A Little Bit of Oomph book | Pop Ups and Interactive Parts

I read my 5th/6th grade class the book Beautiful Oops, which many art teachers are already familiar with.  It’s a great message, but also the interactive parts are very inspiring and fun!

We also looked at Barney Saltzberg’s other book A Little Bit of Oomph.  Both of these books have parts that fold out, pop out, twist or turn!

Here is a video from Workman Publishing about the oomph book.  You can see the pages of the book if you watch a few minutes.

After looking at these two books, my students had a challenge.  They needed to create an artwork with three requirements:

1.  It must include some sort of interactive feature, such as a pop-up, fold out or moving part.
2.  It needs to use words in some way.
3.  Include color!

I did not give them lots of instructions.  They were free to try to figure out the best way to make their artwork. When I do this project again, I will have more handouts or demos on ways to make pop ups or turning parts.

Here are some of the fun artworks the students came up with.