Title – Magic Hats

By – Deborah Paul-Faller

Primary Subject – Art

Secondary Subject – Language Arts

Grade Level – K-2

Activity:

Making a “magic” hat out of colored construction paper and glue.

Objective:

By using paper, glue and scissors, students will learn how to cut, fold and shape paper in an activity creating a “magic hat”.

Standards:

• Standard 1 (Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts)
  
• Standard 2 (Knowing and Using Art Materials and Resources)

Materials:

• 
  The Magic Hat
  
  by Mem Fox & Tricia Tusa
• construction paper
• scissors
• glue
• clothes pins
• pencil

Transition Questions:

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While wearing a very colorful and decorated construction paper hat, have the students settle down so that they will hear the story read to them.

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After reading

The Magic Hat

to the students say: “Now, what do you think we’ll be doing today? Who wants to make their own magic hat?”

Association:

• “I have this piece of paper; do I just balance it on my head and call it a hat? How do I make it into a hat shape?
  
• I need to make sure the hat will fit on my head. How am I going to do that?
  
• Using the clothespins to hold the paper in place, I have this flap of paper sticking up – what’s this for? I need to glue next; where should I put it?
  
• Should I use big blobs of glue? How much glue?
  
• After I glue and press down on it, I need to move the clothespins over to where the glue is. Why do you think that is?
  
• Write name and class number on inside – why do you think on the inside and not the outside?”

Visualization:

• “Now that I have the shape, what could I do to make it more interesting?
  
• I can make these long cuts using scissors. What could I do with these strips now?
  
• I can make curls using a pencil. What else could I do with these long strips?
  
• How could I fold them?
  
• I could cut off pieces from the strip to change it. Could I use those pieces in some way?
  
• Do I just have to cut strips? How else could I use the scissors?”

Recap Transition:

“So, what’s the first thing that we need to do to make a magic hat? We don’t just balance the paper on our head and call it a hat; we have to measure it to make sure it fits our heads! How do we do that? Then what do we do? Where do we put the clothespins? And where do we put the glue?”

Summation/End of Class Discussion:

“(Holding up student hat) Who can raise their hand and tell us in what way this student used scissors to make this magic hat? How did they change the paper? What did they do to it?”

Note from LessonPlansPage.com:

We have been following along with this lesson, and here is what we think the hats might look like.

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