Last year, I did this art lesson with my class but this year when I decided to do it again I had forgotten how exactly I did it. So I am going to jot it down here for future reference!
Materials
- Various Coloured paper-A4
- Hot Air balloon template or blank page
- Scissors
- Pritt Stick
- Rulers
- Pencils
How to make them them
First off, I gave each child one coloured page. (Giving each child in a group a different colour will help to divide them out easily after)Placing it portrait in front of them, they marked 1.5cm intervals across the page using their ruler and pencils.
Then they cut their coloured page along the intervals, leaving them with strips 1.5cm in width.
The children can then share out the coloured paper so they have a mixture of coloured strips.
I gave my class a hot air balloon template but the children can also draw their own.
Fold about 2cm of the strip on each side. Put Pritt stick on the folded part. Place the part with Pritt stick on the edge of the hot air balloon and on the opposite side of the balloon.
Continue with the next strip until you have made you way around the balloon, placing one side north of the previous strip and one side South.
Decorate the hot air balloon with people, surrounding clouds etc.
Tips
Try to put strips right beside each other to avoid gaps.
Ensure children fold the edges of the strips inwards rather than outwards.
Ensure children fold the edges of the strips inwards rather than outwards.
Integration Ideas
English: Procedural Writing, Creative WritingHistory: the first Hot Air Balloon
Science: how a hot air balloon flies
Geography: Transport
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