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Mummies in the Art Room!

10/24/2013

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It's the month to do something spooky and Halloween related in the art room!  I have lots of lesson plans, but wanted to try something different this year.  I decided to go with a sculpture project.

I have a coil of very easy to bend copper wire.  I thought it would be great for mummy sculptures.  Any project using the figure teaches so much about proportions and measurements.  You have to consider the structure of something and how it comes together in layers.  

WHAT WORKED: My first class didn't use the paper towel step. They only added toweling inside the wire loop head.  They had a lot more problems wrapping their mummies than the next class did!  The paper towels taped to the wire armature really helped give them something to hold onto and to wrap around without it slipping off.  Using the glue gun to tack the end on before wrapping also helped.  Use only the lo-temp guns if kids are doing it themselves! Even those can get hot enough to hurt.  My second class also had the thought to add google eyes, which were a fun addition.  I also had to remind the kids to pull the wrapping snug as they wrapped.  If you do it too loose it will unravel and fall off!  One last tip:  making the arms and legs a little longer will make posing them later a lot easier!  

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