Submitted by: Laurie Reber,  Andersen Junior High School, Chandler, AZ
UNIT: Sculpture - Collage
Lesson: Collage Flip-Flops
Grade Level: Middle School

 
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“All About Me”

Collage Flip-Flop Design

Flip-flops are my favorite shoes to wear. When we think of flip-flops many things may come to mind. What do you think about when you hear the word flip-flops? Jot these things down on a piece of paper. Now think about who you are – what best describes you? – what colors do you like? – what are your interests?  Jot all of these things down as well.

You will be given a foam core flip-flop. There are many different collage materials that you will have the opportunity to explore. Carefully think about how you will design your flip-flop so that it reflects who you are – someone should be able to look at the finished design and know that it is your flip-flop based on how you decorated it. Choose your materials so that there is a balance of color and a sense of pattern and texture. NEATNESS COUNTS! Once you have designed your flip-flop, you will present it to the class so that we may learn more about who you are and why you designed the flip-flop the way you did.  They will then be displayed in class and on campus.

Objectives:             Students’ design will reflect self-identity
                                Students will demonstrate knowledge of collage techniques
                                Students will demonstrate understanding of the elements and principles of
                                design with emphasis on color, space, pattern, and texture 
                                Students will demonstrate craftsmanship in cutting and gluing

Materials:        Foam core flip-flop, pipe cleaners, colored paper, scissors, glitter, glue, hot glue gun, markers, crayons, colored pencils, gel glaze pens, fabric scraps, decorative paper punches, buttons, beads, shells, colored tissue paper, magazines, and various other collage materials

Procedure: Using your brainstorm list of who you are, sketch out a design of your flip- flop on the back side of your brainstorm paper, focusing on pattern. Gather magazines and cut out images and words that reflect who you are. Cut images to contour. Have an idea of other materials you may want to use, and gather some of theses items from the supply table to bring back to your table. Begin by cutting colored papers into shapes, paper punching, drawing and/or coloring designs onto the foam core from your sketch and laying out your collage materials onto the flip-flop. DO NOT GLUE ANYTHING DOWN UNTIL YOU ARE HAPPY WITH ITS PLACEMENT! Both sides and edges must be covered. Once your design looks balanced (with color and pattern) you may glue down all of your materials and affix pipe cleaners for straps with glue gun. You may add buttons, beads, etc to the straps. Set aside to dry. You will present next class.

Assessment: Rubric 

“All About Me” Flip-Flop Collage Rubric  

Criteria                                                     Excellent              Good                    Fair                    Fail

Creativity: Used a variety                             4                         3                          2                        1
of materials to design a
unique flip-flop.

Neatness: Cutting done with                         4                          3                         2                        1
precision. Glue does not seep
out from beneath. Flip-flop is
clean – no dirt marks. Worthy
of display. Flip-flop form apparent.

Self-Identity: Design reflects who                  4                         3                         2                        1
you are. You are able to tell why
you chose the elements you chose
and how those elements tell a story
about you.

Collage Technique: You have                       4                            3                        2                      1 carefully cut your materials
on contour and glued all of your
materials onto the flip-flop,
overlapping slightly. There should be
LITTLE EMPTY SPACE. There must be
elements that are either drawn or
glued onto the entire surface (top,
bottom, sides) of the flip-flop.

Color and Texture: Made good use                4                          3                          2                     1
of color and flip-flop has actual or
implied texture

Timeliness: Project was completed                   4                          3                         2                    1
by due date.

Clean-up: Cleaned paper scraps                       4                           3                        2                  1            washed tables, swept floors,
and returned used and unused
materials to supply table

Student Total: ______/28                              Project Total: ________/56

Teacher Total: ______/28                 

Note from Laurie:  This was a great assignment to do at the beginning of the school year, as I really learned a lot about the students and they learned a lot about each other!

National Standards:

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