This week we created our own original headdresses in response to the two different versions of the “Cinderella”” fairytale. We first heard the classic version with the glass slipper, two evil stepsisters, stepmother, fairy-god mother, and Prince Charming. And then we heard the more obscure Native American take on the tale called “The Rough Face Girl”. Both versions told the same basic story, yet in two completely different ways.
The project for the week was to create our own headdress with any version of Cinderella in mind. I brought yellow, green, and purple feathers with me to class for my headdress. With the feathers teamed with cupcake liners and tissue paper of the same color, I created a New Orleans Mardi Gras-themed Cinderella headdress. I first wrapped four pieces of thicker white tissue paper to create the basic shape. Then I attached the yellow, purple, and green large pieces of tissue paper to the back of the headdress, and added the feather arrangement to the middle front and the cupcake liners to the front bottom. I did everything in groups of three, signifying the two evil stepsisters and Cinderella. I used staples to keep everything together on the headdress.
This would be a fabulous project for a second grade class because you could first introduce what a fairy tale is, read examples of fairy tales, and then have children create their own unique headdresses in response to their interpretations of a particular fairytale. This is basically the process we took. You could even take it a step further for the kids and have them create a headdress and then write their own fairytales based off of what they created. This would be an excellent arts integration project with English and creative writing.
The Content Standards that are addressed or related to this project are, for grade two students:
· Key Ideas and Details #2
· Craft and Structure #5, #6
· Integration of Knowledge and Ideas #7, #9 (especially #9)
Nice job Kendall! I like how you though about taking the project further!
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