Submitted by: Katherine Fisk, an art educator at George Elementary in Ypsilanti, MI.
Objectives:
Students will:
Construct 3-dimensional structures from 2-dimensional paper
Create a neighborhood or community with their 3-d structures
What You Need:
4 X 8, 6 X 6 construction paper and scraps,
Scissors
Glue
Masking tape
Markers
Large (18 X 24) tagboard in many colors
What You Do:
A creative collaborative art project that introduces 2-d into 3-D, architecture and communities
Students create buildings by folding a small tab at one end of the 4 X 8 rectangle paper, then folding the paper in half, then in half again.
Open it up and decide which fold needs to be reversed to make it into a cube. glue the tabbed end over one side of cube.
Cut holes for doors & windows. Cut tabs along bottom edge and fold out to make a stronger gluing surface.
Glue and tape to large tagboard.
Create roof from square paper by folding in half & attaching to top. Voila, a house!
Create trees and towers by folding a square paper into a cylinder, gluing and taping the edge.
Cut 2 slits in top to slip a cut-out tree top shape into.
To make a silo, make a cone out of a circle by cutting a slit along the radius of the circle to the center, then overlapping the edges to create a cone.
Students' imaginations go wild and they create dog houses, fences, stop signs, roads, etc. to put into their neighborhoods.
One sheet of tagboard for "ground" per 3-4 students.
Author Bio:
Katherine Fisk is a professional textile artist and art
educator. She has experience teaching art to 5-80 year olds. She holds a MFA from Eastern Michigan
University, a Teacher Certificate from Ball State University and a BFA from Siena Heights College.
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