| Easy Dioramas |
Lesson Plan Submitted by Judy Lervolino, elementary art teacher at Meadow View School, Susanville, CA.
 Grades: Adaptable to all grade levels
Materials: Rectangular facial tissue boxes, water color paints, tempera
paints, and paint brushes
Procedure:
- Cut out the face of the tissue box, leaving a 1/2 inch lip all the
way around as a frame.
- Paint the outside of the box with tempera paint. It takes 2-3 coats
to completely cover.
- Paint the inside back with water colors; blue for sky, green for
grass, etc., depending on the subject of the diorama.
- Diorama is now ready to fill with cut-out paper objects (or whatever
your imagination brings to mind to use) that can be layered to create 3D
effects. Objects can be hung from the inside top with fishing line.
- These boxes can be used for theme studies - insects, dinosaurs, etc-
or to show scenes from favorite stories. You can add a language
component by having students write a description of what is in their
diorama, or writing their own story, then creating a diorama to go with
it.
These dioramas are very compact and easy to store as they stack nicely
on top of each other.
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