Oct 15, 2010

Designer Wallpaper Skulls

I recently received a large wallpaper donation at my school, and have decided to show the students how to cut out “designer” skulls.
1. I will give the students a sheet of wallpaper approx. 8.5" x 11". They are to fold it in half the long way, and draw 1/2 of a skull on the fold, making it as large as they can in both directions. The skull is basically an oval head with a narrow chin.
2. With the skull still folded (right sides together) they draw one eye halfway down the skull, half of a triangle nose, and half of some shape of mouth. These shapes are all cut out, still on the fold. For the eyes, I just cut straight over to the eye, and then around it. The slit that was made disappears when glued down.
3. The skull is glued down to a sturdy piece of white paper with a glue stick. I want the students to then color in the background of the skull with Sharpie makers, repeating any of the design elements they see in the paper.

6 comments:

Mrs. Plouff said...

Thank you for all your great ideas!!!

Mrs. Plouff said...

I did this with my club and they loved it.!

Anonymous said...

Designer Wallpapers for kids is powerful and colorful tool for developing their imagination, improving manipulative and drawing skills.

Fine Lines said...

I love the idea of having students replicate part of the wallpaper pattern in the background. I have a group that will be working on repetition to achieve rhythm in their art piece. I will try this with them. Thank you!!

K-Sue said...

I love the idea of replicating the pattern elements, too! Pretty project, though I am not a big skull-motif fan.

Art Gallery said...

Our wall painting expresses our thinking, mentality.Thanks for your tips_______

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