Prang® Sea Life Creatures On Fabriccreating Soft Sculpture Wall Hangings

Lesson Plan, Grades 4-9, Art, Multi-Cultural, Prang

Description

What happens when the arts are integrated into the curriculum? How do the arts support the Common Core and state standards? This lesson plan illustrates one example as a bench mark for critical thinking and reflection...Sea Life Story Creatures. A good story transports you into another world. Story telling is basic and has been around since time began. Sharing stories, whether fables or from one's own life is an experience, is co-creative and interactive and can be captured in a visual context.

Objectives

To produce a soft sculpture wall hanging that is inherently experimental, stemming from a sea life story or experience.

To understand the visual aspects inherent in any curriculum, and to encourage students to draw from the visual world that surrounds them, regardless of whether their art is based on written descriptions, personal life experiences, or stories being told to them or created.

The benchmark of art reflecting life is the creation works of art that document experiences of self and the world about one's self.

Supplies Needed

Prang® Classic Color Markers, assorted colors, 12/set.

Prang® Metallic Markers, assorted colors, 6/set.

Crayola® Mini Pillows, natural color with zipper closing, 7"x9", 12/pkg.

Poly filling, 1-lb/pkg.

Felt shapes, asstd. sizes, shapes colors, 500/pkg.

Acrylic Gemstones, assorted colors, types, sizes, 1-lb/pkg.

Tipped yarn, assorted colors, 36"length, 144/pkg.

Trait-tex yarn, white, 8oz. cone.

Wood Beads, medium sizes, 460/pkg.

Plastic Bead Mix, 1-lb. pkg.

Shells, assorted types, sizes. 1-lb. bucket.

Ribbon Remnants, asstd. Variety, colors, widths, lengths, 25 yards.

Sequins and spangles, assorted sizes, types, colors 1-lb/pkg.

Craft Eyes, assorted sizes, colors, 100/pkg.

Elmer's Tacky Glue, 8 oz. size.

Standards

Standard #1:
Understanding and applying media, techniques and processes.

Standard #3:
Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols and Ideas.

Standard #6:
Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines.

Instructions

1

Select and read a sea life story that has vibrant CONTENT, rich details and vivid characters. Or make up a story that is based on a sea life character: an octopus, a barracuda, a tiny crustacean. Some stories can bring together a mixture of text and audio narration. Most importantly, it will be visually portrayed as soft sculpture wall hanging.

2

Select a theme or character that is embedded in the story. Observe the character as if you were a detective: if it's a fish, how does it swim, what does it look like, what are its colors, and what sea life elements surround it?

3

Select from a variety of materials and use them to convey how the theme and meaning of the story can be told through the materials.

4

Select the mini pillow and Prang® Markers. Draw/sketch the background and the outline of the sea creature. Use a light mist application of water to blend the background colors. Highlight areas with the Prang® Metallic Markers. Let fabric dry completely.

5

Glue six ends of the yarn pieces with brightly colored tips onto lower back section of the mini pillow. String beads and other found items. Tie knot at the end to prevent losing the beads.

6

Glue other decorative items to fabric, including felt shapes, gem stones, shells, bits of ribbon, and any other found items. Position eyes to give Sea Life Creature a "creature" look. Glue thick yarn piece to back for hanging.