If I were going to make a hamburger craft using cardstock or construction paper, it would look something like this:
I cut the individual pieces of a traditional burger from cardstock: a pair of tan hamburger buns, a white onion slice, a red tomato slice, green lettuce leaf, a slice of yellow-orange cheese, a brown burger patty, and a blue plate for them to sit on. Then I arranged them on a black piece of paper. But I didn't glue them down. Why? Because this craft is called Absurd Burgers. To make an Absurd Burger, you have to change things up from what is expected, which is where the creativity really comes in.
This is an example of an Absurd Burger.
Melting the cheese onto the plate and then stacking the items on top of the melted cheese is absurd.
This Absurd Burger looks challenging to eat.
Is this burger actually absurd, or is it just vegan-friendly, with the meat and cheese separate from the rest?
This is definitely an Absurd Burger....
... but at least the bun is what's touching the table. In this burger, the meat is.
After the last two burgers, anything with the plate at the bottom suddenly doesn't seem quite as absurd. Until you stop and think about how you'd react if this is what you were served at a restaurant.
There is so much room for creativity with this project. I stuck to traditional burger components, but I know that if you let a classroom of kids loose with this activity, you'd eventually see non-traditional ingredients in some of the burgers. The more absurd, the better!
When everyone has made their Absurd Burger, have them glue it to the background paper. Then it's time for a writing assignment. Give the kids several options:
- Write the menu description for your Absurd Burger, with the goal of making it sound as appealing as possible.
- Write a restaurant review, imagining you ordered an ordinary burger and your Absurd Burger is what arrived.
- Write about an alien planet where your Absurd Burger makes perfect sense.
Wouldn't you love to read the results?!
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