Paper Animation!

Last night's Eco Art Club was loads of fun and the materials used were practically free! We did two animation techniques based on scrap paper and card, a it of string and some pens. Easy!

Technique 1:

Fold a piece of normal A4 paper in half and cut in half, making a card shape. Draw an image inside the card and then close it and draw another image on the front, tracing the original image through the paper EXCEPT this time, you change one thing, creating a movement. Examples could be an eye that is closed one one picture and open on another, or a heart that is complete and then broken etc.

Roll the top sheet (front) around a pencil so the paper curls then use the pencil to create a left and right motion, making the image animate!

Technique 2:

Cut a strip of thick paper or thin card (like half a bookmark)

Make a hole at each end and thread a bit of string or rubber band through so that you can hold the ends and spin the card.

Draw an image of some kind of container on one side, like a goldfish bowl

Draw an image of something that goes into the container on the other side, like a goldfish.

Spin, and watch the two pictures merge as one!