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Craft Corner: Cardboard Face

The aim of this craft activity is to create a modern art, or cubist, cardboard face collage. Here’s some pictures to help you understand what this kind of art looks like. 

As you can see, you can be creative as you like when creating your face! You will be making a face, eyes, a nose and a mouth, but what shape and colour you make them all is completely up to you! You might also want to add ears, hair, or even a second mouth! It is completely up to you. You search for cubist faces and that might give you some inspiration for what you want to make your cardboard face look like. You could also search for Picasso – he was a very famous artist who created lots of these kind of paintings!

Materials

  • Cardboard
  • Pencil
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Paints or felt tips
  • Any other craft materials that might finish off your look well
     

 

Step 1
Draw a face shape onto cardboard. You could choose your own face shape, or you could choose the face shape of someone else who you know. Have a look in the mirror, or look at someone you live with and have a think about what shape their face is. 
TIP: If you draw the shape out on the back of the cardboard you won’t be able to see the lines you have drawn when you cut it out and turn it back over!

Step 2
Cut out your face shape. Remember to get help from an adult when using scissors. 

 

Step 3
Now you want to make some eyes. They’re going to have 2 parts. First of all you want to create the shape of your eye. Again, look in a mirror or at someone that you know. Are the eyes round? Are they almond shaped? Are they big or little? Your eyes don’t have to match so you could make two completely different shaped eyes. Use your creativity! Draw the eye shapes on the back of your cardboard and then cut them out. 

 

 

Step 4
Next, you need to make some pupils. These are the black circles in the middle of your eye – but remember, they don’t have to be circles and they don’t have to be black! Draw them and then cut them out. 

Step 5
Make a nose. Noses come in all different shapes and sizes so have a think about what you want to create. Draw it and cut it out. 

Step 6
Make a mouth. You’re becoming and expert now, so you know what to do. Draw it and cut it out! Quick reminder: get help from an adult when using scissors. 

Step 7
Now you will need to choose a colour scheme for your collage. As you can see from the example pictures, the idea is to use lots and lots of different colours to create a really cool and interesting looking face. So go wild! I used a mixture of paints and felt tips to colour the parts of my face in.

 

Step 8
To create your face, you will need to choose where all of the separate features (eyes, nose, mouth) will go on your face shape. Remember that not everything has to be neat and symmetrical. The eyes might sit at different levels, the mouth might be over to one side of the face. Have a play and see what you come up with. 
TIP: Before you use glue or paint, why don’t you try to arranging the facial features on your face shape first and see what you like. You can move them around until you’re happy with how they look and then you can stick them down. 

 

Step 9
Time to glue! Once you are happy, stick all of the features to your face. Notice how I have stuck the eye shapes down first and then stuck the pupils on top of the eyes? 

 

Step 10
I have added some pipe cleaner eyelashes and tinfoil hair to my face. See what you can find around the house or in the garden/yard – but remember to always ask permission. Use your creativity and see what you can come up with! 

As always, show us your creations by sending us your photos and using the #EveryPlayTime!