Packing Tape and Saran Wrap Sculpture

Look at her shear joy in doing this project. She ASKED me to wrap both her hands then she giggled and crawled around pretending to be a dog.


Here is our simple sculpture of a foot kicking a ball. It has two paperclips on it to attach it to a hook on the wall.


So proud of her tape foot.

Her hands holding the saran/tape ball.

HERE and HERE are some examples of this project.

Supplies:

packing tape

saran wrap

scissors

object or person to wrap

Instructions:

1. Wrap object or person with saran wrap

2. Cover with packing tape

3. Carefully cut off

4. Tape back together

Tips:

*You could add colored or printed images below the tape.

* Use small sewing scissors to cut sculpture off of a person
* Don't use a favorite item that could be damaged by the scissors while cutting the tape off

* This is fun to wrap around a person or a favorite toy
* To make this lesson more challenging have them try to turn the item into something else. Example: tape sculpture a teapot but then add chopstick legs and a feather to make it a circus elephant. This lesson can be related to Surrealism but is for older students.

Even the little one loved this project!