This example is a little old and weathered, but this is a project my 5th and 6th graders are working on right now. I let them pick from a few winter objects and they began by folding a piece of 10" x 16" black paper in half like a book, so when folded it is 5" x 8". They use a straight edge to trace a border around their paper, then start drawing the candle or other object, making sure to leave wide black spaces in between each shape. They create shapes in the background to fill in the empty space and then they start cutting out the shapes through both pieces of the folded paper. They open the folded paper and start measuring and gluing in different pieces of tissue paper for each shape (using a mini glue stick works best). Once all of their shapes are filled with tissue, they close the "book" and glue it shut. When taped to a window light shines through both sides.
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