May 12: Build a Room in a Shoebox
Duration: 2.5 hours
Intro
Today we will learn about scale, and design a small room inside a shoebox, for a character of our choice.
Design a Room inside of a shoebox (2.5 hour)
Materials Needed:
A shoebox or a similar sized cardboard box
Basic Stationery: Paper and pencil for rough sketches and ideas, ruler to measure, felt pens to draw
Craft Materials: Colored a4 paper or scraps, Cardboard Scissors, cello tape/masking tape and Glue
Lata pata: egg cartons, Little sticks, iratu, popsicle sticks, ribbons, crepe paper, sand, recycled material and cloth, string, branches of trees to represent plants
Handouts: A printed assortment of the below character prompts, printed so one child gets one character card.
Guide
Step 1: Print out these character prompts and randomly distribute among students. Ask them to think about the person they hope to build a room for. What about their personality, likes and dislikes can you represent in their space? Where do they like to live, and would you see that from their window? For example if you were making a room for someone with magic powers, or a musician, you would make the space differently.
If students wish to create their own character, or make a space for someone they know, they are welcome to do so!
Step 2: make a rough sketch of what you’d like to include in your shoebox room. You may also draw and cut out a small scale figure of your character that lives in the box. What height should they be?
Step 3: Start building! Cut out windows, add furniture, walls, curtains, plants, carpets, art, a fish-tank, another level with stairs, anything you wish.
Step 4: At the end of the class, arrange all your boxes on top of each other to create a little terrace house.