This activity is for students working at levels 2 & 3 of the CSF2

Clowns

• Drawing, decorating, cutting, and pasting skills were used in the year 2/3 clown collage
• Students discussed specific features and images of clowns in general
• Emphasis was placed on distinguishing features and what it was that specifically identified clowns as clowns; large boots/shoes, large bows, baggy suits/trousers, large red nose, gunny hats, exaggerated face paint
• Students then draw their own clown and added particular features
• The starting point for the clowns was a mask made from Zart Paper Mix
• The masks were made beforehand to save time
• They were then glued on the top of a stiff cardboard sheet using a hot glue gun
• The students then used pencil to draw the rest of the features
• Appropriate coloured fabric was chosen by the students to adorn the clown figure
• The fabric was ruffled to give a 3D appearance
• In weekly art sessions of one hour, the whole project was completed in approximately five weeks

This activity is for students in grades 4/5/6 working at levels 3 and 4 of the CSF2

Silver Foil

• Skills included drawing, pasting and decorating
• Students made several sketches of objects that have large shapes
• The final drawing was transposed to a thick cardboard sheet
• The drawings were painted with PVA and thick string was pasted onto the outlines
• The rest of the cardboard was then thinly covered with PVA
• Starting from one end of the board, the aluminium foil was carefully pressed in and around the string outlines
• The final stage was coloured in the silver surface using Prockey markers
• The whole project was completed in about four weeks in weekly one hour art sessions

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