Wow! What a project I have undertaken with 24 kids from 5 years to 12 years. We are making insects using big balloons with 3 sections and paper mache'. We have gone through 4 boxes of Elmer's Art Paste. After the first initial coating of (hopefully) 3 layers of newspaper, we added our "parts" using aluminum foil. Large, medium and smaller were the choices. They had to crunch the foil beginning with the width, not length and putting it around the insect for legs. I secured it with tape each time. They added smaller pieces, using same technique for antenna, stingers or mouth pieces.
It has taken us 2 sessions just to finish coating these pieces with newspaper layers!
Today we begin to paint our bugs. We only have 3 sessions left before the production on March 20th. They are still creating their creatures and we have to have at least 2 to 3 sessions of painting, for one coat will not do it.
We are making marionettes out of these bugs using yarn and painted paint sticks. I will post pictures of today's painting and then the completed insect.
