As part of our school-wide theme of Ancient Art, we looked into creating our own version of Tibetan Mandalas.
I have had these
large cardboard circles for a while. They originally came from huge rolls of
velcro! However, I didn't have enough for a whole mainstream class, so I had to
wait until a suitable class needed a new project. I have chosen a Year 6/7 ESL
class and we are turning our recycled cardboard circle into Mandalas.
I showed the
students some photos of the amazing sand mandalas created by the Tibetan monks
- they were quite horrified to find out that all that hard work is simply blown
away by the wind after it's finished! It did however, create a great way to
introduce the idea that the some of the most important creativity happens in
the making rather than the final product!
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