Our group decided to focus our project upon turtles. It is our belief that turtles are often overlooked, although every type of turtle known to swim in US waters is on the endangered species list. In hopes to bring more attention to such an important subject, we looked up organizations dedicated to saving the turtles. We chose the “Save the Sea Turtles” foundation and highlighted the good work that they do. Turtles have been around for nearly 65 million years, it is our hope that they will be around for millions of years to follow.
To construct our turtle we used a tissue box for the head and round pieces of cardboard for the fins, tail, and rest of the body. For the base, we taped nine iPad boxes to one another and painted them. We added some sand to the paint to give it a tactile texture to make it more realistic. Also, we made a water bowl out of a coffee container to show that our turtle had been saved. Lastly, we made a sign that said "Save the Turtles" made from a paper towel roll and a piece of cardboard. All of our materials are recycled for Earth Day. Our big turtle symbolizes the entire world, while our turtle cupcakes show everyone coming together and uniting to help a cause. If we all just help a little bit then every one of our contributions helps out in the long run.
We made the cupcakes using Funfetti cake batter with butter cream icing. Four of the cupcakes had blue icing in the water bowl and the rest had regular white icing on the mother turtles' shell. To make the baby turtles' shelf we used peach rings and red and orange dots. The head of the baby turtles' were made out of green dots, white icing, and black sugar pearls. The front fins were made out of green fruit slices and the back ones were made out of spearmint leaves. Please help us with the movement to save the turtles.
Arty on!
To construct our turtle we used a tissue box for the head and round pieces of cardboard for the fins, tail, and rest of the body. For the base, we taped nine iPad boxes to one another and painted them. We added some sand to the paint to give it a tactile texture to make it more realistic. Also, we made a water bowl out of a coffee container to show that our turtle had been saved. Lastly, we made a sign that said "Save the Turtles" made from a paper towel roll and a piece of cardboard. All of our materials are recycled for Earth Day. Our big turtle symbolizes the entire world, while our turtle cupcakes show everyone coming together and uniting to help a cause. If we all just help a little bit then every one of our contributions helps out in the long run.
We made the cupcakes using Funfetti cake batter with butter cream icing. Four of the cupcakes had blue icing in the water bowl and the rest had regular white icing on the mother turtles' shell. To make the baby turtles' shelf we used peach rings and red and orange dots. The head of the baby turtles' were made out of green dots, white icing, and black sugar pearls. The front fins were made out of green fruit slices and the back ones were made out of spearmint leaves. Please help us with the movement to save the turtles.
Arty on!
RSS Feed