Create numbers with personality! Design Model MagicĀ® phone numbers, birth dates, and zip codes.
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Discuss how people communicate using number, works of art, and words formed with letters. Find examples of how personality can be reflected through shapes, colors, textures, and decorations.
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Choose several descriptive words about your personality and interests. Then select a series of numerals that have personal significance, such as a birthday or telephone number.
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With Crayola Model Magic, experiment with mixing colors that express those personal characteristics. Knead it a bit before beginning to work.<br><li>Blend white and colored compound to create tints, or mix colors and black to make shades. <li>Blend two primary colors (red, yellow, blue) together to produce a secondary hue (orange, green, violet). <li>Create a marble effect by incompletely blending different colors.
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Consider how shapes can also communicate personality. For example, uneven or rough shapes are different from tidy, geometric shapes. What shape conveys your personal characteristics?
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Model the numerals by hand. Or roll out the Model Magic on a sheet of wax paper and cut the numeral shapes out with a craft stick. Add decorative items such as beads, ribbon, or natural materials to add texture and character to the numbers. Embed these in
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