Obviously, I am playing catch up and posting a ton of things at once but I really want to display the amazing things that my students are creating. This was one of those projects that I was really thrilled at how great many of the projects turned out despite some of the struggles that we had.
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| A mummy who loves to read! |
First, I recommend creating this project using 16 gauge wire and not wire hangers. I started out trying to use wire hangers and ended up struggling to even bend the hangers. Luckily the tech teacher came to my distress and pulled out some unused electrical wire which we tore apart and used the wire inside. In an effort to save some money I ran out and bought a 250 foot roll of 18 gauge electrical wire and tore it apart with the students (which they loved). The wire was used for the armatures we then wrapped the mummies with everything from fabric to old t-shirts, to old bed sheets (the bed sheets work the best, but the t-shirts don't look too bad). The hardest thing to wrap was the head and we found that easiest way was to first stuff the head with newspaper and then wrap with cloth. After wrapping their mummy and securing the last piece of fabric students then bent their mummies into an active pose and added a prop if necessary.
The students were graded on the following criteria:
- Mummies demonstrate the principle of balance (they don't fall over)
- Mummies demonstrate the principle of proportion (arms and legs are the appropriate lengths)
- Mummies are posed in an active stance
- Bandages are wrapped neatly
- Bandages create weight (mummies don't look like stick people)
- CRAFTSMANSHIP
