A Little Sea in a Bottle
One year at camp my mom created a miniature world with the campers. Isn’t there something fascinating about making teeny, tiny things?
you'll need Materials
- Shrink Art sheets (you can purchase these at craft stores)
- Cookie tray (and an oven mitt too!)
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Pencil crayons
- Sand paper
- Small containers (You could re-use items from your recycle, but the kids were excited to use these little glass bottles)
- Little items to create the ocean such as gravel, sand, small beads, plastic gems, rocks etc.
Directions
- We used these water creatures as an inspiration.
- You could plan out your work on a sheet of paper if you like.
- Scuff your shrink art paper with sand paper.
- Slip your plan under your shrink art sheet and trace around it with a black pencil crayon. You could tape down the pieces to hold them steady or have an adult hold it for you.
- Colour in your work with your pencil crayons.
- Trim the edges, leaving a border.
- Lay your work on a cookie sheet and follow the product directions as to cooking.
- Once cool, insert your little creature into a bottle or container, along with little items to create a background such as sand, gravel, plastic gems and a little bit of water if you like.
- Then the kids then created all sorts of little animals! Here’s their favourites:
Purpose
- Sketching items based on real objects, animals etc.
Safety Notes
- Use scissors with care and adult supervision.
- Follow the product directions with an adult and use safety gear (e.g., oven mitts)
- Small items can be a choking hazard therefore be sure to keep them out of the reach of children ages 0-3 years of age or those that tend to put things into their mouths.
