In fact, I think we are all starting to realize that LOTS of things come ready-made at the store in America. Laurie was telling a story about how she was trying to explain to students that in America, soup comes already cooked in cans and all you have to do is heat it up. When I think about it, that does seem kind of weird and space-age-ish.
Anyway, so now we are forced to make our own Halloween decorations with our limited resources, and it has actually been fun and not too difficult!
I painted a little backdrop for students to take pictures in front of.
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| Before |
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| After a mere hour and a half of painting |
These are REALLY simple to make, but in case you don't know (and many students here did not know), I can show you!
First, cut out a strip of paper!
Then, fold over one end of the strip as big as you want your cut-out to be.
Fold the rest of the strip back and forth until you get a zig zag, trying to keep each fold the same size as the original one.
With the folds on the left and right sides of the paper, draw your character on the top flap of paper. Remember to have the picture run off the sides with the folds. A student was making this and decided to draw a flower right in the middle of the paper - I told her it wouldn't connect but she didn't understand me. So when she cut it out she just got five pieces of paper cut out in a shape of a flower. She was embarrassed.
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| I drew a bat! |
Then cut it out (cut through all the folds!)
Unfold it, add some faces, and you're done!
So easy, right? And they look really cute all hung up as decorations! I am looking forward to our Halloween party! I will be sure to post pictures later :)
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| Don't these ghosts look cute hanging across my doorway? |
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