Funky Collage Self Portraits is a fun project to display for back to school nights. These portraits can be done with grade 3- 8. It can be simplified for the younger grades or super intricate for the upper grades.
FUNKY COLLAGE SELF PORTRAITS is best done in 2 parts. First part cutting and gluing the face, neck, ears and shirt. The second part creating facial features, hair and ears.
I always pass out the patterned paper and the background colors before I show the example of what we’re using it for. They’ll go for fun patterns and colors they wouldn’t normally choose if they know they’re making a self portrait.
MATERIALS
Solid colored Cardstock, patterned paper, white and black paper, glue sticks, scissors, pencil, crayons.
DIRECTIONS
I prepped the paper ahead of time into several sizes. I cut the patterned paper into 1/2’s for the face & neck and for the hair. I cut some patterned, solid and white & black paper into 1/4’s for the details. One successful thing I did with this was to have the students choose their paper before they knew what we were doing. I had them choose a solid and 2 half sheets of the patterned and then I showed the examples of what we would be doing. They made bolder choices with the colors they chose.
We cut out a head and a neck from one of the half sheets and glue it into place. Make the ears from the same paper. Then choose a few 1/4 sheets for the brows, nose and lips. The eyes I had them choose a solid for the biggest shape of the eye, a pattern for the iris, black for the pupil and then a white sparkle. Cut and glue as you go. I tried to encourage not using a pencil to draw and just using the scissors. Hair and a shirt were the last parts we added. I had crayons available for kids to draw on their glasses.
These always are so fun and look amazing hanging in the classrooms.
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