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paper mache hot air balloon

Grade Level:: 2
Subject:: Art
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Goal Summary:: Students will Explore 3-D materials. develop skills in 3-D media. ideas for their own creation. Students will be able to:
-Listen to and follow directions.
-Cover the entire ball with newspaper.
-Paint their balloon, making it look like a hot air balloon.
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Skill Goals:: (Teacher demonstration /class work ) Teacher makes wallpaper paste while children watch. Teacher shows pupils how to rip newspaper (e.g. in one direction newspaper rips easily, in the other direction not so easily) into small strips about 1 x 2 inches wide. Children rip newspaper and put the strips into a bowl or bucket for later use. Wallpaper paste is put in plastic bowls for each pupil.

(Teacher demonstration/individual work with teacher support) Teacher shows pupils how to dip a strip of newspaper into the wallpaper paste, wipe off the extra paste, and put it over the balloon, overlapping. Children only need to cover the base and bottom half of balloon.

The balloons are set to dry. Drying may take a week.
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paper mache hot air balloon

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