Complement Tree

Name: Mererid Green
Date: 5/17/2013
Lesson Name: Complement Trees
Materials used: Paper Bags, recycled paper, pens, glue, tissue paper
Any resources that helped inspire this project:

-Pinterest gave me the idea for making a tree out of a paper bag

http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=paper+bag+tree

-Seen a ‘Friendship tree’ in a primary school where the whole class made a tree and had to write all their ideas about friendship on the leaves.

List the subject that your lesson ties in with: Social Studies and Science.

Step-by-step with text and photos:

1.       Cut the top of the bag into strips of varying lengths between 5-10 cm.

2.       Hold the bottom of the bag flat and twist between base and strips to make a trunk.

3.       Twist strips into branches

4.       Cut out leaf from recycled paper

5.       Write complement on leaf for each person in your group and decorate as you wish.

6.       Attach the leaf to the person’s complement tree.

Extra tips for problem-solving:

-Warn children to not rip the bottom of the branches when twisting

-Can use weight in bottom of the paper bag to make sturdier.

-Leaves need to be appropriate size for the tree

Art Vocabulary:

Balance: This is an important element to this project because the branches and leaves need to be arranged in a way that look aesthetically pleasing. If all the branches or leaves are alla ranged onto one side then this will not look correct as the balance would be wrong so the children will have to consider this when arranging them.

Line: The children need to think about the line of the tree and branches to make it look natural. For example if one branch was folded in half and at a right angle this would look fairly unnatural.

Color: The children won’t be specified what color the leaves have to be so it will be interesting to see if they feel comfortable experimenting with color or if they just stick to the stereotypical green leaves on a  tree. I would encourage them to do whatever they prefer.

Mererid Green