Peruvian Masks

As part of my current residency I did these masks with Grade 2/3 today.






They are studying Peru in Social Studies so we are investigating the gold masks of the Inca.

This was an excellent lesson.  We completed most of the project in a 1 hr session.

Here are some of the masks that we made today.  We still have to add the sequins and coloured paper.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

- canvas board or rectangular piece of heavy cardboard, ours are 6"x8"
- black and gold acrylic paint
- scraps of thin and thick cardboard, paper rolls
- little wood cubes (Dollar store), little wood sticks (Dollar store)
- doilies
- tacky glue
- rick rack and trim
- gold and silver sequins
- black and turquoise paper
- scissors

PROCEDURE:

I handed out the boards and we put our names on the back with sharpie.

Working on top of wax paper or newspaper, each student painted the canvas board with black acrylic paint.

Set aside to dry.

I gave each student an oval cut from corrugated cardboard.  This is the base of the face.

They then collected materials from the recycled stash.  I pre cut the heavy pieces of cardboard into smaller more manageable pieces.

We built up our mask details and glued them on with tacky glue.

Student work in process.

When it is all glued down we painted the whole thing with gold acrylic paint.

Embellish with sequins and bits of coloured paper.


At school we skipped this step as we were out of time and just glued our masks to the base board.

For my sample I put glue on the back of the mask but at school the masks were still wet so we put the glue on the black boards (they were dry by the time our masks were painted), and then placed the mask on top of the glue.

We'll do our embellishing at school next week.



Great job Grade 2/3!





Gail

Organizer for Mother's Day

Ok so these don't necessarily have to be for Mother's Day but as far as I'm concerned anything that helps me with my family clutter is greatly appreciated.

This little organizer can be hung anywhere and the clips help keep your stuff from getting lost.  You know all those receipts, tickets, notices, etc.










Easy project for the kids to do with minimal supplies:










MATERIALS REQUIRED:

- corrugated cardboard
- pencil and eraser
- scissors
- wire
- gesso, optional
- paint
- clothespins
- gluegun
- printed text
- mod podge for sealing, optional

PROCEDURE:

Take your piece of cardboard and sketch out the general shape of your organizer in pencil.

Cut out the shape.  I like to add a little shape to go on the hanging wire just to add more interest.

Prime with gesso.  This step is optional.

Sketch out some guidelines for your painting.

Paint in your scene.  I used acrylic here but if you do prime the piece with gesso you can easily use tempera.






I used the end of a pencil for some of my leaves.

Take some clothespins......

You can paint them if you want or glue on a little decoration on them.

Glue the clothespins on (clip end pointing down) with the glue gun.  You can add some text if you want.

Now will add the wire.  Punch 2 holes in the cardboard shape, one on each end.  Insert wire and then twist.

Before you do the other end slid the wire thru the cardboard shape.  It passes right thru the corrugations in the cardboard.

Attach on the other end and you have a hanger.

That's it...a great little organizer for some of your clutter.  You could just do the letters for MOM as your cardboard shape. Finally you can add a coat of Mod podge to seal and add extra strength.     Give it a try!

See you next time :)