The animal friends made by the children in Nueva Prosperina: a whole army of bright pink pigs, a few sheep, a couple of snakes,a couple of iguanas, two cats, a dog and a horse!
ONGOING THEME: Our Art Club Community
WEEK 4: My Little Animal Friend
IDEA: For each child to create a small 3D animal puppet as a friend for their person puppet, and to draw the animal a profile detailing their name and their positive qualities.
AIMS: For the children to continue settling into the community of Club de Arte and to reflect on what positive qualities are important to them.
"My Animal" instruction sheet and animal prompt sheet with suggestions for positive qualities the children might like to choose from: free, independent, noble, observant, athletic, vigilant, protective, kind, adventurous,playful, defender, creative, determined,intelligent, peaceful, talkative, curious, persevering, flexible, wise, helpful, independent, generous, hard-working, tolerant, patient, survivor, gentle
PROCESS:
1. BODY: toilet roll tube
2. LEGS: Cut the desired number of legs (most animals produced in the sessions were 4-legged animals) out of cardboard and attach them to the toilet roll by using an awl to pierce through the double layer of cardboard and pushing butterfly clips through to hinge the legs in place allowing for movement.
2. HEADS: use a flat piece of cardboard or Fomex cut-to-shape and place onto the front of the toilet-roll tube OR roll up a ball of newspaper, cover it in masking tape and tape it onto the front of the toilet roll.
3. TAILS: (e.g. snakes, iguanas, dolphins) Roll newspaper diagonally into long tubes, cover in masking tape to hold the shape and tape into place on the toilet roll body.
4. SKIN/ FUR: Use paint and collage material to decorate the whole of the animal (e.g. cotton wool for the sheep's coat / wool for a horses's mane / painted stripes for an iguana's tail/ pipe-cleaners for iguana's spikes)
MATERIALS: toilet rolls, Fomex, glue, silicone, scissors, cardboard, paint, paintbrushes, palettes, bowls, marker pens, awl, butterfly clips, newspaper, masking tape, cotton wool, wool, pipe-cleaners
MEET THE FINAL ANIMALS:
A selection of Nueva Prosperina's animals and their profiles:
* My animal is a snake, he is called Yonny. I like him because he is flexible, observant, brave and free. (top row 2nd from left) / My animal is an iguana, he is called Bryan. I like him because he is brave, flexible and talkative. (top row 2nd from right) / My animal is a pig, he is called Ricardo. I like him because he is lovely, beautiful, kind and gentle. (bottom row 1st from left) / My animal is a pig. He is called Jésus. I like him because he is hardworking and persevering.
ANIMAL PROFILES FROM NUEVA PROSPERINA: My animal is a sheep. He is called Kevin. I like him because he is free, adventurous, wise, calm and persevering. (left) / My animal is a pig..! And he is called Charley. I like him because he is friendly, intelligent, gentle and kind.(right)
Animals from the Sergio Toral group: a couple of sheep, a couple of pigs, a dolphin and a tortoise!
Animals from the Socio Vivienda group: here the iguanas were hugely popular, and the group produced their own park-ful of the animals, plus a couple of snakes and a dolphin!
Some of the joyful moments in these animal-making Club de Arte sessions:
…playing with the giant parachute as a warm-up game...
…playing with the animals we've made…
…laughter between friends!
Happy days!
:-)
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