Alesia’s Art Activities
Alesia Lacina has a long history of arts education in Grinnell. Here are some of her favorite art activities for you!
3-D Collage Helmet
Supplies: cereal boxes + masking tape + invisible tape + glue stick + scissors + X-Acto knife + straws + magazines
Build a helmet using the “How to make a helmet” instructions below, then:
1) Collect pictures from magazines.
2) You will be placing pictures on the back and front of helmet with tape.
3) Find pictures to attach to straws with tape.
4) Place them in the middle and sides of your helmet with tape.
5) Use as many pictures attached to straws as you would like.
Take a photo and post them, send to friends or to me!
How to make a helmet:
1) Open top and bottom of two cereal boxes. Find the side seam on each box. Open up and flatten.
2) Cut off extra flaps.
3) Overlap the two boxes about an inch. Tape the seam with masking tape on both sides. This makes one large piece.
4) Take the piece and wrap it around your head to make a cylinder. Overlap at least 1 inch. You can cut off some if you have too much overlap. Tape with masking tape inside and out. (For larger heads you may need more that two boxes.)
5) Cut out one long or two short rectangles for eyes. As an option, you can cut a piece of clear plastic and put it inside the helmet over the eye openings as a shield.
6) Measure circle for top of helmet using the cylinder you just made. Add about 1/2 inch extra all the way around the circle.
7) Cut out circle.
8) Go around the circumference and make 1/2 inch cuts into the circle. This will make tabs all the way around.
9) Fold the tabs down.
10) Fit circle into the cylinder. The tabs will go inside. Tape the tabs inside the cylinder with masking tape. This forms the helmet.
Bouquet Helmet Flower Power
Supplies: cereal boxes + masking tape + scissors + duck tape + tissue paper +wire or pipe cleaners
How to:
1) Open top and bottom of two cereal boxes. Find the side seam on each box. Open up and flatten.
2) Cut off extra flaps.
3) Overlap the two boxes about an inch. Tape the seam with masking tape on both sides. This makes one large piece.
4) Take the piece and wrap it around your head to make a cylinder. Overlap at least 1 inch. You can cut off some if you have too much overlap. Tape with masking tape inside and out. (For larger heads you may need more that two boxes.)
5) Cut out one long or two short rectangles for eyes. As an option, you can cut a piece of clear plastic and put it inside the helmet over the eye openings as a shield.
6) Measure circle for top of helmet using the cylinder you just made. Add about 1/2 inch extra all the way around the circle.
7) Cut out circle.
8) Go around the circumference and make 1/2 inch cuts into the circle. This will make tabs all the way around.
9) Fold the tabs down.
10) Fit circle into the cylinder. The tabs will go inside. Tape the tabs inside the cylinder with masking tape. This forms the helmet.
11) Make tissue paper flowers. (You can find YouTube instructions HERE.) Make four flowers or design your own bouquet with smaller flowers. Tape to helmet.
Knight's Helmet
Supplies: cereal boxes + aluminum foil + masking tape + invisible tape + glue stick + scissors + X-Acto knife + clear light plastic salad containers to make eye shield + markers + duck tape
How to:
1) Open top and bottom of two cereal boxes. Find the side seam on each box. Open up and flatten.
2) Cut off extra flaps.
3) Overlap the two boxes about an inch. Tape the seam with masking tape on both sides. This makes one large piece.
4) Take the piece and wrap it around your head to make a cylinder. Overlap at least 1 inch. You can cut off some if you have too much overlap. Tape with masking tape inside and out. (For larger heads you may need more that two boxes.)
5) Cut out one long or two short rectangles for eyes. As an option, you can cut a piece of clear plastic and put it inside the helmet over the eye openings as a shield.
6) Measure circle for top of helmet using the cylinder you just made. Add about 1/2 inch extra all the way around the circle.
7) Cut out circle.
8) Go around the circumference and make 1/2 inch cuts into the circle. This will make tabs all the way around.
9) Fold the tabs down.
10) Fit circle into the cylinder. The tabs will go inside. Tape the tabs inside the cylinder with masking tape. This forms the helmet.
11) Measure and cut aluminum foil to cover the helmet.
12) Use invisible tape to secure the aluminum foil to the helmet.
13) Cut out decorative shapes to add to your helmet and cover them with aluminum foil. Tape to helmet.
GLOBAL MEDITATION HELMET
This project combines the projects of the past two days.
Make the crown and the samurai helmet.
Place the samurai helmet on top of the crown and nestle it in.
Supplies: Newsprint (Grinnell Herald Register works well!)
Decorate: Markers+duck tape+paint+glue stick+collage with magazine pictures or whatever you have on hand.
Samurai Warrior Helmet
(Have fun--there are no mistakes!)
Supplies: Newsprint (Grinnell Herald Register works well!)
Decorate: Markers+duck tape+paint+glue stick+collage with magazine pictures or what ever you have on hand.
How to:
1) Make a triangle from newsprint. Open up a compete sheet of newpaper. Grab bottom left corner and take it to the top edge to make a triangle. Cut off extra paper.
2) Follow the instructions.
Optional: Put on the Samurai Warrior Helmet. Declare your home as your domain. Stand and protect it!!