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Australian Art Activity

Cardboard Aussie Hat

Suitable for:

Primary levels

Materials:

Cardboard Hat (Pre-cut Zart Art template), Food Dye or Ink, Oil Pastel, Felt Australian Animals, Chromacryl Paint & Craft Glue

How to Make a Cardboard Aussie Hat:

1. Use Food Dye or Ink to colour the flat cardboard template and set aside to dry.

2. Use a black Oil Pastel to draw the silhouette of a gum tree or other colours to create a typical landscape scene.

3. Decorate the Felt Australian Animals with Chromacryl Paint and set aside to dry.

4. Assemble the hat, using a stapler to staple the two side and top flaps together at the back of the hat.

5. Glue on the decorated Felt Australian Animals.

Extension Ideas

  • Look at paintings of Australian landscapes and talk about the colours that are predominately used. What colours depict the dryness of our climate?
  • Why are sunsets so brilliant in colour?
  • Where do you think our native animals inhabit?
  • When do they forage for food? Describe the shape of a gum tree?
  • What is a silhouette?
  • Stimulate discussion and research with questions such as these to give students a starting point to decorate their hat. Just imagine all spectators wearing an Aussie hat at the outdoor events to protect them from our sun.
  • Students can design a typically Australian hat and have a hat parade as part of the Commonwealth Games celebrations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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