Lay your second sheet of white paper on top of your drawing.

You should be able to see your drawing right through the paper like this.

What does your animal look like from the back?

This is really tricky but try to trace your drawing, so the front and back are the exact shape and size.

Draw the details of your animal's back side.

When you finish, you will have two drawings. The front of your animal and the back of your animal.

What colors is your animal?

Color your entire animal with colored markers.

Color both sides, the front and the back.

With a scissor, cut out front and back sides of the animal.

Then to turn both of your drawings into one drawing....

Put one on top of the other and staple them together.

Staple many, at the edge, and leave one section open for stuffing.

To make our animals 3D,

we are going to stuff it with recycled paper or anything that you have for scraps.

Stuff from the open section...

For hard to get to places, you can use a stick or something like a stick to reach and push.

Once your animal is stuffed, staple up the open area.

Now your animal is a stuffed animal you can keep and hug!

Choose a gummy creature you want to be.

Pick a color paper that describes your gummy creature.

Fold the paper in half the tall way, and cut at the fold.

You will get two strips like this.

Overlap a bit of the paper at one end so it becomes one long piece.

Then attach it together with a stapler or tape.

Fit the paper around your head to get the size just right,

and staple or tape it into a crown.

You can also cut to change it into a different shape.

I cut mine curvy, to make it look like ocean waves, since the gummy I chose is a seahorse.

Sketch your gummy creature nice and big with a pencil on a color piece of paper.

Artist Tip: Choose a color that describes your creature. I chose orange, since some seahorses are orange.

Cut out your creature with a scissor.

With markers you can add details if you choose to do so.

I wanted to add other shapes and colors to attach my gummy creature to, so that it will be nice and bold for people to see.

Here is how I did it...

Fold a piece of paper in half,

cut half a circle.

Do the same with another color piece of paper,

This time the circle a bit smaller.

Overlap them together,

and it looks like a circular shield.

Glue the gummy creature onto the circle...

And you've got yourself a gummy shield!

Just like with color paper, sketch your gummy creature nice and big with a pencil on a white piece of paper.

Color it in well with markers.

Artist Tip: Look at the gummy creature images from last week to figure out what color your gummy is .

Cut out your creature with a scissor.

Glue the gummy creature onto the circle...

And you've got yourself a gummy shield!

Cut two long pieces of string or ribbon.

Tape them down on the inside of your hat, one on each side.

Artist Tip: really rub your tape down so it will stay.

It will look like this when done.

Put your hat on, tie the string or ribbon to your chin and you're good to go!

Violet created a gummy tiger by just making the head but with lots of details.

Benjamin already has a helmet for his costume, so instead of a hat he made a gummy belt.

Fin turned his hat into a sash, then made a mask.

Sketch your gummy Big with a pencil on a white piece of paper.

Artist TIp: All gummy creatures are made of curvy lines.

Color it in with markers.

Cut out the gummy, as close as possible so no white paper is showing.

Gummy Worms

Gummy Fruits

Gummy Bears

Gummy Critters

Gummy Stars

Gummy Sea Creatures

Gummy Fish

Gummy Turtles

Gummy Sharks

a Bowl

a Plastic Bin

or Sink

a Blender

an old Towel

1.

Shred Shred Shred the paper into the bowl.

Artist Tip: the smaller you shred, the better. It will be easier on the blender.

2.

Drizzle Drizzle Drizzle water.

Enough to make every part of the paper wet and a bit mushy.

3.

Put the paper in the blender.

4.

Drizzle Drizzle Drizzle water and Blend Blend Blend.

5.

Artist Tip: you may have to do small batches, and keep adding water. Or the blender will get stuck.

6.

When it's done, it should look mushy like this.

Put the screen on top of an open bin or the sink.

Take the paper pulp out of the blender, smooth it on top of the screen.

Spread Spread Spread evenly and packed.

Make sure there are no holes... unless you want holes :)

Squeeze Squeeze Squeeze out the ALL the water.

You can do it with your hands, and/or use a tool that covers the entire paper pulp and Roll Roll Roll.

At the last step, use a towel to squeeze out the last bit of water with your hands or tool.

Artist Tip: sometimes bits will tear off. Mush it back in, and smooth evenly again.

I used a brown bag and white paper towel rolls.

You can use different mix of papers or choose your colors.

It doesn't have to be flowers or a map, you can draw anything on your special paper.

Leaves

press into when squeezing out the water

Food Coloring

while in the blender

Dried flowers

press into when squeezing out the water

Take the paper pulp out of the blender and put in strainer.

Squeeze out the water using a large spoon.

Use your fingers to Press Press Press more water out.

Use your hands and Squeeze Squeeze Squeeze.

Take a sheet of saran wrap and lay it inside the bowl, enough so edges stick out.

This will make it easy to get the paper pulp out of the bowl once dry.

Mush Mush Mush Press Press Press the paper pulp inside the bowl evenly.

Let it Dry.

(a day or two)

Once dry,

Flip and Tap Tap Tap. You've got yourself a Paper Bowl!

If you have paints,

you can paint designs.

Add food coloring

while blending in the blender.

Fold the piece of paper evenly into 3.

Cut it into 3 even sections on both sides like so,

So you have 6 flaps.

Draw a full body at the center.

Make sure head and neck is within the top section,

Body and arms within the second section,

Legs and feet within the botton section.

Fold the top right flap down.

and draw a different head.

Do the same for the top left flap.

All together you will get 3 heads.

Add Color.

Then play with the different combinations by flipping the flaps!

1 cup of flour

1/2 cup of salt

1/2 cup of water

1 Tablespoon of oil

1 teaspoon of cream of tartar

Add 6-7 drops of food coloring

or washable paints.

Squeeze

Poke

Flatten

Roll in a ball

Roll long

Coil

fruits and vegetables

an entire meal

little critters

animals

objects

robots

made up characters

Flat Paper Collage Mask

Paper Bag Mask

You can collage or draw eyes, nose mouth, and attach ears.

Cut a hole for your eyes so you can see.

Paper Plate Mask

Cut out a hole in the center of the paper plate, so your face can become a part of the mask.

You can also cut out a hole in the center, cut and attach ears, and you got yourself an animal headdress!

Cardboard Mask

Even your pet can change into another animal!

Who can you be?

Recycled Bottle Headdress

Puzzle Piece Crown

The pieces are painted and glued together

Even a plastic bag can turn into a headdress!

Materials:

Construction paper or any paper you may find

Scissors

Tape

Stapler

Cut a piece of paper into strips.

You can use as many as you like.

Roll and tape it into your head size.

For my head, it was 2 strips 11" long.

With the other strips, you can...

Staple or tape and bend in interesting ways.

Cut in interesting ways.

See where your scissors will take you.

This is where my scissors, stapler and tape took me.

You can also add other details, and let it go farther than just your head.

Here is a dinosaur headdress that extends down the back.

Materials:

Egg carton

Scissors

Markers or Paint

Glue

Any color paper

String

Hole puncher or anything sharp to make a hole

Cut 1 egg container from the carton.

Add color using markers or paint.

I wanted to add whiskers, so I cut strips with a scissor.

What details will you add?

Glue details.

Cut some string, long enough to tie around to the back of the head.

Punch a hole on each side of the nose.

Put the string through the hole.

Artist Tip: The cut curved part of the egg carton should be at the bottom of your nose to fit well.

Snug fit your new nose, tie the string at the back of your head.

What Animal Am I?

Materials:

Choose a character you want to create.

It can be people, animal, or made up.

Sketch with a pencil.

Add color.

Cut the puppet's shape.

Flip the puppet over and tape the stick to the back.

And your puppet has come to life!

Materials:

Choose a character you want to create.

It can be people, animal, or made up.

Sketch with a pencil...

outline...

add color.

Cut the puppet's shape into movable puzzle parts.

Example: I want the beak and wings of the bird to move, the tail and head I am not sure yet.

Flip the puppet over and tape the stick to the back.

This will be the main holder.

Artist Tip: Tape the parts you don't want to move first. Then tape the stick on well and sturdy.

Example: I decided I want the tail and head to be still, so I taped those together well.

Artist Tip: make sure you have enough space on all sides, so the hole will not rip.

Artist Tip: If you don't have a hole puncher, you can use anything that's pointy and sharp to make a hole.

I do not have paper fasteners at home, so I am going to use a wire tie to attach the movable parts.

Here's how to make your own fasteners- put the wire through both holes.

Wrap the wire around tight into a snail like shape, bigger than the hole in the back....

and in the front.

Artist Tip: Make sure it is wound tight and loose enough so that the parts are movable just right.

Tape a stick to the back of each movable part.

Example: I have 4 sticks because there in the main holder on the body, 1 each for the wings and one for the lower beak.

And your puppet has come to life!

Meet Bobby the Bluejay.