Time of Connection (including time zones)

Oct. 28, 10:00 AM

Classroom A: Angie Adcock (McGregor Elem, McGregor, TX)

Begin with 1 piece of newspaper -- scrunch up 6 pieces of construction paper --- wrap your newspaper around the scrunched up construction paper and tape to form the head.

Take 3 small paper plates and draw a face on each. Tape the faces in an upside down triangle shape to the newspaper face. Next tape 4 black, 6 green, and 5 white foot long yarn hanging down over the middle of his face. Then to the left; 7 black, 8 green, and 1 white hanging down to the side and on the right; 3 green and 1 white piece of yarn. These are all in random order. NO pattern.... Now glue a large paper plate to the bottom of the head.

Body: One VERY LARGE show box --- the bigger the better..... Sit the box tall and skinny --- just color in random colors and then attach with tape green, black and white yarn randomly to the front, back and left side of the monster. approx. 12 on each side.

Arms: Left-- take a 12x18 piece of rolled hotdog style yellow construction paper and place inside of a red solo cup -- tape in to hold. Then color the bottom side of a small plate red with 5 black stars; now attach with tape to the bottom of the solo cup.

Right -- take a 12x18 piece of rolled hotdog style blue construction paper and place inside of a red solo cup -- tape in to hold. Then color the bottom side of a small plate the rim blue; the circle flat part is half brown and half purple; now attach with tape to the bottom of the solo cup.

Now cut slits on the opposite end of the arm to fan out (spread) so that you can attach flat against the side of the box with tape.

Legs: Left -- take a 12x18 piece of rolled hotdog style orange construction paper cut slits on both ends of the leg to fan out (spread) so that you can attach flat against the bottom front left corner side of box. Then place a small paper plate staple the bottom side to the slits in the construction paper.

Right --- repeat directions for left leg except us red construction paper except place on the right!

He is sitting with his legs out to the front of him and his arms straight out to the side.

***We stapled the hotdog construction paper to keep in place.

Classroom B: Parker (Brookhaven Elem, Killeen ISD, Killeen, TX)

Monster Match – October 2008

Mrs. Parker’s 2nd grade class – Monster name:  Longstein

Items you will need:

•    7 shoeboxes

•    Construction paper – following colors:  white, orange, purple, light blue, dark blue, red, purple, pink, black

•    3 paper plates

•    6 balloons

•    Bulletin board paper – following colors:  dark blue, green, black

•    2 paper cups

•    white yarn

Construction of head:

•    Cover paper plate with blue construction paper

•    Eyes – white yarn rolled up and glue

•    Mouth – black circle with yellow teeth

•    Nose – orange triangle for nose

•    Ears – purple ovals with bits of yellow for ear wax coming out

•    Hair – red spiked hair

•    Neck – Take a piece of white construction paper and roll it up and attach head to it and this will also attach to body

Construction of body:

•    3 shoe boxes covered together with green bulletin board paper

•    make a shirt out of light blue construction paper

•    dark blue belt w/orange and red circles in an AB pattern

•    dark green belly button

•    purple butterfly above bellybutton

•    white yarn across bottom of shirt

•    red rose made from construction paper in the middle of body with green leaves

•    2 pink hearts on each side of the rose

•    2 purple and 1 pink heart above the rose

Construction of arms/hands

•    2 shoe boxes covered individually w/black bulletin board paper

•    red squiggly lines made from construction paper across each box (3 each side)

•    on each red squiggly line glue white yarn going along the middle

•    For hands 2 paper cups (one per side) with 3 unblown balloons out of the bottom of each cup for the fingers

•    Inside each cup roll ½ piece of black construction paper and put in cup like a cylinder

•    Cut one edge of each cylinder to fold down and glue to each box

•    Place cup on the other side of cylinder

•    Fold 2 paper plates in half and cut out small circle in the middle (big enough to slip cups through) – one per side

•    Place paper plates through cup (kinda like a bracelet) over the hands

Construction of legs and feet

•    Cover 2 shoe boxes with dark blue (individually)

•    Take green butcher paper and accordian fold for legs.  It should be the width of the box and about 3 feet long

•    Cut black claws and attach to the bottom of each dark blue box

•    Attach green legs to blue box (feet) and then attach to body

And now you have our monster!!!