Camouflage
Camouflage
Hill Top CE Primary School and Nursery, Bradford, ages 6–7
Hide and seek
We thought that the tiger might need to hide to survive. We researched animal camouflage and invited our local parachute regiment to come and tell us how they use camouflage in the armed forces. We took everything we had learnt and made camouflaged animal masks.
‘My snake looks like a Ninja Turtle, but they don’t have those in the jungle.’
Dalmilling Primary School, Scotland, Extended Learning Facility, ages 5–8
Jungle walk fashion
We learnt that sadly some tigers are killed for their fur. One pupil noticed teachers wearing animal print clothing and thought this was much better than real fur, which inspired our animal print t-shirts. We carved designs into polystyrene blocks and printed them onto the material using ink.
‘Tigers are like the most dangerous species but in the picture they can’t bite you.’
Outwood Primary Academy Alne, York, ages 7–8
Animal patterns
The tiger's stripes interested the children so much that they decided to research different animal patterns. They each drew an animal, painted its pattern onto a background and then attached their drawings. This gave their artworks a 3D effect.
‘Adding the animal onto the background was fiddly as it kept slipping.’
Downshall Primary School, Essex, ages 10–11
Camouflage coveralls
We were inspired to find out more about camouflage and discovered that tigers’ stripes help them to blend into their habitat. We then challenged ourselves to create camouflage outfits for the school playground, mixing colours and creating patterns that would help conceal us.
‘We used acrylic paint because it is waterproof when it is dry and it is more flexible than poster paint, which would flake off.’