Use tissue paper and cellophane to make a waterfall.
You can make a waterfall out of cellophane for a class project, such as a diorama. The cellophane gives the pretend water a realistic glint, mimicking the movement and reflective qualities of a flowing river. Using blue cellophane gives the waterfall a more colorful look and, since we often associate water with being a blue color-even though it is usually a mix of several shades of green, blue, brown and white-the waterfall will look appropriate for a representation.
Instructions
1. Cut a rectangle of blue tissue paper slightly larger than the desired final dimensions of your waterfall
2. Crinkle up the blue tissue paper into a ball to create a more dynamic look, as though the water is turbulent. Unfold the ball, but allow the paper to remain creased.
3. Cut a rectangle of blue cellophane to fit the dimensions of the tissue paper rectangle.
4. Glue the cellophane to the tissue paper, using a glue that dries clear. Apply the glue in small dots, approximately 1 cm in diameter, evenly spaced along the edges of the tissue paper. Apply several scattered glue dots of the same size all over the center of the tissue paper.
5. Attach the waterfall to the side of a project, such as the wall of a shoebox diorama, using additional glue. Fold down half an inch of a shorter side of the tissue and cellophane waterfall with the cellophane on top. Apply glue to the underside of the fold and glue along the edge of a box. Let the waterfall hang down the side of the box naturally, without gluing the center of the waterfall. If you wish to continue the waterfall into a river that "flows" along the length of the box, apply glue to the underside of the tissue paper in thin lines and attach to the bottom of the box.
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