Materials Used: Balloon, Newspaper, Elmers glue and water (for paper mache), paint, exacto knife, scissors, hot glue gun, and more recycled objects.
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Reconstructing it:
1. I took a balloon and put paper mache over it. I made the paper mache with elmers glue and water and ripped up newspaper. I put about 4 layers of newspaper on it so it was sturdy and then let it dry over night.
2. I made a baseball cap with an Easy Mac container and cardboard for the brim. I then painted it navy blue and put a Boston Red Sox B in it, for my favorite baseball team.
3. Then I made shoes with a bottom of a plastic soda bottle and then a bottom of a metal soda can and then painted it red and put a green bow on both of them.
4. Then for the eyes I used Gatorade caps and painted them white then black pupils.
5. Then for the nose I took the top of a plastic soda bottle and cut it and painted it red.
6. Then for the mustache, I cut it out of cardboard and painted it black.
7. Next for the mouth, I took a piece of plastic from a soda bottle and made it into a mouth and painted it white.
All of the body parts (except for the ears) together
I made the ears out of styrofoam and painted them pink.
8. I painted the body a light brown, and then let it dry.
9. Next, I put straws on all of the body parts so i could stick them into the body of the potato.
10. Finally, I put holes into the potato body, and then put all the body parts on and it is complete!!
Reaction Essay:
For my Final Project I decided do remake a Mr. Potato Head. The assignment was to make a children toy, but the catch was to make something that is biographical to you and is also made out of recycled material. I didn't know what I wanted to do at first, and it took me a long time to figure out what to do but two days before the final I decided to make a Mr. Potato Head. Mr. Potato Head was originated in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, At Hasbro. I was born in Rhode Island, and moved to Massachussets in third grade but I still spent most of my time in RI and consider it my home. I even work in Pawtucket, and drive by Hasbro everyday for work. You can even see big sized Mr. Potato Heads all around Rhode Island, and every one of them is different. The fact that Mr. Potato Heads were invented in Rhode Island, and I was born in Rhode Island seemed to work for the assignment because it was were I have came from, and I also love potatoes.
When I had to reconstructed the project, I started by taking a blown up balloon I had from my birthday and decided to put paper mache on top of it. I mixed elmers glue and water and ripped up newspaper and started making the hard surface. While I let that harden, I made the body parts for the potato head. I started by making a baseball hat with an Easy Mac container and cardboard, and I painted it navy blue and put a Boston Red Sox sign on it. Then I made eyes with Gatorade caps and painted them white with black pupils. Next, I made a red nose with the top of a Coca Cola bottle. Then I made feet with the bottom of a plastic soda can, and a metal soda can and glued them together and painted them red and put a green bow on them. And last I made pink ears with styrofoam. I let all of it dry and then painted the paper mache a light brown, and then stuck straws on each items so i could stick them into the potato. Last I poked holes into the potato and then put the body parts in and I was done!
Making the Mr. Potato Head was fun and wasn't too hard for me. I liked having to look around my apartment for recycled materials to use to the body parts of the potato. It made you be creative with your mind; which I enjoyed. The only thing that was a challenge for me was to pick a toy to do because I didn't want to make a stuffed animal or a board game, but I'm glad I made a Mr. Potato Head because I think it was a perfect choice. I didn't have any problems building my model, it was just a pain to have to wait for the paint to dry because I was so anxious to finish it and see the final product! Overall, I was very pleased with my final project and I wouldn't do anything differently.
