Plastic Resilience

DESCRIPTION:

This activity aims to simulate a resilience scenario through the creation, deformation, and recomposition of a plasticine sculpture. It seeks to create an awareness of hope in the face of adversity and improve self-confidence.

OUTCOMES:

• Creative expression of resilience through plasticine sculptures.
• Increased understanding and appreciation of the concept of resilience.
• Sense of achievement and empowerment in representing strength in tangible form.
• Promotion of abstract and symbolic thinking.

DURATION: 45 min.

MATERIALS:

• Plasticine.

SKILLS RELATED:

• Basic artistic skills.
• Ability for abstraction and symbolism.

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Step 1: Provide each student with a ball of plasticine and ask them to try making a small sculpture of themselves.
• Step 2: Once everyone has their own sculptures, they should pass them to a classmate to deform them and then return them once the sculpture is altered.
• Step 3: The teacher will draw a parallel between this deformation situation and the complications and difficult situations that can happen to us, and how it all affects us.
• Step 4: Each student should recompose their plasticine sculpture, attempting to make it even better than the first.
• Step 5: Lastly, each student will be asked to think of a fictional story justifying the evolution of their plasticine sculpture: how it was, what happened to it, how they overcame it, and how it is now.

Tips:

• Include metaphors and examples that contextualize the activity as closely as possible to an authentic experience of resilience.
• Value the reflections generated more than the artistic production.

REFLECTION:

• How did you feel when your sculpture was deformed? And when you managed to recompose it?
• Can you recall a situation where a difficulty led to positive changes?
• Do you believe it's important to have hope when facing a challenging situation?