Cardboard & Tech

Cardboard Fashion Show

90-120m
Ages 8-14

Make a wearable electronic garment

It’s time to take to the catwalk in cardboard fashion, complete with wearable electronics. This is one runway show you don’t want to miss! 

Subjects
Design and Technologies, Digital Technologies

Objectives

Preparation

Materials

Activity

Lesson Steps

  1. It’s time to add some style to the classroom with a Cardboard Fashion Show. Students are tasked with creating cardboard fashion outfit that includes wearable technology such as lights and movement. Students may like to follow the Design Thinking Process to create their costumes.

  2. Culminate the project with a cardboard fashion show, with the potential to invite other students along as guests or even have teachers model the costumes.

Reflection

Journal Prompts

  • What did you enjoy the most about this activity? What are you most proud of?

  • Did you come up against any challenges while creating your costume? How did you overcome these? Who can you go to for support in times of challenge?

  • Are you pleased with the way you integrated electronics into your costume? Is there anything that you would change?

Extension

Take It Further

  • Students create costumes with wearable technology in line with a theme, such as dinosaurs, robots, animals, sporting attire etc.

  • Rather than creating general fashion, students design their costumes in line with a specific brief. They could interview another student, staff member or family member about their preferences in an outfit, and then create it. 

  • Students turn each of the costumes into a character and write a story incorporating them all.

  • Students measure and calculate the surface area of their costumes.

  • Challenge students to adjust their costumes so that they are easier to move in.