Hot Air-The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot Air Balloon Ride
By Marjorie Priceman
This may be, my new, absolute favorite picture book. The storyline is factual (or "mostly") and the illustrations are priceless. We spent the last few weeks of co-op reading the story each week and working on a lapbook to go along with it. We ended the co-op year with the constructing of a hot air balloon. It was quite ambitious, but I'm glad that we did it.
Stack the 8 sheets neatly and staple the corners. Then, trace the gore template.
Cut out one side, then pin sheets together. Cut out second side.
Cut out an 8" circle and a piece of wire (18 gauge or less) 24" long and form into a circle. Set aside for later.
Take two of the gores and lay one of top of the other, slightly off-you're going to put glue on the top one and fold the bottom one up and over on to the top one. Repeat with the remaining 6 alternating sides like an accordion.
Last of all, glue the side of the first gore to the last gore to form a balloon.
Make 8 1" cuts at the bottom of the balloon between the seams of the gores.
Insert wire and wrap the tabs over the wire and glue to the inside of the balloon
Paste circle on to top of the balloon to cover the joining of the gores and cover any gaps there might be.
Ready to lift off -we used a heat gun for our source of heat. Perhaps later on we'll try an on-board source of heat.
Getting closer...
And we have a tentative lift off!
Ultimately, we hit the ceiling and would have gone higher if it had not gotten in our way. ;)
This may be, my new, absolute favorite picture book. The storyline is factual (or "mostly") and the illustrations are priceless. We spent the last few weeks of co-op reading the story each week and working on a lapbook to go along with it. We ended the co-op year with the constructing of a hot air balloon. It was quite ambitious, but I'm glad that we did it.
The supplies: Gore template, tissue paper, clothes pins, gel glue, marker, stapler
Glue 2 sheets of tissue paper together. Repeat 7 times.
Stack the 8 sheets neatly and staple the corners. Then, trace the gore template.
Cut out one side, then pin sheets together. Cut out second side.
Cut out an 8" circle and a piece of wire (18 gauge or less) 24" long and form into a circle. Set aside for later.
Take two of the gores and lay one of top of the other, slightly off-you're going to put glue on the top one and fold the bottom one up and over on to the top one. Repeat with the remaining 6 alternating sides like an accordion.
Last of all, glue the side of the first gore to the last gore to form a balloon.
Make 8 1" cuts at the bottom of the balloon between the seams of the gores.
Insert wire and wrap the tabs over the wire and glue to the inside of the balloon
Paste circle on to top of the balloon to cover the joining of the gores and cover any gaps there might be.
Ready to lift off -we used a heat gun for our source of heat. Perhaps later on we'll try an on-board source of heat.
Getting closer...
And we have a tentative lift off!
Ultimately, we hit the ceiling and would have gone higher if it had not gotten in our way. ;)
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