GROTS

7th/8th Grade

Grots are mystical, fairy-like creatures who live in the forest. If you hve gone for a walk in the woods, perhaps you have even walked very close to one OR rested on one. When humans are around, they look like your average rock on the ground but in the evening, when no human is present, they pop their little bodies out of the earth and become lively little imps playing together.

The students delighted in the story of grots and wanted to make their own. Each student brought in a plastic grocery bag and stuffed it tightly with newspaper. The legs were made from toilet paper rolls and thicken with padded newspaper. The feet were cut from cardboard box scraps. The student had a choice of their grot standing, sitting, or squating. The features were made from toilet paper and a white glue/water mixture which made a form of pliable clay.

Students were given a choice of different kinds of antiquing to give it a "patina" of earth colors.

The very last part of our project was a written assignment explaining about our individual Grots. The Grots were displayed in the library alongside our stories.