Skeleton Mobil--more difficult

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Skeleton Mobil--more difficult
By sj

This mobile requires some serious cutting--sometimes best done ahead of time by the teacher. Take an 81/2 by 11 typeing paper and fold it hotdog style two times until it is about two inches wide. Make alternating cuts from
the folded sides about 1/16" apart. Cut to within about 1/16" from the other side. The effect in the beginning is to fringe one side and then turn the piece around and fringe in between the cuts you originally made. You will need to cut two sheets of paper in this way. Next, unfold both of the papers. One paper becomes the body (with slashes going horizontal) and the other paper

is cut on the folds to become arms, legs. Teacher must provide a pattern (either tag templates or copies on construction paper or other sturdy paper) of a head with neck and shoulders 8" wide, bony hands, and bony feet. Glue the slit body to the shoulders, arms & legs to the body, and then attach hands and feet. Punch hold in top of skeleton head and hang as a mobile. These hang out longer and longer the more days they are up. The trick of a really pretty one is in cutting the oposing slits on that original paper evenly and thinly and as close to the other edge as possible. When I taught K, I cut all the "accordian paper", but I let my 4th graders do it themselves. I hope my instructions are clearer than mud.