Activity 5: Parts of my body

- Recommended for the first and second cycle of primary school, also suitable for the third cycle of primary school. In the activity, body parts have to be represented using Angel Ferrant's Arsintes stencils and then be converted into relief or 3D by modelling them with different modelling pastes.

The aim is to work on modelling with different modelling pastes and relief and 3D modelling from a 2D image. The aim is also to encourage creativity through the use of colour, to work on basic geometric figures and to work on the parts of the body and their elementary shapes.

Activity and teacher instructions

Instructions for children on a piece of paper

Two-level arsintes.

Examples

Palette of modelling clay

6. Acrylic, scissors, pencil and paintbrush to create

Two types of Arsintes have been made, to avoid frustration when cutting out.

For level 2, the original Arsintes by Angel Ferrant is used, and for level 1, an Arsintes of our own elaboration. To make the palette of doughs more intuitive, the name of the dough and the two colours contained in the jar have been put on each small jar.

Hand of terracotta and white air-drying clay and vagina of plasticine and FOAMY dough.

In the photograph you can see all the steps, first the Arsintes cut out, then the drawing and colouring and finally the relief and modelling.