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Scrolls:
Activity
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Make
a paper scroll with a holder
Follow the instructions below
and use the image of the Hebrew scroll made out of parchment with an ivory
case to help you with your design.
Try and use imaginative materials
for your scroll such as home made paper, thick paper, or paper that has
been rubbed for a while so that it is very soft. You can make paper soft
by rubbing and using the heat from your fingers to make it pliable.
For the holder you could use
kitchen roll or a potato crisp tube.
 Instructions
Paper
Scroll
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1.
Choose your materials very carefully and cut them to size.
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2.
Write your text on the paper if you wish. It may make it easier
to do it now rather than when your scroll is finished.
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3.
Roll it around a pen so that it begins to roll naturally. Make sure
you roll it so that the writing is facing you when it is pulled
out and the blank side is on the outer edge of the curl.
Attach the right side
with sticky tape or glue to a doweling rod or stick, this will act
as the axle for the holder to move around.
Turn it to see if it
rolls.
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Holder
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A.
Make a slit in one side of the holder so that the paper can be fed
through it.
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B.
Cover the holder
in papier mache so that it becomes stiff. Leave to dry.
Make a lid and bottom
for your holder out of card. Cover both of them in in papier mache.
When they are dry carefully make a hole in the centre of each circle.
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C.
Feed the axle through the bottom first and then through the lid.
Glue the lid in place. Make sure that the scroll is coming out through
the side slit.
Now stick a lolly pop
stick to the edge of the scroll that is outside the holder. This
will become your pull.
Decorate your holder
so that the glue or sticky tape can't be seen.
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Test your scroll
Does it roll out of the holder
when pulled by the lolly stick?
Does it roll back when you
turn the axle?
If not, see what you can
do to improve it.
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