Project Title: building/house Sculpture Part 1 

Medium: Recycled cardboard, masking tape, acrylic paint, embellishments  Grade Theme: Cities, space, technology and the future 

Overview: 

Students will learn to construct a mini buildings utilizing recycled egg cartons, toilet  paper cardboard tubes, masking tape and paint. In the second session of the  sculpture unit, students will finish their sculptures with embellishments and details. 

Art Skills: sculpture, construction, cutting, taping, painting 

Process: Students will fold, rip and cut cardboard and tape together a base shape out  of upcycled cardboard materials. When all holes and joints are taped tight, they will  paint them entirely in one color. Sculptures will be left to dry and must be stored by the  classroom teacher until Part 2 when we return, next month to embellish and expand the  form into a detailed building. 

Materials: cardboard, masking tape, acrylic paint 

Tools Provided by Classroom: paint shirts/  smocks, scissors 

Vocabulary: sculpture, 3D, upcycling 

Multiple Subject Integration: Environmental Science, anatomy, engineering 

*Please note that samples were made by teaching  artists. Students will be encouraged to make their  own versions of this project. Please DO NOT show  students these samples in art lesson

Description Summary: Today students had the first oa two-part special art lesson  making house and building sculptures. They cut and folded and taped the parts  together and painted them bright colors. When the art teachers return we will finish  them adding embellishments.