To make paper brads you will need a hole punch and some Elmer's glue. In the appendage that you will be attaching to the body punch one hole punch. Lay the appendage on the body so that that hole is laying completely over a part of the body. Using a VERY SMALL amount of glue put it inside the hole and take and extra piece of paper, lay it on top of the hole and apply pressure for about 30 seconds. You should have a fully moving arm, leg, neck etc when you are done!
we looked at some artists that create art using found/everyday/easily accessible materials (because we all know how well equipped elementary classrooms are with art supplies..not!), but here we saw that you can be creative and create some really beautiful things using simple things like paper and a pair of scissors. We looked at artists Alexander Calder (mobiles) and Peter Callesen (paper cut-outs). Then we all made some great stuff in our open studio time using paper, wire, clue, and scissors (we made pop-ups, wire sculptures, puppets, paper sculptures, etc). (so really there's no excuse to not do art and it can so easily be incorporated into teaching core subjects..and possibly an even more effective and definitely more fun way!)
To make the puppet:
ReplyDeleteYou will need a whole punch, elmer's liquid glue and paper. Whole punch the appendage and lay on top of the body. insert a TINY TINY amount of glue inside of the whole punch cut out. take a small, extra piece of paper lay it on top of the glue and whole punch. and apply pressure to the glued area for about 30 seconds to a minute. The appendage should move freely