Kara had her 7th grade students
each make a set of 4 ceramic drink coasters. She encouraged them to pick
interesting shapes instead of the standard square or circular shapes.
There were some fish, butterflies, cats, planets, geometric shapes, fruits, cows,
pigs, leaves, flowers, shapes to go along with different holidays and so
on. They could make all 4 look the same of they can make different ones,
as long as they could exist together in a set. For example, one
students made two coasters in the shape of lily pads, while the other
two were frogs.
To finish them, students decoupaged on top of the coasters, so they
were very bright and eye catching. Mostly the kids collaged with tissue
paper, but they also used handmade paper scraps, and the kids were also free
to decoupage photos or pictures from magazines or the internet on top.
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