Paper Weaving

 


Description: After learning about different types of weaving and the history behind it, students chose three different colors of paper strips and two colors of construction paper. Taking one piece of their construction paper, they cut it in have and started marking the lines where they were going to cut. They did this by taking one of their paper strips and drawing lines across the paper. Then the students, cut on the lines until they reached the area that they marked with stop. After cutting all the lines, students labeled the flaps with 1,2,1,2, etc. Students then did the weaving process by flipping up all of the 1 flaps and placing a paper strip on top of the 2 flaps and using glue to hold it in place. Students repeated this process while rotating between the 1 and 2 flaps until all their paper strips had to be used. The paper weaving was then glued onto the second piece of construction paper and wrote three things they learned about weaving.

Extension: One extension activity that could be used with this art project is learning about different culture's weaving traditions. Depending on the grade, students could be split into small groups. Each group would be given a culture that they have to research. They would create a small presentation about that culture's weaving traditions and create a small project to represent it.

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