Crazy Busy Art Room Art Prompt 28

Good morning!   Today we will be creating an accordion fold to make a bear.  This technique will make our bear pop out and become 3-D.

Supplies Needed:  paper (I used a 9x6 inch piece), pencil, scissors, glue sticks, and a black marker.

I have posted photos of each of the steps, but remember to read through the directions for additional instructions.

Step 1:  Fold a piece of paper in half lengthwise.  I am using a piece of paper that is 9inches x 6 inches.  If you use a bigger piece of paper that is ok.  You will just have a longer accordion fold.

Step 2:  Cut on the fold line.

Step 3:  On one of the stripes create a small square by folding the paper up.

Step 4:  Flip paper over and create another square by folding.  You want the squares to be similar in size.

Step 5:  Keep repeating steps 3 and 4 until you have no more paper to fold.  This is called an accordion fold.  When you pull the paper gently apart it should remind you of an accordion.

Step 6:  Using your accordion square as a guide, measure and create a square on the 2nd half of your paper.

Step 7:  Cut the square out.

Step 8:  Using your scissors, cut the corners off your square to make a circle.  This will be your bear's head.

Step 9:  Using the remainder of the 2nd strip of paper, divide it into 5 rectangles.   If you are using a larger piece of paper than I did for this lesson, you may have a bit of left over paper after you draw out 5 rectangles.  These rectangles will become the legs and ears for your bear.

Step 10:  Cut the rectangles apart.

Step 11:  On 4 of the rectangles, round off the top 2 corners using your scissors.  These will become the legs for your bear.

Step 12:  Add little lines to makes claws on the 4 rectangles.

Step 13:  Glue 2 of the rectangles to the bottom of your accordion fold.

Step 14:  Glue the other 2 rectangles to the top of the accordion fold.

Step 15:  Now it is time to make the ears.  Fold your last rectangle in half.

Step 16:  Round off the top 2 corners with our scissors.

Step 17:  Glue these to the circle to make ears.

Step 18:  Add details with a black marker to make a face.

Step 19:  Glue the face to the top of the accordion fold.

Now that you know how to make an accordion fold, what other kind of animals could you make using this technique?  A cat?  A dog?  A zebra?   Be creative!  Feel free to share with me any ideas you come up with.