the school's theme is Dr. Seuss and our class picked "If I Ran The Zoo" We need some ideas for our float! Any ideas or suggestions will be greatly apperciated! And if your really helpful ill give you best answer(of course)
2007-09-28 09:30:57 · 4 answers · asked by Emily D 3 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
One of the Dr Seuss books I didn't get to...
I DO like the idea of creating a tall (8-12 foot) copy of the book on your float... the cover can be done with 1/8th inch plywood or hardboard... then the pages can be done by creating a slight "wave" and bending hardboard (or cardboard) to fit.
Cover any seams with brown-paper soaked in diluted Elmers Glue and smooth them in. This will be undetectable from more than 4 feet away.
Scan the cover & selected pages into a computer, or take a slide-photo, and project it onto the surface for painting. You could ALSO take the drawings on the pages and cut THEM out of cardboard... painting them and moving them 6-8 inches OFF the page to give you a 3-D effect.
PICK a certain line / quote from the book, modify it slightly to fit your CLASS, and print buttons / stickers for your class.
Costumes are outside MY range of expertise, sorry.
DO CONTACT your theater / acting / stage geeks !! We designed our Sophmore, Junior, and Senior floats and won each year.
GOOD LUCK
2007-09-28 11:38:59 · answer #1 · answered by mariner31 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't really remember that book. BUT for sure have some different stuffed animals all over your float. Have someone dress up as the main character (whoever that may be)
Make a couple large pages of the book to display on the float with quotes from the book on them. Use paint to make it pop out. ...fake trees....???/idk. hope that helps a little
2007-09-28 09:51:19 · answer #2 · answered by holiday♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Robert has the best answer. I would just like to add, You can get the " Cat in the Hat " hats at the site below. They are quite inexpensive.
http://www.orientaltrading.com
The float trimmings and extras can be found at this site below
http://www.StumpsSpirit.com
2007-09-28 21:48:50 · answer #3 · answered by Pat C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a great theme ! . Here's a link below if you want see some the characters. I thought everyone knew these books.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?ie=UTF8&rh=n%3A285227&page=1
2007-09-28 12:54:20 · answer #4 · answered by Donna 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋