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Painted Fantasy Lantern — Grade 4

Make a colorful cylindrical paper lantern with cut shapes and glowing interior scene using original-world rules, consistent design choices, critique, and documentation. Use the example for ideas, but choose your own subject, colors, arrangement, and details.

Study the example for possibilities, then close or cover it. Your work should make different choices.

What to do

  1. Make your own version of “Painted Fantasy Lantern”. Keep the subject in the title, but invent the design and story details.
  2. Your core skill today: Compare two designs and refine structure and visual emphasis.
  3. Draw the character or setting from the front. Circle the three largest parts and name the material needed for each.
  4. Build a cardboard base, then attach the largest upright pieces using folded tabs and tape. Test that it stands before adding small details.
  5. Add one face, costume, object, or setting clue that tells a viewer who lives in this story world.
  6. Check joins from every side. Repair loose parts, then photograph the model as a still scene. A model is anime-inspired design, not animation until frames are recorded.
  7. Name one change that made the result clearer. Label or dictate your name and title, share the work, and clean the tools.
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My project: I am making a colorful cylindrical paper lantern with cut shapes and glowing interior scene using original-world rules, consistent design choices, critique, and documentation. Draw or write your idea.

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My choices: Circle or write the colors and materials you will use.

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My plan: Draw the big shapes or main parts and show where they will go.

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My first step: What will you make first?

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Halfway check: What part needs to be added, moved, fixed, or made stronger?

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Finish check: Are the main idea, important details, and connections complete?

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Share: One choice I made was… One change I made was…

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Skill evidence: Compare two designs and refine structure and visual emphasis. Show your test and explain what you chose; speaking or dictation is welcome.

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