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Activity: Fold a Paper Lotus Flower 

Objectives: Creating a paper lotus flower.

Grades: Elementary School (4-5), Middle School (-!), "igh School (#-$%), College

and &eyond 

Duration: $5 minutes

Standards:

Content Standards (California:

'*' 5.%.5+ ssemle a found oect sculpture (as assemlage) or a mied mediatwo-dimensional composition that reflects unity and harmony and communicates atheme.'*' .4.%+ /dentify and descrie ways in which their culture is eing reflected incurrent wor0s of art.'*' .%.5+ Select specific media and processes to epress moods, feelings, themes,or ideas.'*' 1.2.$+ 3esearch and descrie how art reflects cultural alues in arioustraditions throughout the world.

!aterials:12

rectangular pieces of paper+ four pieces of each+ dar0 pin0, light pin0 and greenpaper.

Procedure:1. Choose four pieces each of dar0 pin0, light pin0 and green paper and fold them

in half.2. old all four corners into the middle crease.3. old oth edges toward the center, then fold the center crease oer again and

repeat with all $% pieces of paper.4. 6ay each of the folded colors inside of one another with the green, which will e

the leaf of the lotus, on the inside.5. lace the pin0s in the undles. 7he color in the middle will e the outside petal

of your flower. 8ou will hae four separate undles.6. 7a0e each of the undles and use a ruer and to 9tie: them together.7. Ma0e an ;

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12. 8ou made a paper lotus flower? /t@s yours to ta0e home and enoy.

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