As part of a second grade project, little c recently had to choose a historical figure, research it, and then create a report and project. little c is fascinated with the Civil War, slavery, the Underground Railroad, and all the many characters associated with that time period. She did a report for her class on Harriett Tubman last year, so this year she chose Clara Barton. She read a couple of books about her and looked up picture
s of her on the
Internet. She wrote her report at school and she and I worked on her "biography bottle" project at home. An empty 2-liter bottle of Coke Zero, a
Styrofoam ball, some paint, fabric, yarn, googly eyes, and Barbie doctor kit supplies transformed over the course of a few days into Clara.
Meet Clara Barton! little c painted the
Styrofoam ball to create her head. She cut her nose and mouth out of craft foam and painted her nose flesh color. She cut her jacket out of fabric based on a baby doll coat we happened to have. She made her stethoscope out of pipe cleaners and tin foil. She made her nurse's hat out of paper and drew on the red cross. I helped with hot gluing it all together and voila!
Clara on display at little
c's school. Very proud of your hard work little c!
