#3D DIMENSIONS SHAPE COLLAGE HOW TO#

Remember to glue only the ends of your curly paper to your collage so it will stand up and be three-dimensional. To make your paper wiggly, roll it tightly around a pencil, squeeze it, and pull the pencil out, or you can fold a section of your paper back and forth, over and over again.

To make your scissors work, remember to put your thumb in the small hole and your fingers in the large hole.

When gluing your shapes to your collage, be sure to use enough glue and press the shapes down on the paper for a few seconds.

Cotton balls are sticking to my fingers.

How can I make my paper strip be wiggly?.

Discuss how the shapes attached to the collages were made to be three-dimensional.

Talk about the variety of materials used to make a collage.

This makes a great “Easter bonnet” project.

The children love to pose in their new hats.

When cutting and folding the hats, some pieces on the collages might need to be lifted slightly or adjusted and glued again.

Plan to have an adult volunteer to help cut, staple, and curl the edges of the hats.

Wearing a collage hat while introducing this project will create a lot of excitement and enthusiasm.

The delightful experience of this project is well worth the preparation.

Plan enough time to tie the hats on the children and let them see themselves in a mirror.

Cut 3 to 3½ inches into the middle of the backs of the collages.

Turning the collages into hats needs to be done by an adult.

Using the strips and the paper for cutting, have them make and glue shapes onto their hats, along with cotton balls, tissue paper, and/or feathers. Be sure they understand that this paper is not for cutting.

Let the children each choose a round-edged paper for the background surface of their collages.

Fingers become sticky, especially when gluing the cotton balls, and can be wiped on the slightly dampened sponges.

#3D DIMENSIONS SHAPE COLLAGE HOW TO#

Show the children how to lightly wad tissue paper squares and attach them, as well as cotton balls and feathers, to the collage using the glue sticks.Glue only small sections of the shapes onto the collages, leaving the rest unattached and three-dimensional. A hole puncher can be used to add texture. Strips of paper can be curled with pencils, folded back and forth accordion-style, or twisted and turned like a roller coaster. The shapes can be bent or folded, attaching only part of them to the collages.

Explain that in order for the shapes to be seen when the collages are made into hats, they need to be three-dimensional, or standing up.Continue opening and closing the scissors while turning the paper until a circle is completed. For a circular shape, use one hand to slowly close the scissors, while using the other hand to gradually turn the paper. Show the children how to cut a variety of shapes, such as strips, spirals, and freeforms.With the blade of the scissors opened wide, place the paper deep into the opening, taking advantage of the whole blade while cutting. The thumb goes in the small hole and two or three fingers go in the larger hole. Demonstrate the proper way to hold and use scissors.The collages will then be cut and folded into hats. Explain to the children that they will be making collages by arranging and gluing materials onto paper.Set out the cotton balls, tissue paper squares, and feathers.Set out the scissors, glue, and slightly dampened sponges.Set out the round-edged construction paper, the strips, and the paper for cutting.Make a hat to wear as an example while introducing the project.

3d dimensions shape collage