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Australian Art Activity - Melbourne

Melbourne Tram (side)

Suitable for:

Primary levels

Materials:

Craft Fun Foam Sheets, Black ballpoint pen, Arbee Craft Glue, Metallic Pen, Chenille Stems black, Paper clips, Silly Springs, Scribbles Paint Pen, Fluorescent Oil Pastels & Glitter

How to Make a Tram:

1. Look at pictures and discuss the shape of Melbourne trams, old and new styles. Look at them from all angles and make quick sketches of different viewpoints. Focus on one aspect and draw an enlarged section of it with all its detail. Find pictures of trams that have been decorated by artists and different advertising slogans.

2. Discuss options of decorating a tram for the Commonwealth Games that would give tourists a true indication of what Melbourne has to offer.

3. Cut a long rectangle shape (approximately 40 x 16 cm) out of Craft Fun Foam as the starting point of the tram shape.

4. Cut away the bottom edge to show where the wheels and front grill will go.

5. Cut the same length of Craft Fun Foam in another colour in the shape of the tram roof and one for the side, front and back panels.

6. Cut strips of another colour Craft Fun Foam for the window frames.

7. Glue the roof on to the top edge of the rectangle of Craft Fun Foam.

8. Glue the side panel on to tram shape.

9. Glue the strips of Craft Fun Foam on to create the window frames across the side of the tram.

10. Cut out two rectangles of Craft Fun Foam for the doorways and two slightly smaller rectangles for the doors. Decorate these smaller rectangles with Oil Pastels and black pen outlines in a Commonwealth Games symbol or other symbols to represent Melbourne.

11. Glue the doorway and doors on to the tram.

12. Cut out and decorate three more panels to decorate the side of the tram and glue these in place.

13. Cut out a rectangle of black Craft Foam (approximately 40 x 4 cm) the length of the tram. Lay the rectangle under the bottom edge of the tram and mark where the wheels will go.

14. Cut away the long edge to create the wheels of the tram. Glue this shape on to the back of the tram so that the wheels show.

15. Glue a Silly Spring in between each wheel.

16. Cut out two small circles of Foam and one slightly larger circle, cover these with glue and sprinkle Glitter over them to create the three front lights.

17. Glue the lights in place on to the front panel of the tram.

18. Cut out small rectangles of Craft Foam for the tram number and destination signs and glue them in place.

19. Use a black Chenille Stem to create the power booms.

Extension Ideas - Display

For displaying the trams a length of fishing line be tied across the room and the trams might each have two paper clips glued to the top of the tram to enable the trams to move along the line.

 

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