During the summer, our Boys and Girls Club turns summer camp, hosting groups of “campers” who have a rotating schedule depending on the specific day of the week. The following is a class of “Cadet” girls I had one Friday afternoon. We constructed bugs…in the comfy comforts of the air-conditioned art room.
Pickin the palette
Tracing a pattern I drew using an old file folder, the girls picked out two color palettes for their bugs: One color for the body and one for the wings. I used a simple black and red combo to make a lady bug as my example. I was extremely impressed with the color variations the girls created.
Wingless
After the pattern was traced and cut out, next came the fun part: Decorating
Some campers chose to forgo the wings and decorate their apterous (wingless) bugs with marker.
Glitter, Glitter and More Glitter
Others, however, went all-out with color combinations and various patterns used on the wings. And, of course, glitter was a much-used bug accessory.
Others, however, went all-out with color combinations and various patterns used on the wings. And, of course, glitter was a much-used bug accessory.
And the results...
Using the pattern drawn on an old file folder, cut out of basic colored construction paper and stuffed with crumpled pages of old magazines, the bugs were a huge hit at summer camp. We paper-punched a hole in the top, looped some string through the hole and hung them up for all the club to see. BUGS!
Group Shot!
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