Gotta Love Those School Projects

My cute little kid had a school project recently. The project was to pick a "Arizona Animal" i.e. snakes, spider, birds, owls....you get the point. After they pick their animal they must make a poster about the animal and also make a LIFE size model of the animal. So my over-achiever decided not to pick a rattlesnake or a spider he decided to choose.......a MOUNTAIN LION! Really?!? Yes Really! So luckily we had plenty of time to figure out how we were going to make this little monster......and here's the pictures to prove it....

Chicken wire frame....
Paper mache=big mess of paper for a month on the floor...

The over-achiever with his paper mountain

the first layer of paper mache on the body parts

they 4th layer of paper mache.....oh yeah we were paper macheing fools

the boys putting it all together....it almost is taking shape at this point

finally got the head attached and all figured out.....

and the painting begins.....

hey looks like a cat to me....better watch out he'll get ya

the finished product with the over-achiever....WHEW!

Next week all the kids will take the animals they made and put them in the "wild" for an animal walk to show off their animals!

Great Job Son!