Newspaper Fashion

• Matt Milkowski
with Art Education students at DePaul University

Challenge:
Students create outfits from newspaper and tape.

The 60s, peacock, silly

Materials: newspaper, tape, scissors.

Process:
• In groups of 4 or 5, students choose prompts at random. In this case: a time period, an animal, and an adjective.

• Students have 30 minutes to construct an outfit using newspaper and tape over their clothes.

The 80s, lion, bold

Lesson Expansion:
• Have a student fashion shoot with the constructed outfits.
• Host a class fashion show.