May 11, 2012

Paper Sculpture Creatures: 1st Grade

These are my teacher examples.  
I don't know if I've ever posted pictures of my teacher examples because I mainly want to show off my student work!  
I was just having too much fun with this project though & thought I'd share!! 
You will see the blue guy again down below...one of my students must have really liked my example. ha ha










They start with a TP roll, a pipe cleaner, and full access to the scrap box.  Half way through the class I start having students bring their little monster/creatures up to glue googlie eye balls on.  They pick what they want & where they want them...and I hot glue them on(googlie eyes & Elmer's glue are not friends!!).  We talked about how they could be inspired by emotions, animals, monsters, or aliens.  Next week we'll be finishing them up, and creating a landscape collage for them to live in!

13 comments:

  1. Too cute, Ted! That pink one looks SASSY! :)Pat

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  2. Ahh another great solution to my ginourmous scrap box and also those extra TP rolls I accumulated. Love it!

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  3. From another blog I discovered glue dots and they hold goggly eyes, and the kids can do it them selves. They also work on those gems the kids love.

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  4. Bonsoir de France.
    Ces petits monstres sont craquants, votre blog que j'ai découvert par hasard et sympa et certaines photos sont très droles.
    Mon anglais est sopmmaire mais je dis I love your blog
    cpordialement

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  5. Hello my French friend! I'm glad you enjoyed the the little monsters!! Please come back and visit often!! :)

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  6. I found googly eyes at our local dollar store that have adhesive backs like stickers. My 2-year old can even use them! :)

    PS: LOVE this idea...think I'll borrow it for my Kinders and 1sts! :)

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  7. i make these kind of things with my grandkids, they love it,

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  8. Question: How did you go about getting them to wrap the TP roll with paper? Did they tape it or glue it on? I can see my 1st graders having a bit of a problem with this fine motor skill. I do love the idea of using up some of my rolls and scraps. I know the kids would love creating these! Thanks for sharing

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    1. I had precut paper to wrap around the tube....they put the glue on the tube..wrapped it...and then put the glue on the one non-attached end and attached it.

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  9. How did you get a hole in the roll for the pipe cleaners? Not sure how my 1st Graders can attach them? I tried a hole punch but it does not reach far enough up the roll.

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    1. I had them take a strip a paper and glue over top of the pipe cleaner on the back.

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  10. Thank you for sharing! We are doing this project with first and second graders and the absolutely love creating these little creatures!

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