Project Title: Pollinator Sculpture Part 1
Medium: Recycled cardboard, masking tape, acrylic paint, embellishments
Grade Theme: Pollinators

Overview: Students will learn to construct a pollinator insect sculpture utilizing recycled, toilet paper cardboard tubes, masking tape and paint. In the second session of the sculpture unit, students will add to their insect sculptures with wings and details.
Art Skills: sculpture, construction, cutting, taping, painting
Process: Students will cut and shape an insect out of upcycled cardboard materials. When all holes and joints are taped tight, they will paint them entirely in one or two colors. 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 sculpture. 
Materials: cardboard, masking tape, acrylic paint
Tools Provided by Classroom: 2 TOILET PAPER TUBES, 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 advance of the art lesson.

Description Summary: Today students had the first of a two-part special art lesson making insect sculptures. They cut, folded and taped the parts together and painted them bright colors. When the art teachers return, we will add wings and other fun embellishments to them.