Puzzle Trees- Submitted by Sherry
Found a great easy activity for spring, you know those puzzles that seem to always have missing peices (like the 63 peice one that only has 40 peices left LOL) Cut out the trunk of a tree with limbs glue this or even staple it to another peice of paper (yellow makes a great back ground color) and glue the puzzle peices to the branches of the tree. This could also be used during the fall.
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Tulip Cups- Submitted by Sherry
Have child make a tulip or make for them (from construction paper). Glue the cut-out of tulip on the top of a tongue depressor. Cut a lit in the bottom of a strofoam cup. Slit should be large enough for the tongue depressor to slide through. Pull the tongue depressor down far enough so you cannot see the flower in the "pot". Talk about how the flowers need sun and water to grow. As you talk about things that plants need, slowly push the tongue depressor up and the tulip will be "growing".
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Puddle Paintings- Submitted by Becce
For this fun art activity, all you'll need is finger-paint paper, food colouring, and a straw. Help your child mix different colours of food colouring into separate bowls filled with water. Let him spoon the water-colours onto the paper to create puddles, which he can then blow on with a straw to create lots of swirls and other fun designs.
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Sunflowers- Submitted by Sherry
Use a paper plate glue sunflower seeds on to it . Add yellow petals a green stem and green leaves
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Handprint Flowers- Submitted by Sherry
Glue a circle in the middle of the page, then place hand prints all around it as the petals.
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Flowers- Submitted by Sherry
crepe paper in many colors,
green and brown construction paper,
florist's wire,
paper towels,
scissors, tape, non-toxic glue
Twist the paper towel into a ball. Tape this to one end of a strip of wire. Cut out 2 1/2" petals from crepe paper. Stick a small piece of tape near the bottom of the petal. Tape the petal on the wire, below the ball of paper towel. Place several petals on the wire until the flower is a big as you want it. Cut a long strip of green crepe paper. Wrap this strip around the wire from top to bottom. Cover the wire with the paper. Tape it so it cannot unravel. Cut leaves from the construction paper. Dab glue on leaves. Attach to the stem of the flower. Make sever different flowers. Use many colors. Make a bouquet. Place flowers in a vase.
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Umbrella- Submitted by Sherry
1 piece of const. paper for each child in the class,
glue or glue sticks,
assorted colors of tissue paper,
tape
Make an umbrella handle and put it on the bulletin board. Put enough pieces of paper so that each child has one on the floor. The pieces should all go together to make the umbrella. Some pieces of construction paper had rounded edges, while the other sheets were still the full 9 x 12 shape. Give each child a piece of const. paper and a glue stick. Children should be instructed to tear the tissue paper into small pieces and glue onto the construction paper. When they were done, let them dry. Once dry, call the children to the bulletin board and have them tape their piece of the umbrella on.
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Daffodils- Submitted by Sherry
Yellow Crepe Paper,
Yellow Cupcake Papers,
Green Pipe Cleaners
Roll up a little ball on one end of the pipe cleaner so that when you stick it through the flower it won't just fall out. First cut the shape of the "back" of the daffodil...or approximately anyway. Put a small hole in the center for the pipe cleaner. Cut the cupcake paper in half. Roll it till you can glue the pleated edges together, making the part of the flower that sticks out in front (we called it the "trumpet"). Make a hole (or sort of open the one that's there) and put the pipe cleaner through both parts of the flower; glue the "trumpet" onto the back of the flower. We also added a little edge of orange with markers to make them look like the variations of daffodils.
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Bird's Nest- Submitted by Sherry
Construction Paper,
Glue,
Cardboard,
Yarn,
Markers
Use scissors to cut the shapes of birds eggs from construction paper. Glue the eggs onto cardboard. Glue short strands of yarn under the eggs for a nest allow them to dry completely. Use markers to draw tree branches around the nest and speckles on the eggs. Draw leaves or use real ones, or felt (whatever) to make leaves on the branches. Variations: Wash and dry pieces or real eggshells. Glue them on top of the yard nests. Talk about the kinds of birds that live in your area. Compare their sizes, shapes, and colors. Take a walk and look for nests in trees. Talk about the materials that birds use to build nests and how high or low the nests are in the trees.
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Spring Butterflies- Submitted by Sherry
Food Coloring,
Coffee Filters,
Eye Dropper or Straws,
Wooden Clothes Pin,
Pipe Cleaner
Color small bowls of water with food coloring Using an eye dropper or a straw, scatter drops of colored water onto round coffee filters and watch the colors bleed and blend. While the filters dry draw eyes and body details on wooden clothespins. Gather each coffee filter up in the center and clip with the clothespin. Make antennea for each butterfly by inserting a pipe cleaner into the end of the clothespin and twisting it secure. Bend the ends of the pipe cleaner to make it look realistic. You can use tissue paper instead of coffee filters for a multi-layered effect. Decorate with sequins and buttons.
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Caterpillars- Submitted by Sherry
Glue green pom-poms to a large paper leaf (with a bite taken out of it) for a before and after exhibit.
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Spring Flowers- Submitted by Sherry
Construction Paper,
Scissors,
Glue
Trace around 1 hand on yellow paper, and trace around 1 hand on red paper. Cut them out; these will be the flowers. Cut out a long & short stem out of green paper. Cut out four leaves out of green paper. Glue the cut out hands on the stems on brown paper, add leaves.
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Wind Socks- Submitted by Sherry
Paper Lunch Bag,
Construction Paper,
Crepe Paper,
Scissors,
Glue,
Misc. Craft Supplies
To make a windsock, cut off the bottom of a paper lunch bag. Decorate the bag with glitter paint, neon construction paper, stickers, etc. Then attach crepe paper streamers to one end of the bag. Attach a construction paper handle to the opposite end of the bag.
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Fringed Flowers- Submitted by Sherry
Construction Paper,
Straws,
Scissors,
Glue,
Stapler or Tape
Cut out 3 paper circles (same or different colors). Child cuts a 'fringe' around each circle. Put circles together, largest on bottom, smallest on top. Add a yellow smaller unfringed circle or yellow dot sticker to the middle. Staple all together onto a drinking straw as stem. We used to let the children make as many of these as they wanted over a week. We'd also have them decorate a 'vase' made out of a whole and a half paper plate stapled together around the edge. At the end of the week they could put their flowers in the vase (a bit of playdough in the bottom of the vase made them stay there) and take the vase of flowers home to mommy.
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Rain Sticks- Submitted by Sherry
Cardboard Rolls - Wrapping Paper Rolls work best,
1 1/2 inch nails,
Dried Peas,
Masking Tape,
Stuff for Decorating
Cover the end of the cardboard roll with masking tape and then poke in one and half inch nails randomly all over the tube so that they go all the way into the tube but not out the other side. You'll need to use quite a few to get a good sound effect. Then you put about a half a cup of dried peas in the tube (you really need to experiment with the number of nail and amount of peas to see what produces a good sound) and tape up the other end. Then you let the children decorate the outside of the tube however they like. You can use paper, fabric, leaves, acorns, bark, etc. Some children like to use Indian designs, but others just do their own thing.
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Bug Fingers- Submitted by Sherry
Old Gloves,
Pipe Cleaners,
Scissors,
Hot Glue or Tacky Glue,
Misc. Craft Supplies
Cut the fingers off the gloves, they will be the bugs' body. Glue on pipe cleaners for legs, wiggly eyes, pompoms for noses, and feathers on back.(Or decorate as desired). Makes cute finger puppets.
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Seed Squiggles- Submitted by Sherry
Gather several types of seeds, wax paper, spring, and glue in squeezable bottles. have the children squeeze glue onto the wax paper to make a design approximatly 4" to 5" long. Have them sprinkle the seeds onto the glue. Let them dry, shake off any extra seeds into a bowl. Have the children gently peel their seed picture from the wax paper. Tie a string to each and hand from the ceiling.
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Umbrella Pictures- Submitted by Sherry
Paper Baking Cups,
Scissors,
Glue,
Crayons or Paint,
Pipe Cleaners
Cut several baking cups in half, these will be the umbrellas. Glue them on a sheet of paper. For the handles, use pipe cleaners or you can draw them. Draw or paint rain drops.
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Clouds with Raindrops- Submitted by Sherry
Children glue an umbrella cutout onto a large sheet of paper. Next, let them glue raindrops onto the paper underneath the umbrella. The kids can then paint the raindrops with glue using a paintbrush. Sprinkle with glitter so it looks like the raindrops are shiny.
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Paint with Clouds- Submitted by Sherry
Give each child a large piece of blue paper. Set out some white paint. Give each child a cotton ball. Let them dip it into the white paint, then press onto the blue paper. The will be painting with clouds!
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Rainbows- Submitted by Sherry
red circle 9 ",
orange circle 8",
yellow circle 7",
green circle 6",
blue circle 5",
purple circle 4"
Glue the orange onto the red. The yellow onto the orange. the green onto yellow, etc. Let dry, cut in half, glue back to back and hang. It is great because the children do not glue them directly in the center, so every rainbow has it's own personality.
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Clouds- Submitted by Sherry
Cut two cloud shapes out of white fingerpaint paper. Glue around edges except for a small opening. Children stuff with toilet paper. Dry and hang. Puffy white clouds.
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Hand Flowers- Submitted by Sherry
Trace outlines of the child's hand on paper. Cut out hand shapes. Using a pencil roll the fingers up so that they curl up. Curl the hand shape vertically into a sort of trumpet/lily shaped cylinder with the finger curls curling outwards. Staple the flower onto a drinking straw, along with cutout leaves. Four or five of these make a nice bouquet.
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Coffee Filter Rainbows- Submitted by Sherry
Flatten round, fluted coffee filters and cut them in half, if you wish. Invite your children to brush water over the filters to dampen them. Then show them how make arcs on their filters with watercolors or washable markers to create rainbows. Explain that the rainbow colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. By blending colors, a complete rainbow can be made with just red, yellow and blue.
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Rainbow Arcs- Submitted by Sherry
Remove the wrappers from rainbow-colored crayons: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Let your children use the sides of the crayons to draw rainbow arcs on paper. Or, if weather permits, invite them to make rainbows on a sidewalk with colored chalk.
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"Wind" Painting- Submitted by Sherry
For each of your children, place drops of watery paint on a piece of paper. Then hand out plastic straws and let the children blow the paint across their papers in designs. (Make sure that they blow out through the straws, not breathe in.) If you like, place two primary colors of paint, such as blue and yellow, on their papers so they can experiment with creating new colors.
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Fun Fans- Submitted by Sherry
Give each of your children a thin, white paper plate. Set out crayons, markers, or paint and invite the children to decorate both sides of their plates any way they wish. When they have finished, staple or glue a jumbo craft stick to the back of each plate for a handle. Encourage the children to use their fans to create breezes.
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Little Windsocks- Submitted by Sherry
Let your children decorate small cardboard tubes by gluing on torn pieces of colorful magazine pictures. Help them glue several long pieces of ribbon or thin strips of crepe paper to one end of their tubes. At the other end, make a hanger by tying on string or yarn. Have the children hang their windsocks outdoors to see which way the wind is blowing.
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Kaleidoscopes- Submitted by Cheryl
Cut two pieces of waxed paper in equal circles about five inches in diameter. Scrape shaving from brightly colored crayons, and sprinkle onto one piece of the waxed paper. Cover with the other piece of wax paper and press in-between sheets of newspaper. Use a dry, warm iron.Lift and check to see that the colors are melted. If necessary, press again. Wrap the waxed paper over the end of half a paper towel roll, and secure with a rubber band or tape. Trim the excess paper, if desired. Take the kaleidoscope to a light source and peer through. Look into each other's kaleidoscopes to see the different patterns and colors.
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Bird Feeder- Submitted by Sherry
Slice of white bread, Cookie cutter, Peanut Butter, Knife to spread peanut butter (plastic is fine!), Yarn, Bird seed on a plate
Take the cookie cutter and punch a nice shape out of the white bread. You can save the scraps for breadcrumbs or make ones with the center cut out. Punch a hole into it for yarn to hang, thread the yarn through. Let the white bread shapes sit out for a day or two so that they become firm. This will make it easier to spread the peanut butter. Spread peanut butter on the bread, then turn over and push into bird seed. You can turn it over and put peanut butter and seed on the other side, too, if you wish. Hang outside on a tree for the birds to eat.
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Spring Chicks- Submitted by Sherry
glue,
scissors,
crayons, yellow paper,
blue paper,
orange paper
First cut out an oval body out of yellow construction paper, then have the
children trace their hands on a piece of yellow construction paper, have
them glue their hands at the top of the body on the back. Give each child an
orange beak and orange feet and have them glue that on the body. Then have
the child glue blue eyes on the body. After they are done have them write a
special Spring or Easter message on the body.
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Spring Pots- Submitted by Sherry
clay pots,
tempera paint,
clear varnish,
plant,
dirt
Let your kids paint clay pots and then plant plants in them. I used tempera
paint and then we sprayed them with a clear varnish. The next day we took a
trip to the nursery and I let my daughter pick out plant to plant in her
pots. She now feels like she has been part of landscaping the yard. We even
gave a few away as Easter gifts.
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Cottony Lambs- Submitted by Sherry
Black construction Paper, Cotton Balls, White Chalk
Have the child trace their hands on the black paper. Cut these out, placing
the "hands" upside down so that the four fingers are the legs and the thumb
is the head. Have the kids glue cotton balls to the "body". Use chalk or
construction paper or whatever to make the eyes
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Coffee Filter Flowers- Submitted by Cindy
food coloring, Coffee Filters, pipe cleaners
Put the food coloring ont he filters in drops, let it dry, make flowers with the pipe cleaners
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Make Egg Carton Caterpillars- Submitted by Cindy
Take 1 side of an egg carton, paint it with different colors of Tempra paint. Let dry and add eyes,nose, mouth, and pipe cleaner antenna. Then decorate as desired; Add them to the board crawling around the bottom...
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Coffee Filter Butterflies- Submitted by Cindy
Same process as the Flowers.. only make them like butterflies instead of flowers. Put this all together with the sun.. and clouds.. makes a very cute Spring Time scene.
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Hands and Feet Flowers- Submitted by Sherry
Trace each child's hands. The more hands they have the more petals their flowers will have. Cut them out. Trace their feet each once onto green paper. Cut out. Have children glue hands in circular pattern onto construction paper either overlapping the palms or around a cprecut circle that will contrast with the color of backgground and color of petals. Add a green stem and the feet leaves.
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Handprint Flowers in Pot- Submitted by Sherry
colored construction,
scissors,
green construction paper,
glue,
collage materials (feathers,sea shells,buttons,pompoms,tissue paper )
Trace around child's hand on pink, red or yellow paper -and cut out. Make a Brown pot shape out of construction paper and glue on white paper. Cut out a short green stem and leaves. Glue stem, leaves and flower onto white paper above pot. Decorate handprint "flower" and pot with collage materials.
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Daffodils- Submitted by Sherry
Give each of the children a yellow and a white cupcake liner. Have them flatten one of their liners and spread glue on the center portion. Then have them place their other liners upright on top of the glue to make daffodil flowers. If desired, attach Popsicle sticks or pipe cleaners for stems.
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Pussy Willows- Submitted by Sherry
Cut blue construction paper into 5" x 7" pieces and draw several straight stems on each with brown crayon. (Older children can draw their own stems). Let the children glue grains of Puffed Rice (cereal) up and down both sides of their stems.
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Popcorn Flowers- Submitted by Sherry
popped popcorn,
powdered tempera paint,
paper bag,
construction paper (spring colors),
glue,
markers
Mixed popped popcorn in bag with colored tempera paint and shake. Have children draw a stem and leaves for their flower on construction paper. Glue popcorn on paper for flower petals.
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Spring Hats- Submitted by Sherry
Take regular paper plates (I glued 2 together) and cut out the center circle so you have a ring. Glue misc. materials onto the ring, such as cupcake papers, crepe paper, pom poms, ribbons, feathers, or anything you can think of. Punch a hole on each side and tie a ribbon through the hole so the hat can be tied under the chin. We used the cupcake papers, crepe paper, raffia, ribbon, pom poms and they are just adorable! The kids had a blast making them, too.
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Kite Mobile- Submitted by Sherry
Wire Hanger,
Yarn, Construction Paper,
Glue,
Paint, Crayons, or Markers
Cut 6 diamond shapes out of colorful construction paper; make them
about 5 inches tall and about 3 inches wide. Make fancy designs on
these using crayons, markers, or paint. Cut 6 inch pieces of yarn and tape or
staple to the kite shapes to make the tails. Cut 4 small bow shapes
from construction paper for each kite tail and use staples or tape to attach
them to the tails. To attach your kites to the hanger, cut 6 pieces of
yarn of various lengths (make them a little long than you want them to
give you extra room for tying. Tape or staple one side of the yarn to
each kite shape, and tie the other end of the yarn to the bottom edge
of the hanger. Try to space your kites evenly apart. Hang and enjoy!
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Cut blue construction paper into 5" x 7" pieces and draw several
straight
stems on each with brown crayon. (Older children can draw their own
stems). Let the children glue grains of Puffed Rice (cereal) up and
down both sides of
their stems.
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Make a spring mural. You will need butcher paper, crayons, scissors, magazines, and paper, paint, paintbrushes and tape. Suggested spring items; paintings by the children, dried flowers, tree bark, branches, leaves, pictures of insects and baby animals, and even Easter eggs. Secure the butcher paper to a wall. Print the word "Spring" on the butcher paper. To create a spring mural, attach spring objects and pictures to the butcher paper. Have the children paint flowers, grass, and butterflies on the mural. Have them cut magazine pictures relating to spring and add them to the mural. Encourage them to bring spring items from home to put on the mural. Discuss each item on the mural, its importance, and the reasons why it is related
to spring. Add something new to the mural. See who can find what it is - a ladybug drawn on a flower or sunflower seeds glued in a corner. Play a guessing game. Describe an object on the mural and see who can guess it correctly.
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These beautiful magnets will attract lots of attention. provide a 3-4 inch
plastic lid for each child. Use a permanent marker and label each with
childs name. Invite each child to paint the inside of the lid with thick
blue tempera paint. After the paint dries, provide each child with 6
lengths of yarn in the colors and lengths listed below. Ask each child to
glue the yarn onto the blue paint in sequence to form a rainbow. Give each
child 2 cotton balls. Show him how to pull the cotton balls apart slightly
to spread them out; then have him glue the cotton below his yarn rainbow to
represent clouds. Add a strip of magnetic tape to the back of each project
before sending home. Lengths of Yarn to Use:
red-7 inches
Color Weaving- Submitted by Patrisha
Prepare a weaving mat for each child by using 6 twist ties to attach 3 sets
of plastic six-pack rings together 3 across and 6 down. Working with
children, provide each child with six 12" lengths of crepe paper
streamers-each length a different rainbow color. Demonstrate how to weave
the crepe-paper streamers in and out of the holes in the six pack rings.
have each child begin with the red at the top and ending with the purple at
the bottom.
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I do this almost every year in the spring with my kids. cut two small
squares of contact paper per child. Cut brightly colored and pastel
tissue paper into small squares. Give child one square of contact paper
and allow them to stick the tissue on any way they please. Cover with
second square of contact paper and cut out a flower shape. hang in a
sunny window.
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An unusual way to use all seven colors is to make a circular wreath using Japanese paper folding techniques. Select the 7 rainbow colors plus white, fold each square diagonally in half, then fold the bottom corner to the top, creating a triangular pocket. Do this for all eight sheets of paper. Tuck the pointed end of one paper into the triangular pocket of the next, securing it with a spot of glue on the back. Start with white & work through the rainbow colors in order. hang the wreath in a sunny window or frame it!
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Cut pumpkin or watermelon shapes out of construction paper. Give each child a re-closeable plastic bag with some pumpkin or watermelon seeds in it. Have the children glue a certain number of seeds onto their shapes.
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Four Large feathers,
Four colors of paint on paper plates,
Construction paper,
Small, fluffy, colorful feathers
Encourage the children use the feathers to paint a light and airy picture. Remind them that the less paint they put on their feathers the more feathery the painting will be. When they are finished painting, let them stick small, fluffy feathers into the paint. This will be beautiful! Talk about how the feather look & feel--what colors they are.
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20' Squares of wallpaper 2 for each child, brushes, glue and string. Flowers, assortment of colorful ribbon, fabric scraps, lace, and bows
For each hat, you will need two 20-inch squares off wallpaper. Let each child select his / her own colors. Have them brush a small amount of glue on the Bottom of their first square. Then help each child place their second square on top of the first, backs together. Teachers show children them how to press their squares together from the center out, to squeeze out any glue. One at a time, have the children stand in front of a mirror and place their squares on top of their heads. Let them shape their fancy squares into hats. Tie a string around the band of each hat to help it keep its shape. Let the children remove their hats from their head so the glue can dry and form its shape. When the hats are dry, remove the strings let them cut the brims of their hat into their desired shape. Set out flowers, ribbons, fabric scraps, lace, and bows and let them decorate their own hats. You won't believe the beautiful sight of the spring creations!
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6 inch paper plate, poster paint, construction paper, ribbon
For the center of the flower, paint the back of a 6 inch paper plate and let dry.
From construction paper, cut 6 flower shaped petals about 6 inches long. Glue these around the edge of the plate.
Cut and glue two leaves between the petals on opposite sides of the plate
Punch a hole on the opposite side of the plate, going through a leaf on each side. Thread a piece of ribbon through the hole on one side and up and over the top and come down through the other hole and tie under your chin. Looks real cute on the kids.
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Gather some squishy mud in a bucket. Mix water with it till you feel it is the right consistency. Spoon some mud onto cardboard and using an old paintbrush begin. The children can use their fingers, an old comb or anything else to make interesting patterns. When finished let it dry to take home.
***** Mix up mud in a bucket and spread it along the ground for about 2
yards. It will need to be about 3/4 inch thick. Now put on two old shoes that are each different and walk along your mud road. Next change to two different shoes again. Take giant steps and baby steps. Smooth the mud to start again.
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then add some more dirt. Use your hands to shape the body and add stones, sticks, leaves or anything else from the garden to finish your monster. Leave your monster to dry in the sun.
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Use foam cups and let children draw pictures on them. Crayons or colored pencils will work well for this.
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Children can paint flowers, stems and leaves on construction paper.
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Give the children various colors of finger-paint in small cups. Let them use their fingers to make flowers stems and leaves.
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Collect all types of seeds. Have children glue them onto construction paper to create a collage.
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Fold a sheet of light colored paper in half. Show the children how to paint on only one side of the paper. The paper can be folded again and pressed. The result will be a symmetrical painting. Antennas can be added to make butterflies using crayons or markers.
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Trace around a tongue depressor with a colored marker. Then using ink pads or finger paint, the children can press their finger on the ink pad and transfer their fingerprint to the paper. This will produce pussy willow buds.
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Horizontally cut egg cartons in half. Place the pieces on the art table with short pieces of pipe cleaners, markers, and crayons. From these materials, the children can make caterpillars.
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Provide diamond shaped construction paper, string, hole punch, crepe paper, glue, glitter and markers. For older children, provide the paper with a diamond already traced. This provides them an opportunity to practice finger motor sills by cutting out shapes. Using the triangle shapes the children can create kites and use them outdoors
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Give each child half a paper plate. Have them glue skinny brown paper
rectangles for twigs--or use some real twigs if you have them, and pieces of
string, yarn, whatever else you may have to glue on the half plate for the
nest. Then dip the side of their hand in paint (or whatever color they'd
like their bird to be) and add finger print toes, then beak, eye and legs.
Glue the bird into nest.
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green, blue and white const. paper - scissors and paste
Trace around 1 hand on white paper. cut it out. Fold the middle finger
under. Fold the thumb and the pinky finger forward. Cut out a strip of grass.
Paste the hand print (w/fingers folded) fingers up - and the grass on blue
paper. Draw a face on the bunny, draw paws on the bunny, color the inside of
the ears pink.
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Collected a used white sock from each child and stuffed it with stuffing.
Then we glued on ears, nose, and eyes. We let the children use permanent
pens to make the whiskers. We also tied off the end of the sock to make a
tail.
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Cut a large oval egg form wall paper or white paper. Draw jagged line across
half of egg and cut. If white paper is used, it should be decorated. Make a
chick's head out of yellow or white construction paper. Color beak and eyes
black. Paste chick to bottom half of egg shell. Fasten top and bottom shell
together with paper fastener so top half of shell can be moved to reveal
chick.
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Trace circles on white or pink paper. Cut them out. Cut ears from the sides
of one circle leaving an hour glass shape in the center - use that as a bow
tie - Draw a bunny face on the other circle. Glue ears and bow on rabbit
face. Color - place on a large sheet of construction paper.
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Construction paper: White and pink, Pencil, Crayons,
felt-tip markers or colored pencils, scissors, glue cottonball, pipe
cleaners, curling ribbon, 1/2 inch pink pom-pom
Remove one shoe; leave sock on. Bunny's head and body are made by tracing
your foot onto white construction paper with a pencil. Cut out. Turn tracing
upside down. Cut out 2 long ears from white & pink paper. Glue pink pieces on
white pieces. Then glue on top of heel outline. Color in bunny features with
crayons, felt-tip markers. You can glue on pipe cleaners or curling ribbon
make fine whiskers, pom-pom for nose and bunny needs a cotton tail.
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Collect tuna cans until each child has one. Cover them with felt. Cotton balls can be used for tail. Use paper, markers, any combination, can be used to make face and whiskers at the opposite end of can. Put on paper ears and presto! There you have a bunny that can double as a jelly bean holder. (note) Make sure edge of cut can is covered and no sharp edges show.
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White Paper,
Crayons,
Glue,
Pom-poms or cotton balls
Have dck color a white sheet of paper all green (scribbling is just perfect)
that have them glue on 10-15 1/2" pom poms or pieces of cotton balls ---you
now have "Baby Bunnies Hiding in the Grass!!"
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Trace around 2 hands on white paper - cut them out. Cut out a yellow circle
(chicks head) and a large yellow egg shape (chicks body). Cut out 2 orange
feet, 2 white eyes and an orange beak using the handprints (fingers down) for
wings glue the body parts on green paper.
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muddy puddle piece of white cardboard felt-tip pen scissors clear plastic
wrap
Make a good sloppy muddy mixture in a puddle or old basin. Place
the sheet of white cardboard on a firm, flat surface. Put your hand into the
muddy mixture - making sure that your palm and fingers are well covered with
mud - then press onto the cardboard. Try to get a good clear print. Let this
dry in the sun and then carefully mark around the outline with a felt-tip
pen. Cut out the handprint and cover with clear plastic wrap. You can make
prints of your feet this way too.
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Fingerpainted with blue paint. Then cut ducks out and fold the bottom of the
paper and stick the ducks in the blue paint. Yellow Ducks - Blue Pond!!
Have the children paint a large blue pond to hang on the wall. Make ducks.
Paint half a paper plate yellow and add one yellow circle attached to one end
of the 1/2 plate. Add beaks and feathers, and hang them on the pond.
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Construction Paper
Glue
Cornmeal
Draw a Duck on Construction paper and cut out. Apply glue to
the inside of the duck shape, and then sprinkle on cornmeal.
Let dry and remove the excess meal.
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Mix Orange and/or yellow paint. Pour in a large pie tin. Place one or two
(small) spatulas on top of each color of paint. The children "walk" the
spatulas across the paper to make prints. Talk about how the spatulas make a
shape like the ducks webbed feet. (Another time use forks to make chicks feet.)
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Sprinkle a little dry kool aid mix onto a piece of paper. Have your child
spray water from a spray bottle onto the paper. Use different colored
kool-aid mix. For added adventure, you may choose to take your children
out into the rain with a piece of paper that has kool-aid on it.
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Cut out an umbrella shape and have your child decorate it with paint,
glitter, fabric, crayons, or whatever you can come up with.
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Make gray cloud shapes from construction paper. Have the children glue on
cotton balls.
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Look in a magazine or newspaper for pictures of rain, or rainbows, cut
them out, and let your child glue them onto a piece of paper for a collage.
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Apply glue onto a piece of paper where the first color of the rainbow
should be, you can make a half or full arc. Have your child apply red torn
paper to the glued area. Next apply glue under the red torn paper for the
next color, and so on!! (you will only be able to do three or four colors)
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Tape three or four different colored crayons in a straight line. Show your
child how to draw a rainbow with one stroke.
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You will need a box of Fruit Loops (or similar cereal), paper, pencil and
glue. For younger children, you should draw a rainbow shape on to the
paper then have the children glue the fruit loops inside the shape. Older
children can make their own rainbow shape, or trace it. You may also do
this project as open ended art by allowing the children to make whatever
they wish with the fruit loops.
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Fill a spray bottle 3/4 full with water. Place a small amount of paint
(powdered or liquid) into the water. If you use too much or do not shake
well the paint will clog up the spray bottle. Do this for at least three
different bottles, with three different colors. Then place a large piece
of paper on the floor, on an easel, on a wall or fence outside. Then have
the children spray the colored water on the paper. Allow to dry.
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Supply the children with paper, glue and ribbon. Have the children cut and
glue pieces of paper together and add ribbon to make a kite. This kite can
be a very open ended art project, by not requiring the kite to be a
specific shape, the children are free to make the kite however they wish.
Have the children add a ribbon tail and hang the kites from the ceiling.
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Using plastic egg halves, glue a yellow pom pom into it. Then glue another yellow pom pom on top of the first pom pom. Top with black eyes and paper beaks. Place chicks in a small basket/tub and place tongs to pick up with.
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Using posterboard decorate an egg shape with markers, then using a paper punch, punch holes around the egg. Then knot a piece of yarn and tie off on one of the holes, then tape a piece of tape tightly to form a point on the lacing end of the yarn.
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Trace children's hands onto grey or black paper. Draw chalk face on thumb, and glue cotton balls on remainder of body.
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Trace two hands onto yellow paper, and precut an egg. Then attach hands onto egg to form chick's wings. Then add eggs and a beak to egg.
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Precut filters into an egg shape. Then using droppers, drop food coloring onto egg.
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Take a milk jug and cut out two ear shapes in the front, opposite side of handle. Then cut around the back until you have an opening. Make two pink ears to put on the ear cutout, two eyes, and whiskers. These were Very Easy and the kids loved them!!
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Using colored crochet thread, sugar water, and a balloon. First blow up balloon to desired egg size. Then wrap crochet thread all around balloon until balloon is pretty well covered, small gaps are fine. Then using a paintbrush, saturate the string with sugar water. Set the egg on an undisturbed area. Make sure to sit the egg in a position where it will make a flat place on bottom. (This enables the egg to sit on a table after dried). After completely dried, a couple of days, pop the balloon. Then cut an opening in the front of the egg. Let children use lace/beads to decorate the opening edge. Then add green grass inside along with a special handpainted egg.
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White craft foam sheet,
Green craft foam sheet,
Craft foam sheets in multiple colors,
2 liter pop bottle,
Clear Rexlace (lacing),
4 pieces of Purple ribbon (1" wide x 18" long),
4 pieces of Yellow ribbon (1" wide x 18" long),
Scissors,
Pen,
Hole Punch,
Low temp hot glue gun or "the welder" glue,
Fishing swivel hook
Note: You may need a friend to help you hold the craft foam in place while marking and punching holes in the bottle.
Cut 2 liter bottle near the bottom where it begins to curve inward.
Wash and dry 2 liter pop bottle.
Hole punch down the short side of the craft foam, about 2" apart.
Take a sheet of green craft foam and wrap around bottle, matching to cut end of bottle. (Note: Put punched edge on top)
Mark holes with pen where holes are located.
Remove from bottle and hole punch other short side that is marked.
Cut a long string of Rexlace.
Wrap green craft foam around bottle, matching hole punches.
Tie a double knot in one end of the Rexlace.
Thread the Rexlace starting at the bottom (near the neck of the bottle) through about 3 holes.
Mark the remaining holes on to the bottle (under the craft foam).
Remove the craft foam.
Carefully using the scissors, punch holes where marked on the bottle.
Slide craft foam back on to the bottle.
Lace the Rexlace through the two layers of craft foam and the bottle. Double knot at the end. Cut off excess Rexlace.
Cut out the fence out of white craft foam sheet. Glue on to the green sheet.
Cut out bugs, flowers, and any shapes desired out of the different colors of craft foam.
Glue the shapes together and then on to the windsock.
Hole punch 8 holes, evenly spaced, around the bottom (neck end) of the windsock.
Tie a knot on one end of a piece of ribbon. Thread the ribbon through the back of the windsock.
Repeat for the rest of the ribbon, alternating colors around the windsock.
Punch 4 holes in the top of the windsock. Note each pair of two should be across from each other.
Cut 2 pieces of Rexlace about 2 feet long.
Tie a double knot in one end of a piece of Rexlace. Thread the Rexlace from the inside to the outside.
Then lace the Rexlace from the outside to the inside of the opposite hole. Tie in a double knot on the inside.
Repeat for other piece of Rexlace in remaining two holes.
Attach a swivel fishing hook to the loops.
Hang and enjoy your windsock!
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Pastel colored tissue paper,
Chenille stem,
Scissors,
Ruler
Cut tissue paper into rectangles of desired size (5x7" is the size pictured).
Stack 4-6 pieces of tissue paper. Use the same color or different colors.
Accordion pleat the tissue paper working from the long side.
Wind one end of the chenille stem around the middle of the accordion pleated tissue paper.
Gently separate each layer pulling upwards toward the middle of the flower.
Let the children make a couple of flowers and put them in a May Basket.
Early on the morning of May 1st hang on your mother's door, a neighbor's door, a friend's, or anyone special to you.
Remember, it's supposed to be a surprise!
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Make a tactile caterpillar by having children use one kind of material to
glue on pre-cut large circles. For example, we did rice on one, craft
feathers on one, beans, sandpaper on one, satin, you get the picture. We
made one circle per student. Put them all together, teacher added face and
legs for a large touchy caterpillar.
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Using yellow craft feathers on top of jug, add wiggle eyes, orange
fun foam beaks, wings, and feet. The children will do the cutting and
gluing.
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Clear Con-Tact Paper (self-adhesive vinyl shelf paper)
Scissors,
Construction Paper,
Magazines,
Glue Stick
Cut out an 18" x 11" piece of clear Con-Tact paper. Peel off the backing and lay the Con-Tact paper on a flat surface, sticky side up. Cut random shapes from construction paper to use as a background. Press them to the Con-Tact paper, face up, leaving a border along each edge.
Cut out letters from magazines in the words "SPRING HAS SPRUNG". Use a glue stick to paste the letters on top of the colored paper. Add your own pictures cut from magazines. For spring, use flowers and pretty pastels, or choose other pictures to express the occasion. Cover it all by carefully placing a second 18" x 11" sheet of clear Con-Tact paper sticky side down over the first. Trim around the border for a neat look.
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Use colored construction paper to make different styles of flowers from shapes such as circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles. Glue each flower to an index card or piece of tagboard. Cut out identical set of the shapes that were used to make each flower. Place the second set of shapes in a resealable storage bag and staple one side the bag to the back of the matching flower card. Give each child a flower set and explain that they are to make the flower shown on the card from the loose pieces in the bag. When each child is finished have them exchange with another child.
(laminate for further usage)
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Give each child a large sheet of paper. Put some shaving cream in the middle of the paper. Tell them to imagine that it is a cloud. How does it feel? What color is it? Let them have fun playing with it. It also makes the room smell great!
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To make a duck or swan using handprints, paint palm, fingers, thumb using yellow (duck) or white (swan). Press on paper w/ fingers together (body) thumb up (head). Draw beak
and dip end of pinky in black for eye
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Paint palm and fingers (with or without thumb) any color. Use finger to paint stem and leaves.
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Have students color the coffee filter using springtime colors. Caution them to not color too much in one place or they’ll make a hole in the filter. (They don’t even have to color the whole filter, cut colors will run when wet.) Place the filters on newspaper and pray gently with water from a spray bottle. The colors run and create a beautiful effect. When dry, gather in the center and use a green pipecleaner to form a stem. Fluff open. Make a couple of leaf shapes and place a hole in them with a hole punch. Thread the leaves onto the stem.
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Trace a flower vase onto wallpaper samples for each student and have the students cut them out. The students will glue the vase onto construction paper and then cut long, narrow strips of green construction paper for flower stems. Provide them with flower “heads” duplicated on white construction paper to decorate, cut out, and glue onto the tops of the stems. Or, you can furnish the students with colored construction paper and have them make their own flower heads.
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Make a square, have the kids decorate it brightly. Pull the corners to the center and stick a pin through it into an eraser of a pencil. The kids can take it outside and watch it turn in the wind, or they can blow on it to make it turn.
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Cut a sheet of construction paper in half vertically. Allow students to decorate with markers, stickers, or by glueing on appropriate springtime Ellison die-cuts if desired. There are some cute flowers and birds that could be used. Staple the ends of the construction paper together, overlapping slightly. This should form a circle. Make a hanger by hole punching 2 or 3 holes in the top of the circle and threading yarn through it. Glue or staple on bright colored crepe paper streamers.
Another idea … make the windsock base as described above using pink construction paper. Instead of using crepe paper, cut pink and white construction paper into one inch strips of vaying lengths. Glue or staple them around the bottom of the base. After they’ve dried, roll the strips around a pencil to curl them.
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Use the basic directions above to make the base of the mobile. Glue on spring flower die-cuts. Instead of adding crepe paper streamers, take inventory of your Ellison die-cuts. Choose 5 die-cuts that depict spring (robin, cardinal, different types of flowers, kite, butterfly, rabbit, rainbow, etc).
Hole punch 5 holes around the bottom of the mobile base.
Thread alternate lengths of yarn through the holes and tie in a knot. Have students glue a die-cut to the end of each piece of yarn. Allow to dry before hanging.
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This is similar to the project described above for the coffee filter flowers. But instead of creating a flower with the dried coffee filter, you create a butterfly. Gather the dried coffee filter in the center using an accordian style gathering method. Twist the filter together with a black pipecleaner. Spread the coffee filter out to form the wings. Use the left over pipecleaner to form a body for the butterfly and his antennae.
Curl the ends of the antennae slightly outwards. You can add a magnet to these and send them home to grace the parents’ refrigerators.
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Cut the separate little egg cups from a white styrofoam egg carton. Make jagged edges around the top to resemble a cracked egg. Glue this to a small square of posterboard. Glue dried grass, hay, or excelsior around the bottom of the egg to form a nest. Use either two yellow cotton balls or two yellow pom-poms to form a chick. Glue one of top of the other inside the egg to form the chicks body and head. Cut a tiny diamond from orange felt and fold in half. Put a string of hot glue on the fold and stick on the chicks face. Glue on wiggly eyes.
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Cut up paper egg cartons and have the children paint the individual cups yellow. (That's the cup) Do this a day or two in advance and let them dry. Cut two circles approximately 4 inches in diameter out of bright yellow crepe paper or you could use a yellow muffin paper. (That's the frill) Then the children trace a large star onto yellow paper and cut it out. It should be slightly large than the crepe paper circles. (That's the star of course!) Use a sharp instrument to stick a hole in the middle of all 3 pieces. Put a “knot” in one end of a green pipecleaner by rolling it into a small ball. Thread the other end of the pipecleaner through the 3 pieces. Cut out two green leaves from construction paper and thread onto the stem. Put each student’s initials on the bottom of their flower. Display all the flowers together in a single vase or two. This will make a beautiful springtime arrangement.
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use only the painted paper egg carton cups and thread them onto the stem; add leaves and display in a vase. You could also add a couple of ladybugs to each flower by hole punching red construction paper. Have the students add 7 black dots with a fine point pen and then glueing them onto their
flowers. Turns out really cute.
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yellow paper cupcake liners; you can also use white and yellow ones if you choose. Give the students a large piece of light blue construction paper. Demonstrate how to draw a background scene for the daffodils. Once they’ve completed their background scenes, have them glue 3 yellow or white cupcake liners at various heights across their paper. Then they glue yellow cupcake liners inside the white/yellow ones. Have them cut out 3 stems and 6 leaves from green construction paper. Glue them onto the paper as well, slipping the top of the stems under the daffodil “head”.
***** Demonstrate to your students how to draw a background scene along with a flower garden. You can also use Ellison die-cuts for the flowers if you choose. To make the butterflies for the garden, have your students draw a 1 to 2 inch black line for a the body. Then have them glue on two mini pretzels for the wings (the pretzels will be facing the opposite way) and use their black crayon to draw two antennae. You’ll probably want to demonstrate this before beginning with your students. Allow them to add a couple of butterflies to their garden, and then enjoy some of the pretzels for their effort!
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Have the children roll out long pieces of playdough or
clay to make snakes. Show them how they can turn the playdough snakes into
snails or baskets.
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Styrofoam cups popsicle sticks (painted green) flowers made from construction paper
Poke the popsicle stick through bottom of Styrofoam cup. Glue flower to stick. Stick can be raised through the cup as if the flower is growing.
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Paper Plates Construction Paper Glue Yellow Paint Sunflower Seeds
Have children cut out several yellow petals and paste on small paper plate previously painted yellow. Fill center with sunflower seeds.
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Paper Plate Green Construction Paper Glue Green Pipe Cleaners
Paste colorful cereals on paper plates in the shape of flowers. Add pipe cleaner stem and leaves cut out of construction paper.
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Glue paper cupcake liners on paper. Add stems. Spray some flowery perfume on the flowers.
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Construction Paper Straws Scissors Glue Stapler or Tape
Cut out 3 paper circles (same or different colors). Child cuts a 'fringe' around each circle. Put circles together, largest on bottom, smallest on top. Add a yellow smaller unfringed circle or yellow dot sticker to the middle. Staple all together onto a straw as stem. We used to let the children make as many of these as they wanted over a week. We'd also have them decorate a 'vase' made out of a whole and a half paper plate stapled together around the edge. At the end of the week they could put their flowers in the vase (a bit of playdough in the bottom of the vase made them stay there) and take the vase of flowers home to mommy.
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Construction Paper, Paint, Q-Tips
Cut out a large white butterfly. Glue a black strip of paper in the center on butterfly. Let children use a Q-tip to dip in paint and "dot" the butterfly wings with color.
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Construction Paper Paint Glue Markers or Crayons
Have children take off shoes, dip feet into shallow pan of pastel paint. Step onto a piece of paper so feet are going outward from the heels together. When dry, add antenna with markers.
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Bagel Peanut Butter Bird Seed Yarn or String
Have children spread peanut butter on a bagel. When done, dip bagel in bird seed. Attach a piece of yarn and hang outside on tree branches or on fence.
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Construction Paper Glue Powdered Tempera Paint Popcorn
Cut out a brown tree trunk and some branches. Take popcorn and sprinkle pink or red tempra paint on it. Children glue the colored popcorn onto the branches. It should look like a tree with blossoms.
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Wooden clamp clothespin, 6 inch pipe cleaner, 2 wiggle eyes, yellow poster paint, white glue, gallon size plastic bag, stapler, colorful pieces of tissue paper, confetti, sticky back magnet.
Paint the clothespin yellow and let it dry.
Fill the plastic bag lightly with colorful bits of tissue paper, confetti. Fold the open end of the bag over and staple along the fold to hold shut.
Gather the bag together at the center, and slide it in between the clamps of the clothespin. Shape the ends of the pipe cleaner into antennae. Glue the center of the pipe cleaner between the clamps of the clothespin.
Press a piece of a sticky back magnet on the back of the butterfly.
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Yellow and orange construction paper, scissors, glue, crayons or markers.
Teachers, on yellow paper, pre draw an oval shape and leave room on the paper for the child's hands to be traced. On the orange paper, pre draw legs with web feet attached, and a triangle beak.
Have the children trace their two hands on the yellow paper. Cut out hands, pre drawn feet, beak, and oval. Glue the hands on the sides of oval for the feathers. Glue the feet at the bottom and the beak towards the top. Use crayons or markers for the face and to color as each child would like.
Comments: For some of the children that have trouble cutting their hands out around the fingers, you could have them close their fingers when tracing. This makes it easier for young children to be successful when cutting.
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Obtain an attractive bare tree branch and secure with sand or pebbles in a large coffee can. Children may glue tissue paper blossoms on it in the spring and follow through the seasons with tree leaves in summer, fruit, nuts, colored leaves or seed pods in autumn, and the bare branch for winter.(which may be decorated then with Christmas decorations!)
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Trace a duck shape on a piece of paper and have children glue on different colored feathers onto the duck.
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Use yellow plastic solo cups. Decorate to look like a duck, cup is upside down. Teacher pokes a small hole in the bottom of the cup. Thread a piece of string through the hole and have it dangle out the bottom of the cup. Knot the top so string will stay. String needs to hang down 8 or 10 inches. tie a small piece of sponge on the end of the string. To make the duck "quack," moisten the sponge and use the sponge to grab the string, then jerk the sponge pulling it down the string.
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Paper (white & orange),
Pencil or marker,
White Kleenex,
Googly eyes,
Glue
Have the children trace their foot on paper and cut it out. When they are done,use shredded tissue and have the children glue it onto the footprint. Add eyes beak and feet for a cute little duck.
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yellow, blue, white and orange construction paper,
scissors and paste
Trace around 1 hand on white paper, cut it out. Cut out a yellow duck body and yellow duck head, orange feet and an orange bill. Glue them on blue paper - using the hand print sideways as the ducks wings. Draw an eye on the duck and water lines around the duck.
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white and blue tempera paint,
blue construction paper,
flat paintbrush,
orange and black felt-tip markers,
small sponge,
newspaper
Spread newspaper over the work area.
Paint inside of palm, fingers, and thumb with white paint.
With fingers together and thumb at a right angle, make a print in the center of a sheet of blue construction paper (thumb pointing up).
Make a small dot in the center of the thumb print wit a black marker.
Use an orange marker to draw a beak near the top of the thumb print.
Dip sponge in blue paint squeeze it dry. Dab blue water around the swan.
Present this as a follow-up activity after reading "The Ugly Duckling." Help each child write one thing that makes him or her special below the swan print. Display the picture with the title "I'm a Splendid Swan!"
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Cut wings on the side of brown grocery sacks, leaving the top attached. Make a hole for the child's head. Make a duck beak with orange paper and fold. Let them hold it in their mouths. Hard to quack though!
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Paper plates, preferably the small white ones,
yellow paint, or yellow crayons,
some yellow feathers,
orange felt,
jiggle eyes
Let the kids paint the plate yellow, and let dry. Fold plate in half with the folded edge as the top. Cut out round circles for duck head, glue onto one end of plate, sticking it slightly inside plate near fold. Use one yellow feather on each side of plate for wings, cut out small triangle orange felt shapes, for the beak with rest of felt, cut out web feet for the duck. Place on head the jiggle eyes.
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Take children on an outdoor field trip before the beginning of this art
project. Discuss the springtime changes of plants and animals, and collect
some twigs. To bring springlike reflections indoors, use a wide brush to
paint a blue sky background on a sheet of art paper. Using a toothbrush and
green tempera paint, paint grass along the bottom of the art paper. Paint a
few dots of pink, orange, and red for flowers. Use a small sponge dipped in
yellow paint to sponge-paint a warm, glowing sun. Glue on a few wispy cotton
ball clouds and a twig tree. Glue pieces of green felt atop the twig to
complete the picture. My, my, is it spring already?
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Trace both of the child’s hands onto construction paper and have them cut them out. Paint a craft stick green. Curl the fingers of each hand onto a pencil forming the petals. Glue one hand to each side of the craft stick with the fingers curled outwards. Have the students decorate a white styrofoam cup using markers or crayons. Stick a small ball of playdough into the bottom of each child’s cup. Stick the stem of the flower into the playdough to keep it upright. If you’d like, you can then stuff shredded green paper, Easter grass, dried grass, hay, or excelsior into the cup to cover the playdough.
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Paint each child's palm a different color (the colors of a rainbow), and their fingers green (don't paint the thumb). Stamp the handprint on their paper. Then have them glue tissue paper flowers (to match their palm color) on top of each green finger. They will look like flowerpots with flowers. The flowers are made by twisting the tissue paper up, dipping it into glue, then sticking it onto the paper.
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Paint each student’s hand with an appropriate flower color. Have them press their hand about a foot above the window sill. This is the flower head. After completing the flower heads, come back with a paint brush and paint on the stems and leaves. To make clean up easier, mix liquid soap in with the tempra paint.
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Let children place small amounts of clay in baby food jar lids. Give them small dried or silk flowers to arrange in the clay. Screw the lids to the jars. Tie a ribbon around the necks of the jars and let the children give them as a gift.
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2 pieces of wax paper (for each child) 2 pieces of heavy cardboard (for each child) crayon shavings iron newspaper towel streamers glue or glue stick crayons or markers
Prior to this project have wax paper cut off the roll, approx. 5x6" (2 pieces for each child)
Cut the cardboard into the shape of a kite, also cut out the middle of the kite (2 pieces for each child). Cut enough streamers out (1 for each child)
First have the child color the cardboard using crayons or markers. Have the child put crayon shavings onto 1 piece of wax paper. Then put other sheet of wax paper on top of the crayon shavings. Adult will then put newspapers on top of the wax paper and then a towel on top of that. Then with the iron, set at the lowest possible setting, iron the paper until the crayon shavings melt. It will be VERY HOT. Use Caution.
Then flip the 2 pieces of cardboard over, side by side, so that you see the side that was not colored. Put glue on the edges of 1 piece of cardboard, then put the melted wax paper crayon shavings on top of that. Next put the other piece of cardboard on that and trim the edges of the wax paper that are showing. Child can now glue a streamer on the bottom
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Diamond tracing pattern, crayons or markers, pencil, colored bow tie pasta, paper and glue.
The children use a pencil to trace the diamond on paper. Once they have traced their diamond they can color their kite any way they choose. Next, the children use the pasta to create a pattern on their kite tail. The pasta is glued in place on the tail and the children draw on their paper.
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White, orange and black construction paper, glue, and tissue paper.
With this craft activity, children will use their own hand and shoe prints to construct a duck. I first traced each child's hands and shoe print onto the white construction paper
(older children may do this on their own or with a partner). I then had them cut out each piece. We glued the hand prints to the middle of the shoe print (this makes the wings of the duck).
The children then took torn pieces of kleenex and glued them all over the body and wings. I then gave them a precut beak and two webbed feet (orange construction paper) and two
eyes (black). They glued these on to the head and bottom of the duck.
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With spring just around the corner, our feathered friends will be busy building their homes. Well, why not lend a hand? Give each child a pinecone and several short lengths of yarn. Instruct him to wrap the yarn pieces around the pinecone. Then help the child tie a length of yarn around the top of the pinecone for hanging. Encourage each child to select a place outside to hang his pinecone. As the days go by, prompt youngsters to keep an eye on their pinecones to see if some of the offered supplies have been taken. You might even see some colorful nests in your schoolyard!
***** Cut six one-inch-wide loops from paper towel or toilet paper tubes (six for each child). Have each child paint one loop in each of the colors of the rainbow--red,orange,yellow, green, blue and purple. When the paint is completely dry, ask the child to string the loops (in any order) onto a pipe cleaner. Wrap the pipe cleaner around her wrist and twist the ends together to secure the bracelet.
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1- 2 1/4" diameter clay pot,
3 popsicle or craft sticks,
small piece of Styrofoam,
foamie flower shapes,
flower shaped sponge stampers (small and medium),
tissue paper (in white or green),
acrylic paint in white, light green, and colors for the
flowers on your pots (we used purple, yellow, pink, and blue),
white craft glue,
gingham ribbon (optional)
Paint the clay pot white inside and out, use a thin layer of
paint, it dries faster. Apply a second coat to the outside.
Using whatever color you like for the large flower on the front
of the pot, dip the flower shaped sponge (medium) into the
paint until the sponge is covered, or paint the sponge with
a paint brush. Apply the sponge to the front of the pot, rocking
gently back and forth to ensure that all the paint from the
sponge makes it onto the pot. Repeat with another color and
smaller sponge around the rest of the pot. When the sponged
flowers are dry, use the tip of a paint brush or the eraser on a
pencil to dot a contrasting color into the center of the small
flowers. Use paint brush for the center of the large flower.
Using light green paint, paint the craft sticks. Only a quick
thin layer is needed. Allow to dry. Glue foamie flowers to the
ends of the craft sticks. Insert a small piece of Styrofoam
into the clay pot, secure it with white craft glue. Insert the
craft sticks into the Styrofoam. Crumple a square of tissue
paper and glue it over the Styrofoam and craft sticks. If you
use white tissue paper your can randomly blot green paint
onto the tissue paper. Glue a piece of gingham ribbon around
the rim of the clay pot. Allow to dry.
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Paint, Feathers, Paper
Have the children to paint a picture, using feathers as a brush. Provide different kinds, sizes and textures, if possible. Encourage the children use the feathers to paint a light and airy picture. Remind them that the less paint they put on their feathers the more feathery the painting will be. When they are finished painting, if desired, let them stick small, fluffy feathers to the paint in their pictures.
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Heavy weight paper, cardstock or cardboard, shape of bird cut from a magazine or a coloring book, different colored leaves, white glue, paintbrush
Cut out your cardboard bird shape. Gather colored leaves of different sizes shapes and color. Glue the leaves on the bird as desired.
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Here is another activity for each youngster to create a flowerbox garden of his own. To make a flowerbox, have the child use paint pens to decorate the sides of an empty plastic hand-wipes container (with the lid removed). After the paint dries, have him fill his box with potting soil, then transplant a few flowering plants into the box. Encourage the child to take his flowerbox home to give it to a special person
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Next time it rains, call attention to the trickling raindrops on your classroom windowpanes. Then show your students how to make trickle artwork. Place a small amount of thin blue watercolor or tempera paint at the top of a sheet of construction paper. Gently blow through a drinking straw, causing the paint to trickle downward like real raindrops do. Use construction paper and fabric scraps to make windowpanes and curtains. Children will love the unusual art technique and the equally unusual results!
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To make this project you will need a coffee filter, a free computer CD (like those AOL ones), several colored pipe cleaners, a round candy or piece of paper, tape, and materials to decorate your flower.
First take the pipe cleaners and wind them together to make a pretty flower stem. Next take the CD and tape or glue it inside the coffee filter with the shiny side facing out- this will be your flower. Now tape the flower stem to the back to complete the flower and decorate it! Add all sorts of color, construction paper petals if you want- you decide!
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To make this craft project you will need several craft sticks, colored construction paper, yellow and white paper, scissors, feathers (optional), glue, tape, and crayons.
To begin take several craft sticks and tape them together end to end to create a longer craft stick. This will be the holder for your mask. Next using the the templates at the address below or your own imagination, cut out a delightful duck face and dashing duck bill. Cut the large duck face out of your white construction paper. Or use another color if you prefer! Be sure to cut out two eyes for you to peer through the mask. Use the picture as a guide. Next cut out a large dashing duck bill from your yellow construction paper. Next tape or glue the delightful duck bill to the duck's face. Next tape or glue the craft stick mask holder to the backside of the dashing duck mask. Be sure leave enough of the craft stick holder stick out at the bottom to hold onto. Decorate your daring duck mask further with crayons and wear it with style!
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Cut out a number of flowers and floral patterns using the templates provided and decorate them. Take a heavier weight paper and fold it in half. Cut it in the shape that you want your card to be, making sure to leave part of the fold intact so the card will open and shut. Next decorate your card with the floral designs you have made, write a little note to the person you are giving it to, and let it dry. Take another piece of heavier weight paper and cut out an envelope for your card using a template. Place the card inside the envelope, and fold the envelope's flaps shut and tape or glue them in place. You have created a beautiful floral card and envelope to match!
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Small Box (roughly half the size of a shoe box),
Grass Seed,
Potting Soil
Get small boxes, line them with plastic, and fill them with potting soil. Have your children scratch out their name in the soil. Have them sprinkle grass seeds into the name Gently cover it with soil and soon you will have their name growing in a garden.
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Easter Grass,
Pipe Cleaners,
Paper,
Markers/Crayons/Paint,
Glue,
muffin liners
Have your children glue grass on the paper and design their own gardens. They can choose to paint their own flowers, or use pipe cleaners or torn pieces of construction paper to form them. Additionally you can provide muffin liners from them to use as flowers.
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Beans,
Paper,
Markers/Crayons/Paint,
Whatever Other Art Supplies That You Choose
At the bottom of a piece of paper glue a bean. Now ask your children to draw what they think will grow from the bean on the paper
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Paint,
Paper
Paint the bottom of the child's foot and let them put it on paper. They can then add a stem and what other decoration they choose to add to the picture.
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Paper Plates,
Yellow Paper,
Paint,
Glue,
Sunflower seeds or Oatmeal
Give your children paper plates. Have them cut out pedals from the yellow paper and then attach them around the paper plate.They can then add sunflower seeds or oatmeal to the seed of the flower
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Leaves (various colors preferred), Flowers,
Cloth (Light Color),
Sticking Instrument (Mallet or Hammer)
Put the leaves and Flowers out on the floor or counter. Put the cloth on top of the leaves and flowers. Then hit the cloth with the mallet until the leaves and Flowers are ground up. This will put a neat pattern on the cloth. If your brave you can let the children try it
Warning: Very Messy. Watch children with Mallets closely.
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Black chenille stem,
Any color bumpy chenille stem (for butterfly body),
4 Pom poms, optional,
Wire cutters,
Needle nose pliers,
Tacky glue (if using pom poms)
Cut the black chenille stem in half. (You will only use 1 piece for this project)
Bend the bumpy chenille stem in half in a V shape.
Fold down one end of the bumpy chenille stem to the base of the V. Bend around the V. The end should be pointing up.
Bend the bumpy chenille stem down to the base again. Bend around the V. This will form one side of the butterfly.
Repeat with other end of the bumpy chenille stem.
Be sure to use the needle nose pliers to hide any sharp ends.
Fold the black chenille stem in half.
Twist the bent end about 1/2" from the bend.
Slide the butterfly in-between the black ends of the chenille stem.
Twist the black chenille stem above the butterfly to hold it in place.
Separate the ends of the black chenille stem.
Bend one end of the black chenille stem over about 1/4". Bend again.
Repeat with other end. This makes the antennas.
If desired, place pom poms in the openings of the wings and use tacky glue to hold in place. Let dry.
If desired, hang with yarn or fishing line to make a mobile as described above.
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Several types of seeds, wax paper, string, glue
Squeeze glue onto the wax paper to make a design approximately 4" to 5" long. Have them sprinkle the seeds onto the glue. Let them dry, shake off any extra seeds into a bowl. Have the children gently peel their seed picture from the wax paper. Tie a string to each and hand from the ceiling.
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Found a great easy activity for spring, you know those puzzles that seem to always have missing pieces. Cut out the trunk of a tree with limbs glue this or even staple it to another piece of paper (yellow makes a great back ground color) and glue the puzzle pieces to the branches of the tree
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chenille sticks,
button,
posterboard,
scissors,
glue
Insert a chenille stick through one hole in a button and
back through the other. Twist the ends together under
the button to make a stem.
Cut out several petals from posterboard and glue them
together. When the petals are dry, glue them to the back
of the button.
Bend short pieces of chenille sticks into leaf shapes
and twist them onto the stem.
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Put some squishy mud in a bucket. Mix water with it till you feel it is the right consistency. Spoon some mud onto cardboard and using an old paintbrush begin. The children can use their fingers, an old comb or anything else to make interesting patterns.
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You will need to do this on a drizzly day when the children are prepared with rain gear. Sprinkle some dry tempera paint onto a sturdy paper plate. Go outdoors and let the raindrops create a splash painting on the plate. Bring indoors and let dry.
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Cut a raindrop shape from sponge and use to sponge paint a rainy day picture.
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Cut an umbrella shape from paper and have the children decorate with stickers.
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Cut a large cloud shape from newspaper (x2) Staple leaving the top open. Stuff with scrunched up newspapers and then staple closed. Paint your puffy cloud. When dry, these can be suspended by string from the ceiling!
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Shake cotton balls in grey dry tempera (mix white and black together if you cannot find grey) and then glue on a cloud shape.
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Cut a raindrop shape from sponge and use to sponge paint a rainy day picture.
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Cut out a butterfly shape from black paper. This shape should be symmetrical. Fold the shape in half then open it again. Then help the child use a hole puncher to make holes in one wing. They may make as many as they wish. Then help the child fold the shape in half and punch the holes in the other half by using the first half as a guide. To complete this project have the child glue scrapes of tissue paper to the back of the butterfly. When dry, hang in a window:)
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Fill large baggie with 1/3 cup rubbing alcohol and food color. Add 2 cups uncooked rice. Squish around until all rice is colored. Dry on cookie sheets covered in white or brown packing paper over night. You may need to sift through rice to make sure bottom dries. In the morning we make a rainbow in the sand table by placing each color of rice in an arch... once everyone has seen the rainbow I turn them loose to play in the rice.
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Clear plastic lid,
Construction paper,
String,
Glue,
scissors
Punch a hole near the rim of a clear plastic lid.
Glue designs cut from construction paper to the center of the lid.
Tie a string through the hole and hang the sun catcher in a window.
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Manila paper,
Construction paper,
Crayons,
Tissue paper pieces,
Watered-down glue,
Paintbrushes,
Pictures of flowers
Provide large pieces of manila paper with a rectangle of colored construction paper pasted near the bottom.
Encourage children to pretend that the colored rectangles are garden boxes waiting for pretty flowers to be planted inside.
Children can draw stems and create flowers for their boxes by painting tissue paper pieces onto the paper with the thin glue.
Children can create vivid imaginary flowers or use pictures of real flowers as reference.
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Sprinkle a little dry kool aid mix onto a piece of paper. Have your child spray water from a spray bottle onto the paper. Use different colored kool-aid mix. For added adventure, you may choose to take your children out into the rain with a piece of paper that has kool-aid on it.
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Cut out an umbrella shape and have your child decorate it with paint, glitter, fabric, crayons, or whatever you can come up with.
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Make gray cloud shapes from construction paper. Have the children glue on cotton balls.
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Look in a magazine or newspaper for pictures of rain, or rainbows, cut them out, and let your child glue them onto a piece of paper for a collage.
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Apply glue onto a piece of paper where the first color of the rainbow should be, you can make a half or full arc. Have your child apply red torn paper to the glued area. Next apply glue under the red torn paper for the next color, and so on!! (you will only be able to do three or four colors)
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Tape three or four different colored crayons in a straight line. Show your child how to draw a rainbow with one stroke.
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You will need a box of Fruit Loops (or similar cereal), paper, pencil and glue. For younger children, you should draw a rainbow shape on to the paper then have the children glue the fruit loops inside the shape. Older children can make their own rainbow shape, or trace it. You may also do this project as open ended art by allowing the children to make whatever they wish with the fruit loops.
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Obtain a large piece of butcher paper. Have the children make a rainbow using their handprints using all the colors of the rainbow.
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Apply glue onto a piece of paper where the first color of the rainbow should be, you can make a half or full arc. Have your child apply red tissue paper to the glued area. Next apply glue under the red tissue paper for the next color, and so on!! (you will only be able to do three or four colors)
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Supply the children with fruitloops and yarn to make a wonderful necklace they can eat:)
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Supply the children with many different colors of tussue paper that will bleed. Have them cut out small shapes and then place on a piece of white paper. After the paper is covered with a single layer of paper (it' okay if a few overlap) have the children paint the paper with water so the tissue paper will bleed onto the white paper. Allow to dry, remove the paper for a beautiful picture.
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Supply each child with a piece of blue paper, a cotton ball and white paint. Have the child dip the cotton ball into the white paint and press onto the paper to make cloud prints.
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Supply the children with a piece of white paper an many cotton balls and many different colors of paint, and have them paint with the cotton ball on the paper.
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Add a few drops of blue paint to shaving cream. Have the children use this to paint with. Not mixing the paint in will give it a special look.
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Make hats from newsprint and have the child decorate with blue paint or rain and rainbow stickers.
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Give the children a piece of white paper, and a blue raindrop shape. Have the children glue the raindrop onto the paper, and then draw a body as if the raindrop was a head.
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Draw a raindrop shape on a piece of paper. Have the children tear pieces of blue construction paper, and glue them inside the lines for the raindrop shape.
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Supply the children with raindrop shaped stencil. Have the children cut out raindrop shapes from construction paper. Then, have them use a hole punch to make a hole, so they can thread them onto a piece of yarn.
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Supply the children with pasta noodles that have been dyed many different colors for a rainbow necklace, and yarn. Have the children thread the noodles onto the yarn to make a necklace.
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Supply the children with spring sponges and paint and have them make a spring scene with them.
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Obtain a cookie cutter that is shaped like a raindrop. Have the children dip the cookie cutter in a shallow container of blue paint, then press onto a piece of paper to make raindrop prints.
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Cut raindrop shapes from paper doilys or sandpaper. Tape these raindrops to the table. Have the children place a piece of thin white paper over the raindrops and rub a crayon over the raindrop.
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Supply the children with raindrop and rainbow stickers and have them place them on a piece of white paper.
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Supply the children with raindrop and rainbow stamps and have them make a spring scene with the stamps.
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Use food coloring to color crushed eggshells a few different colors. (You can use eggshells from eggs you have used, there is no need to hard boil these egg shells.) Let your child glue the eggshells to a piece a paper after the dye has dried.
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Measure your child's head, and cut a piece of construction paper long enough to create a headband. Glue the paper together so the headband fits snugly on your child's head but is loose enough to take off easily. Have the children cut out blue raindrop shapes or use stickers and glue to the headband.
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Supply your children with white paper and a non-toxic blue stamp pad. Have the children make fingerprints on the paper to represent raindrops.
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Rain on soil (dirt) makes mud. Let the children paint with mud on finger print paper or butcher paper. (Mix the mud with a little glue to keep it from cracking when it dries.)
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Have your childeren make bugs out of playdoh.
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Cut out a butterfly shape on white paper, the shape should be symetrical. Fold the paper in half, and ask the child to paint on half of the butterfly. When the child is finished, ask him/her to press the paper halves together, so that both sides will look the same. Have the child rub the folded paper. Open the paper, and you have a butterfly with matching wings.
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Provide each child with a red circle. Have them draw as many black dots as they would like on one side. Have the child count the dots on the paper and write the number on the other side.
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Cut out bee shapes. Have the children cut out black and yellow strips to add to their bee. Then have them glue the stripes on their bee.
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Supply each child with a piece of white paper and different colored non-toxic stamp pads. Show the child how to make fingerprints on the paper, using only one finger at a time. When finished, add legs and antenne with a black pen, or for older children, have them add the legs and antenne.
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Obtain the old fashion style one piece clothespins (wooden) Allow the children to paint the clothespins with bright colors. When dry, ask the child to pick a piece of tissue paper for the wings. Fold the paper in half, and then scruntch the tissue into the opening in the clothespin. Then have the child pick out a pipe cleaner, and tie the pipe cleaner around the knob of the clothespin for antenne.
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Supply the children with many different circles to glue onto a peice of paper to make a caterpillar. Have the children draw on the legs and facial features or use yarn for the legs.
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Have children take off shoes and socks, paint the bottom of their feet with non-toxic tempera paint. Have the child step onto a piece of paper with their feet and heels together. When dry, add antenna with markers or crayons or yarn.
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Supply the children with many pom poms to glue on a piece of paper to make a caterpillar. Add legs and antennaen with markers or yarn.
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Have the children cut out two strips of paper that when connected will fit around their head. Connect the strips with glue or tape, (staples will catch the child's hair). Supply the children with two pipe cleaners... and have them shape them however they want to and tape them on the inside of the headband. On mine I wrote "Busy Bee Suzy" and "Beautiful Butterfly Max" or whatever they wanted to be:)
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Obtain many round rocks. Show the children what ladybugs look like. Have the children paint the rocks with red paint. Then carefully add a line down the middle, and spots with black paint. If the rocks are smaller... you can glue a magnet on the bottom, and use it on a refridgerator .
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Provide the children with pipe cleaners to make spiders. Have the children twist the pipe cleaners together to form a body and legs.
Discuss how many legs a spider has.
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Use a smaller and larger paper plate to make these spiders. Staple the smaller plate onto the larger plate, as if the smaller plate will be the spider's head. Have the child paint both sides black. Then add black streamers for legs and white construction paper for eyes. Hang them from the ceiling.
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Have each child paint a paper plate red. After the paint dries have the child add black spots of paint on the back of the lady bug. After that dries, have the child cut out wings for the ladybug and attach the wings with brads.
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Have the children maek a bug with marsmallows, toothpicks and pipecleaners. Use the toothpicks for legs and to connect the body parts, use the pipecleaners for antennae or a tail.
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Place a peice of black paper in a box, supply the children with a few marble covered in white paint. Place the marbles in the box and have the child shake the box to make a spider web. Please be carefull when using marbles with small children, as they are a choking hazzard.
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Baby food jar with lid,
Small dried or silk flowers,
Rolling pin,
Craft or hot glue,
Homemade (or store bought) play dough
Play Dough Recipe
1 cup Flour,
2 teaspoons Cream of tartar,
1/4 cup Salt,
1 cup warm Water,
1 teaspoon Oil,
Food coloring
Play dough - Mix all ingredients, adding food coloring last. Stir over medium heat until blended smooth. Place in plastic bag or airtight container when cooled.
Making the 'garden' - Roll out play dough with a rolling pin. Use the mouth of the jar as a cookie cutter (if you use the lid, you can't close the jar). Hot glue (adults only) the play dough into the lid and wait about 10 seconds. Have the kids stick flowers into the dough. Leave lids on a cookie sheet to dry over night.
When the play dough is dry, screw on the lid carefully.
You can write a name on the jar with glitter or decorate any way you want.
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Cook regular spaghetti noodles and drain. Fill gallon baggies 1/4 full of water. Add food color to color water. Add part of cooked spaghetti and lightly squish around in baggie until noodles change color. Drain and put in separate bowls for each color or arrange on plate in a rainbow shape.
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Pussy Willow Art- Submitted by Sherry
Spring Mural- Submitted by Patrisha
Magnetic Rainbow- Submitted by Patrisha
orange-5 1/2 inches
yellow-5 inches
green-4 inches
blue-3 inches
purple-2 1/2 inches
Contact Paper Flowers- Submitted by Patrisha
Rainbow Wreath- Submitted by Patrisha
Seeds- Submitted by Patrisha
Birds Of A Feather- Submitted by Patrisha
Spring "Wallpaper" Hats- Submitted by Patrisha
Flower Hat- Submitted by Patrisha
Mud Painting- Submitted by Patrisha
Mud Prints- Submitted by Patrisha
Mud Monster- Submitted by Patrisha
Flower Pots- Submitted by Sherry
Easel Painting- Submitted by Sherry
Finger-paint Flowers- Submitted by Sherry
Seed Collage- Submitted by Sherry
Butterfly Wings- Submitted by Sherry
Pussy Willow Fingerprints- Submitted by Sherry
Caterpillars- Submitted by Sherry
Kites- Submitted by Sherry
Bird in Nest- Submitted by Cheryl
Hand Print Springtime Bunny- Submitted by Cheryl
Sock Rabbits- Submitted by Cheryl
Chicken in a Shell- Submitted by Cheryl
Circle Bunny- Submitted by Cheryl
Foot Bunnies- Submitted by Cheryl
Tuna Can Bunnies- Submitted by Cheryl
Bunnies in the Grass- Submitted by Cheryl
Handprint Cheery Chick- Submitted by Cheryl
Puddle Prints- Submitted by Cheryl
Fingerpaint A Blue Duckpond- Submitted by Cheryl
Ducks- Submitted by Cheryl
Duck Footprints- Submitted by Cheryl
Kool Aid Art- Submitted by Cheryl
Umbrella Art- Submitted by Cheryl
Cotton Ball Clouds- Submitted by Cheryl
Rain and Rainbow Collage- Submitted by Cheryl
Torn Paper Rainbows- Submitted by Cheryl
Easy Rainbows- Submitted by Cheryl
Cereal Rainbows- Submitted by Cheryl
Spray Art- Submitted by Cheryl
Kite Art- Submitted by Cheryl
Chick in an Egg Pickup- Submitted by Sherry
Lacing Easter Eggs- Submitted by Sherry
Handprint Sheep- Submitted by Sherry
Easter Chick- Submitted by Sherry
Coffee Filter Eggs- Submitted by Sherry
Easter basket- Submitted by Sherry
EGGfantastic- Submitted by Sherry
Spring Windsock - Submitted by Sherry
Tissue Paper Flowers- Submitted by Sherry
Tactile Caterpillar- Submitted by Sherry
Milk Jug Bunnies- Submitted by Sherry
Spring Time Placemats- Submitted by Sherry
Flower Shapes- Submitted by Sherry
Playing with Clouds- Submitted by Sherry
Spring Art- Submitted by Sherry
Handprint Tulips- Submitted by Sherry
Coffee Filter Flowers- Submitted by Sherry
Wallpaper Art- Submitted by Sherry
Whirlygig- Submitted by Sherry
Inside Windsocks- Submitted by Sherry
Springtime Mobile- Submitted by Sherry
Coffee Filter Butterflies- Submitted by Sherry
Baby Chicks- Submitted by Sherry
Daffodils- Submitted by Sherry
Daffodils- Submitted by Sherry
Daffodils- Submitted by Sherry
Butterfly Art- Submitted by Sherry
Playdough Snakes- Submitted by Sherry
Growing Flowers- Submitted by Sherry
Sunflowers- Submitted by Sherry
Cereal Flowers- Submitted by Sherry
Flowers- Submitted by Sherry
Fringed Flowers- Submitted by Sherry
Dot Butterfly- Submitted by Sherry
Feet Butterflies- Submitted by Sherry
Bagel Bird Feeder- Submitted by Sherry
Blossom Tree- Submitted by Sherry
Plastic Bag Butterflies- Submitted by Sherry
Handmade Chicks- Submitted by Sherry
Tree for All Seasons- Submitted by Sherry
Duckies- Submitted by Sherry
Quacking Duck- Submitted by Sherry
Duck Fun- Submitted by Sherry
Swimming Duck- Submitted by Sherry
Splendid Swan- Submitted by Sherry
Duck Mask- Submitted by Sherry
Paper Plate Duck- Submitted by Sherry
Springtime Meadows- Submitted by Cheryl
Handprint Flowers- Submitted by Sherry
Handprint Art- Submitted by Sherry
Window Art- Submitted by Sherry
Flower Jars- Submitted by Sherry
Sun Catcher Kites- Submitted by Sherry
Kites- Submitted by Sherry
Hand and Foot Shaped Duck- Submitted by Sherry
Building Nests- Submitted by Cindy
Rainbow Bracelets- Submitted by Cindy
Flower Pot- Submitted by Christi
Paint With Feathers- Submitted by Cheryl
Leaf Birds- Submitted by Cheryl
Flower Boxes- Submitted by Cindy
Raindrops Trickle- Submitted by Cindy
Dazzling Flowers- Submitted by Patrisha
Delightful and Dashing Duck Masks- Submitted by Patrisha
Floral Cards and Envelopes- Submitted by Patrisha
Grow Your Name- Submitted by Sherry
Paper Gardens- Submitted by Sherry
Lima Bean- Submitted by Sherry
Foot Flower- Submitted by Sherry
Paper Plate Sunflower- Submitted by Sherry
Leaf Tie Dye- Submitted by Sherry
Butterfly Craft- Submitted by Sherry
Seed Squiggles- Submitted by Sherry
Puzzle Trees- Submitted by Sherry
Button Bouquet- Submitted by Christi
Mud Painting- Submitted by Cheryl
Rain Pictures- Submitted by Cheryl
Sponge Painting- Submitted by Cheryl
Umbrella Pictures- Submitted by Cheryl
Puffy Clouds- Submitted by Cheryl
Thunder Clouds- Submitted by Cheryl
Sponge Painting- Submitted by Cheryl
Sun Catcher Butterflies- Submitted by Cindy
Rice Rainbow- Submitted by Cheryl
Sun Catcher- Submitted by Sherry
Imaginary Gardens- Submitted by Sherry
Kool Aid Art- Submitted by Christi
Umbrella Art- Submitted by Christi
Cotton Ball Clouds- Submitted by Christi
Rain and Rainbow Collage- Submitted by Christi
Torn Paper Rainbows- Submitted by Christi
Easy Rainbows- Submitted by Christi
Cereal Rainbows- Submitted by Christi
Class Rainbow- Submitted by Christi
Tissue Paper Rainbows- Submitted by Christi
Rainbow Necklaces- Submitted by Christi
Tissue Paper Rainbows 2- Submitted by Christi
Paint with Clouds- Submitted by Christi
Paint with a Cloud 2- Submitted by Christi
Blue Shaving Cream Art- Submitted by Christi
Raindrop Hats- Submitted by Christi
Raindrop People- Submitted by Christi
Torn Paper Raindrops- Submitted by Christi
Raindrop Necklaces- Submitted by Christi
Noodle Necklaces- Submitted by Christi
Sponge Art- Submitted by Christi
Spring Cookie Cutter Art- Submitted by Christi
Raindrop Rubbings- Submitted by Christi
Sticker Art- Submitted by Christi
Stamp Art- Submitted by Christi
Rainbow Eggshell Collage- Submitted by Christi
Raindrop Headbands- Submitted by Christi
Fingerprint Raindrops- Submitted by Christi
Mud Paintings- Submitted by Cheryl
Playdoh Bugs- Submitted by Sherry
Butterfly Ink Blot- Submitted by Sherry
Ladybugs- Submitted by Sherry
Bee Strips- Submitted by Sherry
Fingerprint Bugs- Submitted by Sherry
Clothespin Butterflies- Submitted by Sherry
Caterpillars- Submitted by Sherry
Feet Butterflies- Submitted by Sherry
Caterpillars 2- Submitted by Sherry
Busy Bugs Headbands- Submitted by Sherry
Ladybug Rocks- Submitted by Sherry
Pipe Cleaner Spiders- Submitted by Sherry
Spider Paper Plates- Submitted by Sherry
Paper Plate Ladybugs- Submitted by Sherry
Make a Bug- Submitted by Sherry
Spider Web Art- Submitted by Sherry
Baby-food Jar Gardens- Submitted by Sherry
Rainbow Spaghetti- Submitted by Sherry
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