Scotch College

Paper Mache Projects

Boys enjoy making creative products from paper mache as one part of the Junior School art curriculum. Each year boys from Year 2 to Year 6 are involved in paper mache projects. Boys make shapes like masks, bowls, lighthouses, pinatas and Easter chalices.

Pinatas originated from Mexico. It is a festival object that is made in the form of an animal shape and filled with sweets. Afterwards the pinata is broken by children hitting it with a stick while blindfolded and all the sweets fall to the ground to be shared by everyone. Year 4 boys made some wonderful pinatas this year over a number of weeks. They used a balloon as their starting shape and covered it with strips of newspaper and wall-paper glue to make a strong covering of paper mache. Next they added paper mache feet, noses and ears to their round shape. Then they put in the sweets and the whole shape was painted and decorated. The boys took their completed pinata home for the School holidays to be broken and shared with their families.

Year 2 boys made Easter chalices to remember that a chalice is used in communion to celebrate the Last Supper of Christ just before Easter. Chalices were made with paper mache over two half lemonade bottles to make the top and bottom of the chalice. The boys painted and decorated their chalices in colours of their choice and then added sparkles.

Mrs. Susan Ferres
Head of Visual Arts in the Junior School

 Images to be added at a later date