Well, over the last 2-3 days, my 7th graders were making aluminum foil people. We had already studied figure drawing and learned about proper proportion in the human figure. Now we were ready to make a 3-D figure. I'm posting these directions because it would be fun for kids at any age. I myself, even made 4 different figures while the kids were working. Below you will see some of what the kids made. The one with the skirt, I made.
Here are the directions:
Take a piece of aluminum foil (12" wide) and cut it to be 15 " in length. Mark the foil at the top with a sharpie as shown and also on the bottom.
Cut slits where marked. (2 at the top to make arm and head areas and 1 at the bottom for the 2 legs.
Grab the foil in the center and smoosh inward to make the 'waist' area.
Squeeeze together each leg and each arm to make more of a cylinder shape.
Take the foil in the head area and start rolling it forward and crunching it at the same time. This will allow the head to have a 'chin' area.
Continue smooshing the foil to thin out the arms and legs, etc. and shape the head.
Manipulate the foil by pressing on it to make areas thinner and to get a fairly proportional body shape.
Bend the guy into any position you want to.
This student called this 'windy day in France'
hmmm, me when I get up in the morning??
Meditating.....
A young lady with a skirt !
these are pretty darn good Elenka...I think the kids did a great job...
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ahhh.....to access the child's mind again!
I know it's been a while since you posted this project, but I wanted to thank you for sharing it. I used it today with a group of 3rd through 5th graders and it was a huge hit! They said it was one of their favorite projects of the year. Thanks for the great instructions! :-)
ReplyDelete4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th graders had a terrific time with this project. We may use our characters to make a movie too. Thanks for the fun, entertaining activity and directions. Lets kids be kids - adults too :)
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