a toilet paper roll but most created their own cylinder. After a lot of tape and determination, they assembled their animal together.
Students learned that the process all really depends on what animal was being created. The problem solving was pretty amazing to watch!
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| Check out this panther! |
I can't wait to see what these will look like in their final process.
So much more to come. Cheers!
