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Making Activities Project One for Schools without Ceramics Facilities: Assemblages / Abstract Constructions Suitable for Key Stage 2 and up. Back at School Cardboard / Scrap Sculpture Gather lots of scrap objects; inside of toilet rolls, old cardboard boxes, egg boxes, cotton reels, match boxes, bits of wood etc. Give the students a selection of objects and ask them to study them carefully. See if any of them remind them of body parts in any way – heads, arms, eyes etc., either on their own or when combined with one of the other objects. (They may need encouragement in this! Show them some examples – ie, a cornflake box may not took like a head on it’s own, but with two buttons for eyes, and a comb for a mouth, it starts to suggest a head). Then ask them to construct a figurative sculpture using appropriate pieces. Use colour to pull all the separate pieces together. If you mix a small amount of PVA with the paint it will help it adhere to surfaces and also give it a sheen. (Remember to wash brushes immediately after use.) Alternatively, you could use spray paint, which will cover the whole object more easily. Once painted, you should start to look at the object as a “Whole” rather than something which has been made up of separate parts.