6: Toilet Paper Food Sculptures

6th Grade:  This project was so much fun!  Due to lack of materials, we got creative and decided to use toilet paper instead of paper mache.  All you have to do is wet the toilet paper, ring it out real good (to decrease the chance of molding) and start shaping it into the form you want.  For bigger pieces, we used molds like cups to wrap the tp around.

Students worked collaboratively to brainstorm different ideas about a restaurant they would have in the future:  What kind of food would it serve?  Would there drinks, deserts, sides?  We talked about different portions and different ethnicities.  They really got into it!  They were to sketch out their drawings on a ''plate'' together first before they were to get materials.

After 2 days of sculpting, (and the weekend to dry) students were to paint their dried out sculptures with acrylic paint with a touch of mog-pog at the end.  It was such a fun project!