Geometric City
Design a famous city or invent a skyline filled with geometric shapes. Add Crayola® Model Magic to create a bas-relief cityscape.
1. Brainstorm names of plane and solid geometric figures. Categorize, define, and describe these figures. Study the skylines of large cities to note architectural use of these shapes.
2. Use Crayola Scissors to cut construction paper to fit a sheet of cardboard. Glue construction paper to cardboard with a Crayola Glue Stick.
3. Use Crayola Washable Markers on the construction paper to draw a variety of plane figures to look like a city skyline. You might choose your state or province capital city, a famous city anywhere in the world, or invent a cityscape.
4. Build 3-D geometric architectural structures onto the city skyline using cardboard pieces and Crayola Model Magic. Fold cardboard and glue to the backdrop. Press Model Magic over folded cardboard to build 3-D structures. Embed materials such as squares of clear acetate cut with Crayola Scissors for windows.
5. Identify each bas-relief building with paper name plates.
6. Display architectural structures in a Geometric City gallery. Identify geometric figures incorporated in your classmates' designs.
Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project.
Crayola Modeling Materials including Crayola Model Magic®, Model Magic Fusion™, Crayola Air-Dry Clay, and Crayola Dough With Small Parts—
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—
- Keep away from open flames. Do not use to make candleholders, hot plates, trivets, or other similar objects that will be used or placed near fire and other heat sources.
- Do not put in an oven, microwave, or kiln.
- Do not make into vessels/containers that will hold unpackaged food.
- If the arts & crafts project involves making small objects, follow the small parts/choking hazards standards: WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—Small parts. Not for children under 3 years."
- The use of modeling material to make items that look like food is discouraged for children younger than age 5 to avoid their confusion with real food.
- Unless sealed with a water-resistant glaze, do not make projects exposed to or immersed in water, such as boats or outdoor bird feeders. They would disintegrate when exposed to moisture.
- Crayola Dough—contains gluten (wheat flour) as an ingredient. Crayola Air-Dry Clay, Crayola Model Magic, and Model Magic Fusion are gluten-free. However, they are produced on the same machinery as Crayola Dough which does contain gluten. Although the machines are cleaned prior to the start of each production run, there is a slight possibility that trace amounts of gluten from Crayola Dough may be present in the other modeling compound products. For information regarding specific ingredients or allergic concerns, please call our Consumer Affairs department at 1-800-272-9652 weekdays between 9 AM and 4 PM Eastern Standard Time.
Small Parts— WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
Scissors—ATTENTION: The cutting edges of scissors are sharp and care should be taken whenever cutting or handling. Blunt-tip scissors should be used only by children 4 years and older. Pointed-tip scissors should be used only by children 6 years and older.
- Meet individually with students to talk about their architectural structures. Assess student understanding of characteristics of geometric figures.
- Students work in groups to create Geometric City scavenger hunts to challenge each other. Write clues about figures, including color, size, and geometric characteristics. Informally assess student understanding of geometric figures.
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