| Creative Projects
Simple Bird Feeder
Materials:
A long string or piece of yarn.
A bowl of circular-shaped dry cereal, dry.
Child strings the cereal on the string or yarn. Attach to a tree.
If near a window, the fun can be extended by watching the birds come to
feed.
Varicolored Vase
Materials:
Clear clean bottle, such as from Minute Maid
Variety of colors of tissue paper
White Glue, watered to half-and-half
Container for the glue
Brush (optional)
Scissors (optional)
Child tears or cuts pieces of tissue paper. Child glues the pieces
randomly on the bottle. After completely covered, completely cover
again with the glue mixture.
Let dry.
Shape Collage
Materials
Left over paper and cloth cut into a variety of shapes
Paper, cardboard or other strong material for background.
Glue
Child creates collage using the materials. In alternative, child
may be encouraged to create a recognizable object using the shapes, such
as a bird from a small and a large circle, a small and a triangle, and
two half circles for wings.
Handprint Art
Handprints may be made from drawing and then cutting around hands, or
from painting the hands and "stamping" with them.
The handprints may be used to form a wreath, using about 8 handprints.
Add bows or other decorations as desired.
A turkey is a tradition, made by adding an eye and beak to the thumb
shape.
Make a doll shape into an angel by adding two handprints in back of
the doll. |