Making A Chair Out Of Paper

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Making a chair out of paper.

Can you create a chair that can hold a stuffed animal using only paper and tape. Each person has a group including 3 people per group. Using an archival spray from a craft store will prevent the newspaper from yellowing over time. Per pair or group copy paper one roll of masking tape stuffed animal small to medium sized this packet contains all the information you need to make this a great engineering activity in your classroom.

Lab sheets student and teacher instructions and challenge signs are all. First of all you gather the supplies which is 6 inches of masking tape and 4 sheets of paper. Start with a six inch square piece of paper. Then start tearing strips lengthwise along the sheet between 1 2 1 1 2 inch wide.

This stem challenge is always one of my students favorites. This is fun to use as for your origami furniture set. You will figure out that paper always tears better in one direction than the other. How to make simple chair covers.

This challenge will teach students how to make a chair out of paper and tape to hold a stuffed animal. Can you build a paper chair that can hold the weight of a stuffed animal. Want your diy chair to have a nostalgic look. You could use other types of paper such as wrapping paper wallpaper maps your child s artwork to personalize the piece.

There is a lot of opportunity for variety in this challenge depending on whether you restrict the supplies and or the size s of the stuffed animals. An origami chair can be used as for mini dolls. If they re old suitcases you already have it makes it extra special because it s like a walk sit down memory lane every time. Check out the tutorial by instructables user mr.

Second you start building a chair that you think will be the best design and stable. If your paper comes on a roll like wallpaper does tear a sheet that s a little wider than the width of the seat 60 cm. In the video below we make a comics themed chair by covering each finished roll with the comics pages. Lay it with the colored side facing down.