1st Grade Lizard Sculptures

Whenever I get a chance to make three dimensional art with the kids and it's not clay, I get excited! I originally saw this project here, but I've also seen it in many other places on the internet and I have wanted to try it for awhile. Well we finally did it and then turned out great! The 1st grade students all made these stunning lizard sculptures!

On the first day we did some talking about lizards. The students shared what they already knew and then I had a power point presentation to talk to the kids about lizards and their habitats and what they eat etc... then each student got a piece of construction paper and decorated the whole thing with lines and shapes and patterns.

 When we picked back up again, the students had time to finish decorating their paper and then we went through step by step how to fold the paper so that each lizard had the right creases for cutting later. It took the whole class, because students really needed help with some of the folding.

On the last day, we cut our lizard papers to create a triangle for taping together. Before taping though the kids had to cut slits in the back of the lizard. These slits will give it the slinky lizard-like effect that they are looking for. Then we taped them together and the students had the rest of the class to cut out arms, legs, a head, and tongue and decorate as they saw fit. What I love is how awesome they all look hanging up, just like real lizards crawling around on the walls!