Learning Activity

Recycled Runway Fashion Show

Subject Area

Arts Education

Grade(s)

2

Overview

Students will collaborate in small groups to brainstorm an idea for a party outfit designed from party materials.  Students will work together to assemble their party outfit for one of their groups' members to model.  Students will create a party outfit using only party supplies and decorations.

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 2 - Visual Arts

AE17.VA.2.1

Brainstorm collaboratively to create a work of art.

Unpacked Content

UP:AE17.VA.2.1

Vocabulary

  • Principles of design
    • Balance
  • Brainstorming
  • Composition
  • Concepts
  • Characteristic
  • Elements of art
    • Space
    • Value
  • Expressive properties
  • Foreground
  • Middle ground
  • Neutral colors
  • Resist

Essential Questions

EU: Creativity and innovative thinking are essential life skills that can be developed.
EQ: What conditions, attitudes, and behaviors support creativity and innovative thinking? What factors prevent or encourage people to take creative risks? How does collaboration expand the creative process?

Skills Examples

  • Create two-dimensional artworks such as drawing or painting by using a variety of media.
  • Use the book, The Goat in the Rug by Charles L.
    • Blood & Martin Link to learn about weaving.
  • Use clay or pipe cleaners to create small animal sculptures.
  • Work in groups to brainstorm ideas for a collaborative art project.
  • Use a book about clay, When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor to study Native Americans and their traditions.
  • Use the book A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle to explore collage techniques.
  • Create a real or imagined home using two-and-three-dimensional media.
  • Learn how to properly use and store brushes, close glue bottles and marker tops.
  • Use found objects such as leaves, rocks, paper tubes, egg cartons, etc.
    • to create artworks.
  • Use the book A Day with No Crayons by Elizabeth Rusch to explore different colors and values.
  • Create a landscape showing depth by placing the foreground, middle ground and background in their correct positions.

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 2 - Visual Arts

AE17.VA.2.5

Create an artwork using found and/or recycled objects.

Unpacked Content

UP:AE17.VA.2.5

Vocabulary

  • Principles of design
    • Balance
  • Brainstorming
  • Composition
  • Concepts
  • Characteristic
  • Elements of art
    • Space
    • Value
  • Expressive properties
  • Foreground
  • Middle ground
  • Neutral colors
  • Resist

Essential Questions

EU: People create and interact with objects, places, and design that define, shape, enhance, and empower their lives.
EQ: How do objects, places, and design shape lives and communities? How do artists and designers determine goals for designing or redesigning objects, places, or systems? How do artists and designers create works of art or design that effectively communicate?

Skills Examples

  • Create two-dimensional artworks such as drawing or painting by using a variety of media.
  • Use the book, The Goat in the Rug by Charles L.
    • Blood & Martin Link to learn about weaving.
  • Use clay or pipe cleaners to create small animal sculptures.
  • Work in groups to brainstorm ideas for a collaborative art project.
  • Use a book about clay, When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor to study Native Americans and their traditions.
  • Use the book A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle to explore collage techniques.
  • Create a real or imagined home using two-and-three-dimensional media.
  • Learn how to properly use and store brushes, close glue bottles and marker tops.
  • Use found objects such as leaves, rocks, paper tubes, egg cartons, etc.
    • to create artworks.
  • Use the book A Day with No Crayons by Elizabeth Rusch to explore different colors and values.
  • Create a landscape showing depth by placing the foreground, middle ground and background in their correct positions.

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Phase

During/Explore/Explain
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

Students will collaboratively brainstorm a design for a party outfit using found and recycled party supplies.

Students will collaboratively create a party outfit for one of their group members to model in the class Recycled Runway Fashion Show.

Activity Details

The instructor will share a video of a student Trashion Show. The instructor can share their own video or use the resource linked in this activity:  Trashion Show at Mirdif Fashion Weekend. 

The instructor will explain that the students in the video were given a challenge to create a new outfit using only found and recycled materials. The instructor will divide the class into small groups of 3-5 students. The instructor will explain that they are going to be given a fashion design challenge. Each group will be asked to create a party outfit using only party supplies and party decorations.

The students will use a provided figure template to brainstorm their party fashion design.
The instructor may provide their own template or download one for free from PRETATEMPLATE.

Before beginning their fashion sketches, the instructor will also give each group a mystery bag of party materials they can use. Students need to explore their materials before they begin sketching their design.

Once the group has brainstormed how they can use their materials, they may begin sketching their concept on their figure template. 

Students will select a model from their group who will wear their party outfit in the Recycled Runway Fashion Show. Students will then attempt to construct their party outfit directly on their model using the provided party supplies and decorations.

The instructor will give students clear expectations regarding time allowed to create their party outfit. When time is up, the models will line up for a Recycled Runway Fashion Show in the classroom.

Assessment Strategies

Assessment Strategies

 

Failed

Attempted

Mastered

Student Group brainstormed an idea for their group outfit on their figure template.

 

 

 

Student Group selected a student model.

 

 

 

Student group collaborated together to create a party outfit for their model.

 

 

 

Student model lined up when it was time for the Recycled Runway Fashion Show.

 

 

 

Student group used recycled and found materials to create a party outfit.

 

 

 

Variation Tips

Play music during the class Recycled Runway Fashion Show.

TAKE LOTS OF PHOTOS! ;)

Background and Preparation

Background / Preparation

Select a Trashion Show Video to share in the intro or use the one provided in this activity: Trashion Show at Mirdif Fashion Weekend.


Select or create a fashion figure template for student groups to brainstorm their party outfit concepts. Provide more that one template per group to allow them to explore multiple ideas. Free templates can be found at PRETATEMPLATE.

Collect new or used party materials and decorations to be recycled into party outfits. Thin plastic table clothes are affordable and are easy for young students to manipulate. Streamers, gift wrap, tissue paper, and balloons work well too. Be sure that each group has scissors and clear tape.

Digital Tools / Resources

Trashion Show at Mirdif Fashion Weekend
http://viewpure.com/itwyWvV5yvo?start=0&end=0

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