State Float School Project
It has come around again: state floats for a school project. My son ended up with the state of Oregon a couple of years ago, and my daughter managed to get the same state this year. I grew up in Oregon and the kids’ grandparents and a few uncles still live there, so it’s a fun state for them to learn about. My daughter even interviewed her grandpa about Oregon for the brochure part of her assignment.
The requirements to include on the float are the same as last time, like the state flag, state symbol, motto, capitol, state tree, state bird, etc. Fortunately I saved all the of files I had created in Silhouette Studio two years ago–both the regular cut and the print and cut files–so it was easy to have my Silhouette Cameo cut those all out again. She picked some different aspects of the state, like major events and fun facts, so she was able to make the float different from her brother’s (see his HERE).
Although I did much of the gluing because we used a hot glue gun, she chose where to put everything, made the stands, directed which objects should be on skewers, and told me how to design the banner and the word cloud. She thought using foam adhesive for the trees was pretty fun. (Simple pleasures.)
Here are some detail shots:
I apologize for the lighting in these photos. It was sunset by the time we finished putting it together, so the light was changing quickly.
Shapes Used:
Tree Line
USA Map
Various images from the internet–traced then print & cut in Silhouette Studio
