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| Paper Toy Shark |
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| Army Dude - James A (Year 6) |
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| Easter Bunny - Madeleine M (Year 1) |
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| Rabbit - Olivia DW (Year 3) |
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| Batman - Kai M (Prep) |
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| Tasman S (Year 1) |
It's the last week of the school term!!! Two weeks holiday ... YEAH!! I wanted an engaging, fun activity to celebrate ... I've been
saving these Paper Toys for just such an occasion!
There are a number of Paper Toy sites out there - I found
Toy-A-Day on
Pinterest (where else?) and decided to base the activity around this simple box plan that has lots of scope for the kids to be really creative with. This site has well over 200 downloadable PDF templates for toys based around a simple box. I wanted the kids to create their own toys rather than simply adding color... Toy-A-Day have a great blank template (which for one reason or another were not quite what I needed) so I adapted it to suit my needs...
I get two toys from one A4 sheet of 210gsm card, with left over space for creating fish tails, dragon wings, batman capes or whatever else is needed to complete their masterpieces!
We started by designing our characters - I had a couple of examples made up to give them an idea of the diversity of characters they could develop, then we brainstormed some more ideas - otherwise I gave them a completely free hand.
Then we transferred our designs to the templates with black felt-pen and added color with crayons.
Cut out (carefully!! Accuracy is vital, so this is one cutting exercise where I help the Prep kids!) fold, and glue together. Voila! We have superheros, mermaids, dragons and monsters to name just a few.... I think they have done a wonderful job! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
