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This packet contains a 1 hour lesson plan for running sculpture programming through our National

Fine Arts program. The packet also contains multiple sculpture projects that the art staff can do with

the members at your club. Some of these projects are as simple as paper, scissors, and colors.; some

projects require more supplies and hours to days of down time. You do not have to run art program-

ming everyday; projects with large wait times should be done over a longer period of time with the

same members.

Finished examples and/or instructions are provided for each project.

If you would like the National Fine Arts complete program guide it is available on bgca.net

Newsletter……………………………………………………………………………………………...…...….1

Table of Contents……………………………………………………………………………………….…...2

NFA Sculpture lesson……...……………………………………………………………………….….....3

Dream Catcher…………………………………………………………………………………………….....5

Tree Sculpture………………………………………………………………………………………….…....6

Egg Carton Animals……………………………………………………………………………………..….7

Toothpick Structure…………………………………………………………………………………..…...8

Salt Dough…………………………………………………………………………………………………......9

Flower & Vase Portrait…………………………………………………………………………………….10

Bird in a Cage…………….………………………………………………………………………………..….11

Paper Bag Tree………………………………………………………………………………………..….....12

Pine Cone Animals…………………………………………………………………………………….…...13

Name Sculpture………………………………………………………………………………………..…...14

Linking Caterpillars…………………………………………………………………………………..…….15

Paper Mache Masks…….………………………………………………………………………….……..16

Paper Mache Banks………………………………………………………………………………...……..17

String Eggs…………………………………………………………………………..………………….………18

TP Roll Animals………………………………………………………………………………………..……..19

Origami……………………………………………………………………………………………………….....20

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Dive-In: Daydream Drawing

Description: Staff will lead members through a free-drawing exercise to stretch the imagination, and

warm up the drawing hand.

Materials:

1. 8.5”x11” white paper

2. Pencils

Directions: Say, “For today’s Dive-In, we will take a few minutes to do some free-drawing to warm up

our hands and our imaginations. Position your hand on your paper holding your pencil, ready to draw.

Now close your eyes and follow along with the instructions.”

Now say, “Imagine you are dozing off to sleep. As the events of the day slowly slip away, your mind drifts

off into a world of dreams. You find yourself floating on a raft down a long, deep blue river. It gurgles as

the water rushes along. You lift your head and notice the shore is packed with a thick, lush forest full of

strange trees that you have never seen before. They are brightly colored and very oddly shaped. This for-

est seems to invite you to step inside and look around. Your raft bumps into the shore and you step off

the raft onto some smooth, flat stones. When you step between the first few trees, you hear something

move, then look up with a surprise. Just a few feet in front of you is the most extraordinary creature you

have ever seen!”

“At first you are terrified that it might attack you, and you freeze! But soon you realize that this creature

does not mean you any harm, so you pause and take a closer look. More impressive than any character

you ever saw in a movie or read about in a book, you carefully examine the creature from top to bottom,

noticing every detail. Spend a few moments now picturing the creature in detail. [Pause.] In the next in-

stant, the creature disappears, and you are left standing alone, bewildered.”

Say, “Now open your eyes and sketch the image you are left with.”

Summary: In this hour-long session, mem-

bers are led through a five minute warm-up

exercise to visualize and sketch a sculpture

project, and then they create their own

sculptures with clay.

What is Sculpture?

Sculpture is a three-dimensional art-

work created from carving, molding or

building a structure out of a solid ma-

terial such as clay, wood, plaster or

metal.

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1. Cut about 10 feet off one of the twines and roll it in a little ball. Using the end of this twine, tie a knot around the metal ring.

2. Roll the twine tightly around the metal ring. Cover all the metal.

3. When you've reached the knot, tie another knot and cut the twine, leaving enough to hang the dream catcher.

4. To start making the "web" of the dream catcher, use a different color of twine. Roll about 2 feet of twine in a little ball. Tie a knot at the beginning of the ring (where the hanging part is) and then loop it around the whole ring several times. Make it slightly taut.

5. After you have gone around the whole ring, go in again and loop in the same way on the middle of each previous loop. Continue around the ring.

6. After you have finished this second time, cut the twine and tie it in with a new color so you can start 2 more webs around the ring.

7. Tie a knot when you are done and cut the twine close to the knot.

8. Time to add feathers and ornaments. Tie knots to the tip of the feathers and hang the twine on the bottom part of the ring. Glue 2 foam pieces of the same shape to-gether, adding the twine in-between, then hang it from the bottom of the ring.

9. Add at least 4 hanging ornaments and feathers, using twine of all different lengths.

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

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Materials:

1.Card Board or Foam board

2.News paper or magazines

3.Colored paper

4.Glue

5.Scissors

Instructions:

1.Cut cardboard into tree shapes

2.Let members glue newspaper onto tree cut out;

have them cover completely

3.Use colored paper to create circles for detailing

trees

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1. Egg Cartons

2. Scissors

3. Paint

4. Pipe cleaners

5. Glue

6. Colored paper

7. Googly eyes

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Materials:

1. Toothpicks

2. Marshmallows/Dots

candy

Instructions:

1. Pass out marshmallows and toothpicks to children

2. go over basic s3d shapes

3. Assign different buildings and structures for them to try and

build

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Instructions:

1. Add one part water to one part salt and two parts flour (If you are making col-

ored dough add food coloring before adding flour)

2. Add more flour if dough is sticky, dough should be dry.

3. Store dough in plastic bags so it doesn't dry out

4. Dough dries over night and can be painted using acrylic paint

5. Use cookie cutters, popsicle sticks, etc. to create shapes and detail with

dough.

1. Salt

2. Flour

3. Water

4. Food Coloring or

paint

Materials:

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Materials:

1. Colored Paper

2. Glue

3. Scissors

Instructions:

1. Use pieces of paper to decorate a strip of paper approximately

8inX5in

2. Attach the ends of the strip together without creasing to create a

vase

3. Paste the vase to a piece of paper

4. Use green paper to create the stems and leaves and colors for the

flowers

5. Have members paste the stems to the paper, but not the petals

and leaves. (This gives the project a 3 dimensional feel)

Flower

& Vase

Portrait

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Materials:

1. Bird coloring sheet

2. String

3. Paper

4. Scissors

5. Colors

6. Glue

7. Bulletin Boarders

(optional)

8. Hole punch

Instructions:

1. Cut paper into strips approximately 20in x 1in

2. Have members color bird and cut them out

3. Create a hoop using borders

4. Tape or glue strips to hoop in a cage like fashion

5. Punch a hole in the birds back and tie to string and

attach to cage

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Materials:

1. Paper Bags

2. Scissors

3. Tissue paper,

ripped paper, etc.

for tree details

4. Glue

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1. Pine Cones

2. Paint

3. Pipe Cleaners

4. Feathers

5. Felt

6. Pops

7. Googly eyes

Materials:

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Materials:

1. Paper (card stock)

2. Scissors

3. Colors

4. Glue or tape

Instructions:

1. Have members draw out their name in large letters and

create a platform

2. Color letters and platform

3. Cut out letters and arrange them on platform

4. Tape or paste letters into place

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Materials:

1. Paper

2. Pipe Cleaners

3. Pom-poms

4. Googly eyes

5. Tape or glue

Instructions:

1. Cut paper into strips approximately 8in X 1.5 in (use paper

with designs or have members create designs on paper for a

more creative caterpillar.

2. Link strips together using tape or glue

3. Use pipe cleaners for antennas and pom-poms for feet

4. Can cut out hearts or other shapes for the face details.

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Materials: 1. 2 plastic coffee containers

2. Cut up strips of newspa-pers, about 1 inch by 4 inches

3. Flour/water glue (1 cup flour, 4 cups boiling water mixed together)

4. Hot glue gun

5. Paint, paint brushes

6. Exacto knife

7. Modge podge

Instructions:

1. Hot glue the lid to the coffee container to make it more secure. Then

just start layering on the newspaper strips soaked in the flour glue mix-

ture.

2. After applying several layers of the glue soaked newspaper, set the can-

isters out in the sun to dry.

3. Let dry several hours or overnight. Once the canisters are dry and rock

solid, they are ready to be painted.

4. After the paint dries, coated the banks with a thick coat of Modge

Podge.

5. Once the Modge Podge is dry, use an exacto knife or something similar

to cut a coin slot in the top of the bank.

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Materials: 1. Cotton yarn, crochet thread or embroi-

dery floss 2. Water balloons or oval balloons 3. Use any of these as paste: white glue,

fabric stiffener (e.g. Stiffy), liquid starch

Instructions:

1. Inflate an oval balloon or a water balloon. You can blow it up to just about the size of an

egg or make it as large as desired.

2. Cut cotton yarn, crochet thread or embroidery floss into 12 to 24-inch long strands. You

can go with 1 color or use several colors of thread. Cut cotton yarn, crochet thread or em-

broidery floss into 12 to 24-inch long strands. You can go with 1 color or use several col-

ors of thread.

3. You can use any of the materials below as the paste

4. Soak several strands of yarn or thread into the paste.

5. Take one strand, pulling it between your thumb and forefinger to remove excess paste.

6. Wrap the wet thread around the balloon.

7. Continue doing Steps 5 and 6 with the rest of the strands of thread. Wrap them in vari-

ous directions to create crisscrossing patterns around the balloon. Continue doing Steps

5 and 6 with the rest of the strands of thread. Wrap them in various directions to create

crisscrossing patterns around the balloon.

8. You can wrap the balloon with as much thread as you like for a more covered or solid

look or use less thread for an egg with lots of open spaces. Hang up the egg to dry. It will

take about 1 to 2 days to dry completely. You can wrap the balloon with as much thread

as you like for a more covered or solid look or use less thread for an egg with lots of open

spaces. Hang up the egg to dry. It will take about 1 to 2 days to dry completely.

9. Once dry, use a pin to burst the balloon. Carefully pull out the deflated balloon from the

egg.

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Templates available for

print out @

http://www.dltk-kids.com/

type/tp_roll.htm

Materials:

1. Toilet Paper Rolls

2. Paint

3. Paper

4. Pipe cleaner, pom-poms, googly

eyes, etc. for animal accents.