When I started my afterschool classes last fall, I all of a sudden was going through Capri Sun and Goldfish boxes like crazy, and they just seemed to be too sturdy to throw away. My pack-rat ways paid off this week when I needed to make a “2010” sign for our culminating 5th graders. A boring painted sign? No way, our kids are getting giant block numbers about 4 ft. tall, which are to be painted black and spattered with paint tomorrow. I’m now having visions of doing our school name this fall, but maybe twice as tall? We’ll see, anything to decrease the amount of trash in our landfills these days. 
Jun 15, 2010
Giant Paper Mache Numbers
When I started my afterschool classes last fall, I all of a sudden was going through Capri Sun and Goldfish boxes like crazy, and they just seemed to be too sturdy to throw away. My pack-rat ways paid off this week when I needed to make a “2010” sign for our culminating 5th graders. A boring painted sign? No way, our kids are getting giant block numbers about 4 ft. tall, which are to be painted black and spattered with paint tomorrow. I’m now having visions of doing our school name this fall, but maybe twice as tall? We’ll see, anything to decrease the amount of trash in our landfills these days. 
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I wish I had thought of that!! There's always next year.
That's a great idea! It would be fun for a child's age on their birthday.
Neat! What a great idea. And I guess you could also make giant letters. I think my children would love to see their names as huge blocks.
I think I need to become more of a pack-rat!!
I love this idea (and your entire blog by the way) and I am already having visions of how I can use this idea for the upcoming year! Did you have the students tape the boxes together before they began the paper mache?
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