1. ANIMAL CRACKERS Simply Animals: Paper by Mary Erickson Ph.D. and Arizona art teacher and artist Jasen Evoy

2. The shapes of some animals are quite simple, while others are more complex. Photographed at Sea Life Arizona Aquarium Photographed at the Wildlife Zee & Aquarium

3. If we look closely at animal shapes, we discover different varieties of the same general shape. How are the shells of these two turtles alike? How are they different? How are the shapes of their heads different? Photographed at the Phoenix Zoo

4. Look at these sharks’ bodies (not their fins and tails). How are their body shapes different? Photographs taken at Sea Life Arizona Aquarium

5. All three of these fish have similarly shapes. Pick one fish and describe it only by its shape and not its color, direction or pattern. Can your classmates guess which one you described? Photographs taken at Sea Life Arizona Aquarium

6. These starfish get their name from their shape. Photographed at Sea Life Arizona Aquarium

7. Shapes are two-dimensional, while forms are three-dimensional. Shapes have two dimensions: height and width. Forms have three dimensions: height, width and depth.

8. Which of these are shapes and which are forms?

9. A 2D version of a 3D cube is a square. A 2D version of a 3D cone is a triangle. What is a 3D version of a circle?

10. Some people have fun by putting together simple forms to make complex ones.

11. Could you make an animal from one of these paper containers?

12. Can you imagine the shell of this tortoise as a box with a lid? See how his legs and head are somewhat angular or “boxy” in form?

13. Sketch an animal that integrates an everyday container with an animal form. Or, sketch your ideas directly on a printed image of an animal.

14. This round box made a good turtle shell. You also can create angular legs, necks and heads by making paper rectangular tubes (creased at right angles). Experiment with cutting and folding to discover how you can create leg joints.

15. What forms can you find in this rooster?

16. Can you imagine the Rooster’s body as similar to a drinking cup? His tail, neck and head can be simplified into cones.

17. You can make a cone by rolling a piece of paper and then taping it together (with transparent tape).

18. The form of the rooster’s head and neck have been built up with more cones. Adding cut paper shapes give the rooster the look of feathers.

19. What forms can you find in this African antelope? Photographed at the Phoenix Zoo

20. The antelope’s body, neck and head resemble a hemisphere, cylinder and cone.

21. A cupcake baking cup is somewhat hemispherical. A rolled and taped rectangle of paper makes a cylinder. Paper rolled to a point at one end makes a cone. (The extra paper at the base of the cone can be folded for a base.)

22. This baking cup was cut to insert the neck. The neck was cut at an angle to attach the head. The ears were made with creased pieces of paper. The tip of the the cone was cut on the sides and taped down to round the nose.

23. The antelope’s horns were made with long cones, which were bent to make them curve.

24. An additional section of a cupcake baking cup helped elongate the antelope’s body form. Additional cut paper gives the antelope more detail.

25. To integrate forms of an everyday container and an animal: 1.You need a simple paper or cardboard container, heavy paper, scissors and transparent tape. 2.Look for similar forms in a container and in an animal. 3.Make drawing/s to plan and simplify forms. 4.Build and assemble simple forms to create a more complex form. 5.Add details.