Paper Sculpture - KS3 Newspaper Chickens

This can be used as a mini project or a stand-alone lesson to introduce students into sculpture using paper. (Also a fun taster session to Art for Year 5 & 6 students.) Students will be briefly introduced to artists who use paper sculpture to make birds: Diana Beltran and Johan Scherft, before accepting the ‘Farm Yard Challenge’: to make a chicken/ duck decoy out of paper, that would fool a farmer. The lesson consists of: a ‘hook’ or starter; objectives; and step by step instruction sheets. The task is differentiated by learning outcome and includes a plenary. Printable resources are at the end of the powerpoint. This project is ideal for departments who don’t have much budget left as students only need newspaper and sellotape.