Club de Arte 2.04: Superhero shields

THEME OF WEEK 2:04:  My Superhero's Shield

Art Club with Fundación Junto Con Los Niños - JUCONI 

and the Charlotte Miller Art Project in Guayaquil, Ecuador

IDEA AND AIMS:  For the children to continue imagining their superhero character, and to ask themselves what kind of a shield their superhero or heroine needs to protect him or herself with.  For each child to create this shield to be a part of their costume.  

PROCESS:

1.  Facilitators pre-prepare different shield shapes from cardboard to be used as the base for the kids designs.

2.  Each child picks a cardboard shield base and uses silicone and masking tape to secure sections of cardboard egg boxes to it for reinforcement and design.  Once it is all secured the kids paint the shield with colours and pattern of their choosing.

3. Children that would like to can create a 'badge' or logo from Fomix to add to the front of their shield, decorating it with the letters of the name of their superhero if they choose to.

4. Facilitators and children: fold up and staple newspaper into thick, strong lengths of about 5cm width. Fold the ends in on themselves and use silicone and masking tape to secure this to the back of the shield as a firm handle.

MATERIALS: Cardboard, scalpel, masking tape, egg boxes/ egg trays, acrylic paint, paintbrushes, Fomix, newspaper, staples and stapler.

HAVE A LOOK AT THE VARIETY OF SHIELD DESIGNS THAT THE KIDS CAME UP WITH:

In Socio Vivienda...

In Sergio Toral...

And in Nueva Prosperina...