Welcome back! This week's theme is Paper Folding and Paper Sculpture. There are so many ways to take flat paper and make it 3D, so scroll down to see your lesson for the week. Send me photos for the gallery if you'd like. And have fun! Paper Pop-Ups Grades K and 1 How do you make a flat strip of paper pop up so that it isn’t flat anymore? You can fold, crumple, roll it, or push the ends of the paper towards the middle. Now the paper pops up, or is three-dimensional. Look at the examples below. Today you will make three-dimensional paper pop-ups! Materials: Background paper, heavier than copy paper is better Strips of paper, construction or copy paper Scissors Glue or tape Steps: -To make a circle, apply glue to one end of a paper strip and roll into a circle. -To make tabs, fold both ends of the paper strip. -To make a zig-zag, start at one end of the paper strip and fold back and forth until you reach the end. -To attach pop-ups, apply glue and place on background paper. Hold pop-ups in place and count to ten so the glue sets. If you don't have glue, you can tape them down. -Try making as many pop-ups as you can! You can place pop-ups on top of each other. See how high you can make it! A Closer look at making Tabs Paper Sculpture Creatures For Grades 2 and 3 Materials: Toilet Paper Tube (or Paper Towel Tube cut in half) Paper Scraps, fabric scraps, stickers, anything colorful to decorate your creature Google Eyes (optional) Pipe Cleaner for arms. (optional). String or sticks or wire would work too! Tape or a stapler to attach arms (optional) Glue Scissors Steps: Think of something to inspire your creature: think about animals, aliens, monsters, emotions, etc. Start with a piece of paper about the length of your tube. Put glue on the back of the paper and wrap it around the tube. This will be the body of your creature. Use all of your scrap materials you’ve gathered to bring your creature to life. Will it have ears? Wings? Some silly clothes? Spots? A nose? Whiskers? Horns? See the examples below for ideas. Glue down all your parts, be creative! If you have pipe cleaners, you can tape or staple them on to the sides for arms. You can be creative and find anything that works for arms as well. Maybe some wire or string? If you have google eyes, glue them on. If you don’t have google eyes, you can make your own. Cut out a white circle and a smaller black circle for the center. Glue the black circle onto the white circle and you have one “google eye”. Give your creature a name and maybe even make a drawing of where it lives. Have fun!! Mice Corner Bookmarks For Grades 4 and 5 Materials: Paper Scissors Something to color with Watch the video below to learn how to make these corner bookmarks. Just so you don't get confused, she uses a regular piece of printer paper but she calls it an A4 piece of paper because she's British. You can use any paper really. If you finish some mice bookmarks, you might want try making these corner bookmarks using a bigger square of paper and think even think of other ideas such as.... dogs? cats? monsters? funny faces? Have fun with this! Mice Corner Bookmarks Video