I am really trying to push the students this year. Every year the second grade has made a huge paper mache art installation. The theme used to coincide with the harvest / fall time of year. Recently I have expanded the theme to include a 10'x10' paper mache aquarium, kids playing in a leaf pile, and forest scenes.
This year the kid are going to make a safari scene.
They began today with a practice activity with the possible materials they could use to create the animals. I printed out pictures of different found objects and had them arrange them to create different animals.
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| Flamingo |
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| Elephant |
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| Giraffe |
Next I gave the kids the real objects and had them create the pictures they just made.
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| Giraffe legs |
We had to do a little math to figure out how many tennis ball cans it would take to make his legs.
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| Learning how to make a cone form with paper |
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| Attaching the giraffe neck |
Once all of the animal structures have been constructed we will begin paper mache.
When all of the pasting finished the students will begin painting and adding details.
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| Putting legs on the flamingo |
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| Problem solving |
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Final product!
This has been my favorite paper mache project ever! The kids worked so hard and really showed their talents in so many areas. I cant wait to see what they will make next year.
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