Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Ollie

Hey!!! I got a new blog!!! Well hopefully you have realized that by now. You don't have to bother going to my other blog now because I'm never going to post there ever again. So... WELCOME I guess.
OK passed the intro this passed year in enrichment we have been working on personal projects. I decided to do mine on blue ringed octopodes. Turns out by the way octopus plural could be:
#1 octopuses
#2 octopi
#3 octopodes (my favorite)
Cool right? But anyway back to the blue ringed octopus. So I decided to get creative with my project. So what I did was I made a paper mache octopus. Here's how i did it. 1st I blew up 8 noodle balloons the 1 round balloon. For the tenticals and head. 2nd Imade a paste out of cooking flour and water mixed together. 3rd I used the paste to stick strips of newspaper to the balloon so when it collapses the balloon will maintain the shape. 4th I painted all the pieces yellow with blue, black, and brown rings. 5th and finally I hot glued the tenticals on to the body. PRESTO!!! I finished my octopus. I decided to name my octopus Ollie. I'm not bring him home until schools out though. But I will try to post a picture as soon as I can. By the way only 81/2 days of school left!!!!