Croydon North

Hot Air Balloons

Background

• Wet Cartridge Paper with a sponge.
• Using three tones of blue food dye (turquoise, blue, dark blue).
• Apply on to wet paper with a brush so that the three tones of blue bleed into each other.
• When dry, this creates a "cloudy sky " effect.
  

Balloon

• Cut a cardboard circle into three curved sections.
• Cover each section with a different piece of fabric, making sure the three pieces have matching tones or colours.
• Glue the three sections together to form the balloon.
  

Basket

• Choose a square piece of Hessian that has a matching tone or colour to their balloon.
• Draw threads from the Hessian to create wafts (evenly spaced apart).
• Weave raffia (using two different colours) to create wefts that are also spaced apart.
  

People

• The students used Modelart to create two people from the waist up.
  
  

Assembly

• Glue the balloon and basket on to the background.
• Use thick string to attach the balloon and basket together.
• Finally, glue the people on top of the basket.
  

This unit of work took a full term to complete. Each section of work was completed separately to teach different skills and techniques.

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