This past May I wanted to blog about my Paper Mache Globes. It is by far one of my favorite
activities that I do every year. I know it is time consuming
and messy, but it is well worth it. Map
and Globes is our last unit in social studies. So this makes a great end of
year fun activity to fill up those last days of school.
The end of the school year is always busy, and I never got the
chance to blog about my globes. So when
I saw Mrs. Madden’s Favorite Classroom Project I thought now would be a good
time as ever to do blog on this topic.
You know I won’t have time next may either.
I wish I had taken the time to snap a few photos of the
project. I am really bad about
remembering to take pictures. This
school year I plan to do a better job of that.
How to
make Paper Mache Globes
balloons
Glue mixture (2 cups water to 1 part glue- I actually use a
little more water)
Newspaper strips (I use old telephone books.) cut into 1 or 2
inch strips
Blue tempera paint/brushes
Yarn/string
1. Blow up the balloon.
2. Apply paper strips by
dipping the paper strips into the glue mixture and place them around the
balloon. Continue until the entire
balloon is covered. (make sure the
strips are not dripping wet)
3. You may want to do another
layer to make sure there are no holes/gaps.
(This is why I like to use old telephone books yellow strips one
layer/white for the 2nd layer.)
4. Attach a string labeled
with the child’s name and hang to try
5. Use a large paintbrush to
paint the entire globe blue (for water).
6. Color and cut out paper
continents. Glue them onto the globe in
the correct place.
7. Label the continents and
oceans.
Hints:
This project is time consuming
but it is a lot of fun. We have found that
it works well to get a couple of parent volunteers. It is messy so please instruct everyone to
wear old clothes.
This is always a favorite project
of my students. I even have students
come back and visit years later and they tell me they still have their Paper
Mache Globes.
Here’s the link to the Continents
that I have students glue to the globes.
Arthur’s
Balloon Globe
Hopefully next year I will have some pictures to use in my blog posts about this fun globe activity.
5 comments:
That sounds like a fun project to do during our Earth portion of our social studies unit. Thanks for the instructions! :)
Lisa
Learning Is Something to Treasure
Sandy,
Thanks for linking up! I did the paper mache globes once, years ago at a different school. I had totally forgotten about them! You've inspired me to try them again this year! Definitely a fun project. :)
Amanda
Teaching Maddeness
I remember doing this as a kid, but have never tried it with my students. I'll have to remember to try it!
Kristin
iTeach 1:1
I am trying to find link to sign up ,but can't ?!
Parra105- You have to link up on the Teaching Maddeness Blog. If you click on the linky icon above it will take you there.
Or here is the direct link
http://www.teachingmaddeness.com/2012/07/favorite-classroom-projects-linky.html
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