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FOLDING PANORAMA

Diagram of Folding Panorama

If time and/or space are important factors, a folding panorama is quicker and easier to make than a moving panorama. Also, when not in use, it folds up and lies flat.

General Directions

  1. Choose a theme for your panorama (or themes if you decide to use both sides).
  2. Plan the layout or overall design.
  3. Decide what size you want the panels to be and collect recyclable materials to make them. Measure and cut out the number of panels needed to carry out your theme(s).
  4. Draw, paint, or collect pictures pertaining to the theme.
  5. Glue pictures to panels.
  6. Connect panels


How the Panorama in the Photograph was Made

  1. The themes chosen were "Lewis and Clark on the Trail, 1804-06" for one side and "The Lewis and Clark Trail Today" for the reverse side.

  2. The design plan for the panorama was to illustrate how the original Lewis and Clark trail must have appeared in 1804-06 (top side), and the changes that have occurred on the trail since the Lewis and Clark Expedition (reverse side).

  3. Ten 9 x 6 inch panels were measured and cut from empty cereal boxes and soda cartons.

  4. Pictures to carry out the theme were collected from brochures and magazines.

  5. The ten panels were laid side-by-side with the printed sides up. The first panel on the left was set aside for the title page. Pictures were attached to the panels with rubber cement or glue sticks. For smaller pictures that did not cover the entire panel, a blank piece of paper was first glued to the panel to keep the print on the cereal box from showing. When the panels for the first side were finished, they were flipped over and the reverse side was completed in the same manner.
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  6. After the pictures were mounted, three evenly spaced holes were punched along both sides of the eight inner panels. Holes were punched only on the right side of the first panel and on the left side of the last panel. A paper template (guide) was used to mark the holes so they would line up evenly. To join the panels, pieces of yarn were threaded through adjacent holes and tied. Twist ties from the grocery store will work well also.

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