This is really good for young kids (age 5 and 6) who may not have used a paint brush before. The only catch is finding liquid starch, which seems to have been replaced by new products.
1. Students make a collage with just warm colors: red, yellow and orange. Give them a few dozen tissue paper squares in these colors, approx. 2" in size.
2. I used a parchment-type paper (wax paper would work too) for the base, and gave the students all a cup of starch and brush. The starch works well because it is thick and not too sticky. Show the students how to brush a little starch on their base paper, and then place a tissue square on top. They need to repeat this, overlapping as much as possible, until the paper is filled.
3. The last step is to brush a final layer of starch over all the tissue so that everything is wet. Any dry spots will not have the nice shiny look to them.
2. I used a parchment-type paper (wax paper would work too) for the base, and gave the students all a cup of starch and brush. The starch works well because it is thick and not too sticky. Show the students how to brush a little starch on their base paper, and then place a tissue square on top. They need to repeat this, overlapping as much as possible, until the paper is filled.
3. The last step is to brush a final layer of starch over all the tissue so that everything is wet. Any dry spots will not have the nice shiny look to them.
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Would white glue thinned with water yield the same results?
Sorry I didn't see your question until now! It might work - but it might get too sticky. The nice part about the starch is that it is so mild in that respect. Might be worth checking out the glue though.
I used spray starch from my laundry room. I just sprayed it in a bowl, it was foamy, but it worked.
Sta-Flo is available online from Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B002KI3U66/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1258391515&sr=1-1&condition=all
I've used watered down elmer's glue with tissue paper for the same technique and it works great.
You can also buy sta-flo at wal-mart for 3 dollars a gallon.
I have done this with watered down white glue and it did work well. We completed a symetry butterfly project, then covered the whole page using this technique and cut it out after it was dried. Bright and easy.
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