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Gum is sticky and gets all mushed up in your mouth. Would you think of it as a potential art medium, especially in a classroom setting. However, a gum's pliable characteristics make it a great material for several pop art-inspired projects that will not let those extra Halloween candies go to waste. A typical gum artists home smells like bubble gum, not only because of this chewing gum, but also paintings and sculptures made of gum. These artifacts are made of already chewed gum. These artists simply do not discard their gums after chewing unlike normal people do. For them, it means that their personally chewed gum has lived long. The art, made entirely of gum, ranges in subject matter from outer-space scenes and random faces, etc. You will always find gum artists chewing 2-3 pieces at a time. All this art takes, well, a lot of gum. You can purchase some Cheap Chewing Gum at your local candy store. These artists also keep experimenting with new kinds of gum by chewing it, storing it and seeing how the color looks and lasts. Artists have made their fair share of raw-material contributions, thanks to their personal love for gum and an aversion to discarding things blindly. It is understandable that all people will not take a liking to this art due to hygiene factors, but if you see the bigger picture and benefits of bubble gum, you realize it is not so bad after all. Gum is known to improve oral health, boost mind power and also known to improve digestion. Art with Juniors Sculpture Creation After children are done chewing their gum, get them to design an index card with their toothpick. Introducing a time limited element in the contest makes it even more fun. Get the group vote on the best sticky sculpture. Display them for a bit before throwing them. You can also add challenge to the art work by using only gumballs or "bricks" of unchewed gum. Do it yourself Lamp Bubble Gums make a fun ingredient for crafts, as well. You can use it to make your own lamp. The children can glue gum balls to the base of a lamp, or construct a wooden box for a base and glue the gum balls to it. This will help your child not only learn about the construction of a common household item, but they can also decorate their lamps in an artistic way. Gum wrappers can be decoupaged onto the shade, which could be made of an upturned gumball bucket. Future Artists As mentioned above, several artists have garnered attention from layering bubble gum of different colors and shades into pieces of art. Some public art displays have included exaggerated areas of bubble-gum graffiti whereas some artist have flattened wads of bubble gum found in public spaces and painted them in a variety of ways. Have the children try something similar, or have them make a mosaic out of unchewed gum squares. Get a pack of cheap chewing gums to keep your art flourishing. Whats in a wrapper? Maybe you do not have to work with a material that has been in your mouth. Keep the wrappers on and use bubble gum as one of several materials in a themed collage project. Gumballs or wrapped gum can be used to create a bouquet of bubble gum using a flowerpot, floral foam, fake grass, stem wire, decorative paper and ribbons. Attach the wrapped bubble gum to the stem wire to form flower buds. Jasmine Bilimoria is a research writer with Jcandy. J Candy offers health and beauty aids, plastic and paper bags, candies, gum, Cookies, lollipops, house hold Batteries and other general merchandise at a wholesale price.
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