Bug Paper Maché
As part of our extended program, we have an opportunity to work with a professional art instructor once a week. She is excellent, and adapts her projects to meet our themes. When I mentioned that we were doing bugs as our next unit, she suggested doing paper maché bugs as a project for the next few sessions.
The students all had the opportunity to select a bug to create. They were encouraged to select an assortment of bugs. (Probably because when we did this project last year, every single female student selected butterfly!)
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Zoila and Michelle began with butterfly forms. |
Shania, Cameron, and Darian made dragonflies. |
Over the next several weeks, we added layers of paper maché to our forms.
On the fourth week, we painted and varnished our new bugs.
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Liam went for a racing stripe on his dragonfly. |
Ryan and Ruth chose many colors for their creatures. |
The Finished Product:
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Butterflies |
Caterpillar |
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Dragonflies |
Spiders |
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