PERFECT PAPER PETS
This feathery white baboon almost looks real. He isn’t real, but you’ll never believe what he’s made of: paper! Canadian sculptor Calvin Nicholls shapes animals out of thousands of tiny pieces of paper. All that fuzzy fur is made out of rectangles of paper 2m wide. He cuts 50 little slits in each piece of paper to make all the little hairs. Then he glues down those pieces of paper, with just the fuzzy part sticking out. He squeezes about 25 of them just in a tiny 4 cm by 4 cm area, to fit lots of fuzzy fur in one place. It takes him about 10 hours to study the animal and sketch drawings of the sculptures, then about 8 hours just cutting and gluing all that paper…At least when he’s done, he has a new pet that doesn’t need to be fed or walked!
Wee ones: If Calvin glues the next 5 pieces of paper onto that baboon, what numbers would he say to count them?
Little kids: If he makes 3 claws on the bear’s left paw and 3 on the right paw, how many claws does he make? Bonus: If each claw nail uses 10 little rolled-up pieces of paper, what numbers do you say to count up the pieces in 10s?
Big kids: If Calvin starts gluing the fur at 9:00 in the morning, and spends 8 hours working and takes a 1-hour lunch break, when does he finish? Bonus: If he can cut and glue 1 piece of paper per minute, how many pieces can he power through?
Wee ones: If Calvin glues the next 5 pieces of paper onto that baboon, what numbers would he say to count them?
Little kids: If he makes 3 claws on the bear’s left paw and 3 on the right paw, how many claws does he make? Bonus: If each claw nail uses 10 little rolled-up pieces of paper, what numbers do you say to count up the pieces in 10s?
Big kids: If Calvin starts gluing the fur at 9:00 in the morning, and spends 8 hours working and takes a 1-hour lunch break, when does he finish? Bonus: If he can cut and glue 1 piece of paper per minute, how many pieces can he power through?
Answers:
Answers:
Wee ones: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Little kids: 6 claws. Bonus: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60.
Big kids: At 6:00 in the evening (9 hours later). Bonus: 480 pieces, since he worked for 8 hours x 60 minutes each hour.
Wee ones: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Little kids: 6 claws. Bonus: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60.
Big kids: At 6:00 in the evening (9 hours later). Bonus: 480 pieces, since he worked for 8 hours x 60 minutes each hour.