Paper Collage

Harvey the Hippo: A project meant for 3rd graders.

There was once a hippo named Harvey. See, Harvey was a very loveable hippo, but he was VERY clumsy. He was constantly finding himself in silly situations and always needed help getting out of them.
This is how the story starts. We were each assigned to make a scene for this book. The line stated, 'If it wasn't bad enough, Harvey...' and then we had to finish it. In creating our scene, we had to use paper collage. We had to be creative and have a foreground, middle-ground, and background. The foreground pieces had to be larger compared to the middle-ground, and the middle-ground larger compared to the background. It gave the picture depth and an almost 3D quality. When we were done our teacher hung them on a bulletin board, that way we can read they story anyway we want!

If it wasn't bad enough, Harvey got covered in blue paint! As he was walking on the sidewalk past some houses, clumsy Harvey startled a painter. The painter accidentally dropped his paint bucket spilling blue paint all over Harvey.

Another fun project would be to do a collaborative piece with paper collage. Or instead of using paper, you can use tissue paper for the collage. Another idea would be to use magazine clippings and have them cut out the various colors to use for their piece. There are many different ways to do collage, and they all make a piece look interesting.