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By Patty Cox

Bahamas

 

Main supplies:

  • Pacon® 9” x 12” heavy weight white construction paper
    (or watercolor paper or bristol board)
  • Pacon® 9” x 12” dark blue construction paper
  • Pacon® turquoise and white tag board
  • sandpaper
  • Fiskars® scissors and Kidzorstm edger scissors, worm and camel
  • Royal® colored chalk or pastels
  • plastic knife
  • pie pan
  • glue stick
  • foam tape dots (Pop Dots)

 

Instructions:
1. Marble: Cut a sheet of white construction paper in half. Pour about 1 cup water in pie pan. Shave pink and yellow chalk dust over water with knife. Swirl water once. Drop construction paper on water surface, then quickly remove. Lay marbled paper flat to dry.
2. Cut out conch shell sections from dried paper. Cut top of each shell section with camel edger scissors.
3. Layer Conch: Stick a small foam tape dot under the largest conch (1), at the edged cut. Adhere the next size smaller conch section (2) below the first, extending the top edge about 3/8”. Continue layering and adhering conch sections (1-5) with foam tape dots. Adhere the shell back (6) to the back of layered conch.
4. Frame Back: Cut frame back from turquoise tag board. Cut narrow strips of dark blue paper using worm edger scissors. Glue dark blue strips horizontally on frame back as shown. Score frame sides at fold.
5. Frame Front: Transfer frame front pattern on white tag board. Glue tag board to sandpaper back. Cut out frame. Score frame sides at fold. Cut a large X in frame center. Use worm edger scissors to cut out frame center.
6. Assemble Diorama: Glue frame sides to diorama sides, curving diorama to back. Adhere conch to sandpaper frame with adhesive foam dots.

 

Pacon® 9” x 12” construction paper, tag board
Fiskars® scissors and Kidzorstm edger scissors, paper punches, Royal® chalk


   

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