Arts and Crafts Ideas
Sunday, November 16th, 2008
Annie Apple – Take a small paper plate, (one of the heavier cardboard ones if possible), punch holes around the outside and draw Annie in the centre. Have the children trace the letter with a marker, colour the apple red, and then lace around the outside of the plate with red yarn.
Bouncy Ben – Have the children glue pictures of berries - eg.strawberries, raspberries and blueberries, onto a picture of Bouncy Ben’s shape. Older children (SK) could put them in a pattern (a good way to test their pattern knowledge!).
Clever Cat – draw Clever Cat’s letter and face on yellow construction paper (or, if you’re lucky enough to have a RISO machine, photocopy), and then have the children use cucumbers dipped in paint to do cucumber printing on the outline of the shape.
Dippy Duck – Shake cotton balls in a bag of yellow powdered paint and glue on Dippy Duck’s shape (see note above re RISO machine!)
Eddy Elephant – Make an elephant hat – trace, and then have children cut ears and a trunk from grey construction paper. Staple to a grey construction paper headband. Put eyes on the headband (you can make or the children can cut); you can also have the children print or trace the letter “e” on the trunk.
Firefighter Fred – Cut “f” shape from tagboard. Cover with glue and sprinkle on coarse salt – when it dries it looks like frost!
Golden Girl – Either photocopy Golden Girl or cut out a “g” shape and then glue glitter on the shape.
Harry Hat Man – Trace a hat on a piece of finger paint paper, and have the children finger paint the opposite side with green paint. When dry, have children cut it out. Prepare a black construction paper “h” and have children glue it onto the hat.