Hi I'm Alli from Discovery Museum.
I got a package in the mail the other
day and it came with all of this
packing paper. There was probably more
packing paper in the box than actual
stuff.
Has this ever happened to you before?
Well I was kind of playing around with
the paper
and it's fun to play with on its own, but
then I started looking a little bit closer.
When I looked close I saw folds in the
paper,
I saw crevices and creases,
bends and different kinds of shapes.
I saw the way the light reflects on it
and even how it creates shadows
so that got me thinking about something
I could do with all this extra packing paper.
I wondered, what kind of art could I make
with paper that takes up
space in three dimensions rather than
what we usually make which is
art with paper that's just flat and
two-dimensional?
Paper sculptures.
To make paper sculptures all you really
need is a whole lot of paper,
but you might also like some tape or
glue to put it together,
some scissors and a base to build up on top of.
Tearing paper is a great way to start.
Take a big piece
and you can just tear it into the size
that you want
and if you have babies or toddlers at
home, tearing paper is
really great exercise for those pincher
fingers so get them involved as well.
When you have the sizes that you like
you can do a couple different techniques.
I scrunched some paper.
I accordion folded some paper.
I took a strip and
I wound a strip of paper around a pencil,
squished it a little bit to get it to
keep its shape,
and got some spirals of paper.
Some people call this paper
quilling.
And then I also took some strips and I
folded just the ends
in kind of like little feet so that it
could stand up.
And then when you have all your shapes
together you can really let your
creativity shine
in how you put it together.
Here's what I came up with.
What will your paper sculpture look like?
