Making Mini-me - Sculpture for children

Making mini-me is AccessArt's first Holiday Club online workshop. Non-members can access the text-based information below - to view the fully illustrated online resource join the AccessArt Holiday Club or see the trailer below.

Making Mini-me is a construction based workshop aimed at ages 6 to 12. The Making Mini-me online resource shows you how to:

- make a paper and wire armature;
- develop the character of your sculpture;
- use Mod roc to cover the armature;
- use paint and found materials from around the house to turn your sculpture into you!

For parents, teachers and carers:

The Making Mini-me online resource teaches children how to combine and manipulate different materials, and introduces children to using simple tools (pliers) and sculptural concepts and techniques.

The illustrated online resource provides step by step instruction (no experience on part of child or adult is needed) but is also designed to empower and enable the child to create his or her own sculpture - the end result is not prescriptive.

Making Mini-me is released as part of the brand new AccessArt Holiday Club - membership of which delivers five further online sculpture resources released throughout the year to coincide with the school holidays. Although workshops are intended for use in the home, they can be adapted for use in school, after school clubs or community settings. The Holiday Club also includes members-only pages, ask-the-artist, and members gallery.

Materials you will need to Make a Mini-me:

Newspaper
Wire*
Mod Roc*
Paint
Fabric scraps
Glue

Scissors
Paintbrushes
Old Yogurt Pots
Pliers*

*The Wire, Mod Roc, and Pliers can be purchased via the AccessArt Sculpture Kit No 1.

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