I teach two classes of Grade 4. Together we have been creating a giant Rainbow Parrot Fish with willow, tissue paper and paper plates. Each group of students have had a chance to work on the willow frame using masking tape as a binding tool to create the skeleton of the fish. We had great fun painting watered down PVA on sheets of tissue paper and draping them over the frame (very messy). The scales are painted paper plates with designs inspired by the beautiful tropical fish.
The Fish is coming along well, we are nearly finished but have run out of paper plate scales. Back to work.
this looks amazing!! i bet the kids are having the best time putting this together. so awesome!
ReplyDeleteThis is really fantastic! Great cooperative project for your students. Love it! hope you have a great start to the school year!
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ReplyDeleteWow this is really fantastic I cant wait to see it complete
ReplyDeleteI love this! - I added you to my blog list :) would love to see the pictures of the completed project
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THis is an great project! I want to try it on a small scale (ha ha) in my room!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great cooperative project for your students and a really ambitious one too! Please post pictures of the completed project.
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ReplyDeleteI'd love to make this with my class, although smaller. What would you recommend to use instead of willow to build the skeleton?
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ReplyDeleteThis is a link showing the structure of the fish we built. Instead of willow and plastic we used a roll of chicken wire draped over several hula hoops secured with zip ties. Here is a link to the end result:
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Thanks so much for sharing your work on this blog. The kids loved making the giant fish and the idea was inspired by you! :)