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8/10/2019 Crafts de Facut La Gradinita

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Owl Paper Plate Craft

Supplies needed:

3 paper plates

Yellow, brown or orange construction paper

Scissors

Glue (or a stapler)

Googly eyes (optional)

Crayons, paint or markers

On one paper plate, fold about a third of the plateover (have the bottom of the plate facing forward).

This paper plate will be the owl's head.

On the folded part, cut two short slits and fold

them back up. (These will be the owl's tufts -although they look like ears, they are only feathers.

An owl's ears are simple holes on the sides of thehead).

Glue the center section down.

Glue googly eyes on the folded-down section (orcut two large circles and glue them down, then

draw a dark dot in the center).

Using construction paper, cut a small half-circle with

a little square off the rounded side. Curve the edges

around, forming a cone. Glue or staple it shut.
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Glue the cone to the paper plate (using the

rectangle, folded inside the cone), just beneath the

folded part of the paper plate.

Glue or staple the head to another paper plate.

Cut another paper plate in half (these will bethe wings).

Glue or staple the wings to the body at a slightangle.

Using construction paper, cut two tiny feet.Glue them to the body.

Color in the owl, drawing feathers, wings, or

other patterns.


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Duck Paper Plate Craft

Supplies needed:

Paper plate

Scissors

Glue

Stapler

A pencil

Yellow and orange construction paper or oak tag



Trace your hands on yellowconstruction paper, then cut the

hands out. If you don't have yellow

construction paper, use stiff white

paper, then paint it yellow (or use

markers).

Fold a paper plate in half.

Paint it yellow and let it dry

Staple the hands near the fold on one end -these will be the tail feathers.

Using yellow construction paper or oaktag, cut

out a circle (about 3 inches across or a littlebigger) -- this will be the duck's head.

Using orange construction paper or oaktag, cut

out an elongated oval with one end cut off --
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this will be the duck's bill. Fold the end of the

beak over, making a small tab (this is where

you will put the glue).

Glue the bill onto the circle (put the glue

on the small tab that will be folded

under the bill). Draw eyes above the bill(or glue on small googly eyes).

Staple the head to the paper plate (nearthe fold line, opposite the tail feathers).

Using orange construction paper or oaktag, cut out

the duck's feet - they should be connected by ashort strip of paper. To draw each foot, start with

an oval, then draw a zigzag on one end.

Fold the paper where the feet meet the strip of

paper.

Staple each foot to the bottom of one side of

the paper plate, right inside the fold line of thefoot.

You now have a cute duckie that will standup.


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Peace Dove

Supplies needed:

Stiff paper (1 piece)

Regular paper (1 piece)

Scissors

Pencil

String

Clear tape

Optional: markers, glue, glitter

Draw the shape of a bird's body on stiff paper.

Cut out the bird and cut two slits in the body(along the dotted lines).

Cut a piece of paper in half.

Fold each piece like an accordion.

Optional: Cut the edges of the folded paper for a lacy

effect.


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Insert the folded paper (wings and tailfeathers) into the slits in the bird's

body. Secure them to the body with

clear tape. Tape the ends of the tailfeathers together (making a fan

shape).

Draw eyes on the dove. Tape some

string to the body of the dove (for

hanging it up).

Optional: decorate the dove withmarkers or glitter.

Hand and Foot Turkey

Craft

Supplies:

Brown, red, orange and yellow construction paper

Pencil

Scissors

Glue

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Trace around the child's feet using brown

construction paper. These two pieces will be the

turkey's body.

Trace around the child's hands usingred, orange, and yellow construction

paper. These 6 pieces will be the

turkey's feathers.

Glue the two footprints together to make the turkey's

body. (The heels make the head area.)

Cut out a round wattle and an orange beak. Glue the

wattle, beak, and googly eyes (or paper eyes) to theturkey's head. Make two legs from paper and glue

then to the back of the body (or use pipe cleaners

and tape them to the back).

Glue the handprint "feathers" to the back

of the turkey.

You can now decorate your house for

Thanksgiving with these cute turkeys.Don't forget to put the child's name and

age on the back of the turkey.


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Thankful Turkey Craft

Supplies:

Brown, red, orange and yellow construction paper

Pencil or marker

Scissors

Glue


Printer (optional)

Cut a brown construction

paper circle or oval (about

8 inches across) for theturkey's body.

For the head and neck, cut

a much smaller circle anda rectangle from a

different shade of brown

paper.

Cut two scrawny feet and

legs from orange paper.

For aturkey template to

print,. click here.

Turkey template.
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Glue the head and neck ontothe body. Glue a tiny orange

triangle for the beak and alittle red blob for the wattle.

Either draw eyes in black orglue on googly eyes.

Glue the legs to the body.Outer feather template.

For the turkey's

feathers, cut five longovals - use many colorsof coloring paper if you

like. Using white orpale yellow paper, cut

five smaller ovals (that

fit inside the larger

ovals).

Glue the smaller ovalson the larger ones. On

each one, write: "I am

thankful for

__________________." For athankful feather

template to print, clickhere.

Have the child write

what they're thankful

for.

Inner feather template.
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Glue the "feathers" to the back of the

turkey.

Don't forget to write the child's name

and age on the turkey.

Handprint Butterfly Craft

Supplies needed:

A few pieces of colored construction paper (stiffer paper makes a

more durable butterfly)

A pencil

Scissors Glue, tape or a stapler



A pipe cleaner

Trace a child's hand on a few pieces of constructionpaper, for a total of 6 times. These will be the

butterfly's wings.

Cut out the tracings.
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Scissors

Yarn or string Glue stick

A sturdy paper plate Markers, crayons, or paint Stapler or tape

Draw a spiral on a paper plate. Cut

along the line.

Decorate the paper plate using markers, crayons, orpaint.

Using green construction paper, draw a leaf and cut itout. Either draw tiny butterfly eggs on it or glue on

tiny paper circles (either cut them out or use a holepunch to make some). A cluster of butterfly eggs are

usually laid on the underside of a leaf; the eggs are

white or yellow or greenish, and are circular to oval.

Draw and cut out a caterpillar (the egg hatches into

a caterpillar, which spends its entire time eatingleaves). Decorate it.

Draw and cut out a pupa (the stage during which the

caterpillar makes a protective case around itself andturns into a butterfly). Decorate it.

To make butterfly wings, fold a small piece of paperin half, and draw half a butterfly along the fold line.


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Using dark paper, make abody for your butterfly (it's

basically a long oval with a

circular head).

Glue the body to the wingsand decorate your butterfly.

Staple or tape the stages in the butterfly's life cycleto string and then to the paper plate.

Attach another short length of string to the plate; itwill be used to hang the mobile up.

You now have a great buttefly life cycle mobile.

BUTTERFLY MOBILE

Supplies needed:

Construction paper

Pencil

Scissors

Hole punch

Pipe cleaners

Thread

Large upholstery needle

3 Twigs (about 1 ft long each)


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Markers or crayons

Optional: Glitter glue or glitter

Fold a piece of construction paper inhalf and cut along the fold. (This willmake 2 butterflies - you'll need to make

4 or more butterflies for your mobile.)

Fold one of these pieces of paper inhalf.

Draw half of a butterfly along the foldline.

Fold a small piece of black or brown paper in half.

Draw the body and head of a butterfly on it - makeit the same length as your butterfly.

Cut them out.

Glue a body on each side of your butterfly.

Using a hole punch, make two

holes in the butterfly's head.

Cut a pipe cleaner in half.Thread it through the holes in

the butterfly's head as antennae.

Decorate both sides of your butterfly using

crayons, markers, glitter, or glitter glue.


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Using a needle, pull a short length of knotted

thread through the balancing point of the butterfly

(near its middle).

Tie the other end of the thread to the end of a

twig.

On the other end of the twig, attach another

butterfly in the same way.

Tie a thread to the middle of this twig andattach it to the end of another twig.

Attach a butterfly to the other end of

this twig.

Using a short length of thread, attach

what you've made to the end of

another twig. If you want the twigs toremain horizontal, tie the thread

where the mobile will balance (butthis is not necessary).


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Attach a butterfly to the other end

of this twig.

Tie a longer length of thread to the top twig. If

you want the twigs to remain horizontal, tie the

thread where the mobile will balance (but this

is not necessary).

You now have a beautiful butterfly mobile to

hang and display.

BUTTERFLY CARD

Supplies needed:

Construction paper

Pencil

Scissors

Hole punch

Glue stick

Markers or crayons

Optional: Glitter glue or glitter

Fold two pieces of construction paper in

half, making two card shapes.


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Put the two folded cards together (one inside theother).

Along the fold of one of them, draw half a butterfly.

Keeping the two cards together,

cut along the line you just drew.You will now have two butterflies.

On only one of the butterflies, fold it in half

again and draw a smaller butterfly within it.

Cut along the line you just drew.

Using the hole punch, make a series of holesalong the edges of the two pieces you just cut.

Glue one of these pieces onto

the larger, uncut butterfly.

Flip the large butterfly over,

and glue on the other cut piece.

Cut a black or brown body for yourbutterfly. Glue it onto the inside of your

butterfly.


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You now have a nice butterfly card. Write a

message on your card.

Optional: Decorate your butterfly withcrayons, markers, glitter glue, or glitter.

More Butterfly crafts

Butterfly Balancer

Supplies needed:

A piece of paper

Thin cardboard (like from a cereal box)

Scissors

Pencil

Markers, crayons, or paint

Tape

2 pennies for each butterfly

Optional: a small lump of clay and a small stick

To make a perfectly symmetrical butterfly (which

is necessary for this craft), trace half a butterfly

on a folded piece of paper, then cut it out.

Trace the butterfly shape onto the cardboard.

Cut out the butterfly and decorate it usingcrayons, markers or paint.
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Tape two pennies to the back of the butterfly.

Now you can balance thebutterfly's head on a pencil

eraser (or you can make a stand

for your butterfly by putting a

stick in a ball of clay). You may

have to adjust the position of

the coins to make the butterflybalance on the head area.

The center of balance of thebutterfly is close to the spot

directly between the coins.

(Before the coins were added,

the center of balance was nearthe center of the butterfly.)

Paper Chain Caterpillar Toy

or Puppet

Supplies needed:

Construction paper

Scissors

Glue stick

Markers or crayons

Optional: String (to make a puppet)


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Cut out 13 strips of paper that are 1 inch by 6inches, and one that is 4 inches square.

Form one of the strips into a circle and secure it withglue.

Form the next paper strip into a circle connected to

the first loop.

Continue until all 13

circles are connected,

making a chain. Each loopis a segment of your

caterpillar.

Cut a circle from the paper square to make ahead for the caterpillar. Using a marker or

crayons, add some simple eyes. Caterpillar

eyes can only detect light vs. dark. Glue on two

tiny triangular jaws (mandibles). Caterpillars

use these to eat leaves.

Glue the head to the caterpillar.

Optional: Make a nice, tasty leaf for

your caterpillar to eat and rest on.Optional: Tie a string to your

caterpillar's head and another one to the

other end so you can use it as a puppet;

you can use your puppet as you read

"The Very Hungry Caperpillar."(Thanks to Jacki P. in England for the

wonderful puppet idea!)


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Waxed Paper Stained Glass

Butterfly

Supplies needed:

Waxed paper

Crayon shaving (crayons shaved with a scissors or a knife - by an

adult)

Scissors

An iron

Holepunch

A few inches of string

Fold a piece of waxed paper in two.

Draw half a butterfly with the body at the fold.

Flip the paper over and draw the other half of thebutterfly (using the original as your template).

Open the waxed paper and put it on a flat surface.

Put some crayon shavings on the waxed paper(and inside the butterfly).

Cover the waxed paper with another piece ofwaxed paper. Have an adult iron the two layers of

waxed paper together on low heat (protect youriron by putting a paper towel on top of the waxed

paper while ironing).


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Cut out the butterfly. Punch a hole near the top. Put

a string in the hole for hanging it. This butterfly

looks beautiful hanging in a window.

EGG CARTON

CATERPILLAR

1.Separate 4, 5, or 6 cups from

an egg carton.

2.Using the point of a scissors,an adult should make 2 small

holes at one end for the

antennae.

3.

Insert pipe cleaners for theantennae.

4.Add eyes, a mouth, anddecorate.

Rainforest Liana Vine

Decorative String

Supplies needed:
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Construction paper (many colors)

Crayons or markers

Scissors

Glue, tape, or staples

A long piece of green or brown yarn or string

Draw a leaf on a piece of construction paper.Make sure to draw a thick stem on the top (your

leaf will hang from this stem, which will be folded

over). If you'd like,use a leaf template.

Cut out the leaf. Draw the leaf veins if you wish.

Fold the leaf's stem in half.

Attach the leaf to a long string using tape, glue,

or staples. Make more leaves and attach them to

the string.

Make flowers, butterflies, caterpillars, snakes,and other animals for the vine (if you're reallyadventurous, tryiguanasandsloths).

For abutterfly template, click here.A nice wayto attach butterflies to the vine is by taping (or

stapling) a V-shaped pipe cleaner to the

butterfly's head (as its antennae), and thentwisting the pipe cleaner to attach it to the vine.

Draw details on your flowers and animals, and

attach them to the string (using tape, glue, staples

or pipe cleaners).
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Hang your rainforest vine across the room for a colorful

rainforest decoration.

Rabbit Mask Craft

Supplies needed:

Two plain, white paper plates

Pink construction paper or pink paint

Scissors

Stapler

Glue

Crayons, markers, or paint

Optional: small pink pompom

Optional: elastic

Making the rabbit's ears: Either paint the center of

a paper plate pink or cut a circle from pink

construction paper (it should be the same size as the

inside of a paper plate); then glue the pink papercircle to the center of a paper plate.

Cut the paper plate in half (the two halves will be

the rabbit's ears).

Making the rabbit's face:Using a new paper plate,

cut a wedge (about 1/4 of the plate) out of the paperplate (the large part of the plate will be the rabbit's

face).
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Staple the ears to the face.

Cut two eye holes in the face.

Optional: glue a small pink pompom to thecenter of the face (this is the rabbit's nose).

Optional: staple a piece of elastic (about a footlong) to the mask to keep it in place.

Decorate your mask with crayons, markers, or

paint. Don't forget to draw whiskers!

Spiral Snake Craft

More animal crafts

Supplies needed:

A piece of green (or other colored) construction paper

Crayons or markers

Scissors

Tape

String
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Googly eyes and glue (optional)

On a piece of construction paper, draw a spiral.

The center of the spiral will be the head, so drawan oval-shaped area in the center of the spiral.

Cut along the spiral lines you drew.

Draw a face on your snake (optional: glue on

googly eyes). Decorate the body of your snake tolook like patterned snake skin.

To display your snake, tape a length of string to the

snake's head. You can hang the snake from the

ceiling or from a curtain rod.

String of Leaves

Supplies needed: Construction paper (orange, red, yellow, brown, and other

earth tones)

Crayons or markers

Scissors


A long piece of green or brown yarn or string


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Draw a leaf on a piece of construction paper.

Make sure to draw a thick stem on the top (yourleaf will hang from this stem, which will be foldedover). If you'd like,use a leaf template.

Cut out the leaf. Draw the leaf veins if you wish.

Fold the leaf's stem in half.

Attach the leaf to a long string using tape, glue,

or staples. Make more leaves and attach them tothe string.

Hang your string of leaves across the room for a wonderful

Thanksgiving decoration.

Make a Paper Evergreen Tree

Supplies needed:

Green construction paper

Crayons, markers, or tempera paint

Scissors

Clear tape
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Fold a piece of green construction paper in half,

then cut it in half.

Put the two pieces together, and fold them in half again.

Draw half an evergreen tree opposite the fold.

Cut along the line - you

should get two identicaltrees.

Fold the trees in half, just

barely creasing the center

line (this is to mark thecenter of the tree).

Cut a slit along the bottom half of the

center of one tree and along the top half

of the center of the other tree.


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Slip the two trees together along theslits.

Using clear tape, tape the bottoms andtops together (pieces of tape on the

bottom and at the top make the treestand up well and stop the slit ends

from flopping over).

Draw some pine cones on your tree if

you'd like.

For a bigger tree: Start with two pieces of green

construction paper, and fold them so they make a long,thin rectangle. Draw a tree opposite the fold. The restof the instructions are the same.

Twig Frame

Supplies needed:

Twigs

Twine or string

Glue (hot glue works well) A photo for framing

Collect 2 bunches of twigs. One bunch (about 6 to 8)should be about 2 inches longer than your photo.

The other bunch of twigs should be about 2 inches

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Arrange the twigs so that they surround the photo

and extend outward about an inch in each direction.

Tie the twigs at each corner using twine or string,

making an "X" pattern.

Glue the photo onto the back of your twig frame.

Hot glue works the best.

Glue a small loop of string to the top batch of twigsfor hanging the photo.

Family Tree

Supplies needed:

Sky blue and green construction paper

Crayons or markers

Scissors

Some yarn

A hole punch

Styrofoam or paper cup

A lump of play dough or other clay

Glue stick

Find a twig with many branches.

Put a lump of clay in the bottom of a paper or

styrofoam cup. Insert the twig securely so that it

remains upright.
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Cut out big leaves from the green construction

paper. Each leaf will represent a person in the

child's family and should be big enough to write

that person's name on the leaf. Cut enough leavesfor each of the child's siblings, parents, andgrandparents (or more!).

Write the name of each person on their leaf. Youmight want to include the relative's relationship to

the child, like "Grandma Joan Smith." Punch a

hole on the end of each leaf.

Tie the leaves to the tree. Thechild's generation goes at the

top of the tree, the parents atthe second level, and the

grandparents at the bottom.

For an alternative project, usephotos, and paste them on the

leaves. Or use cut-outs ofleaves, fruit (like apples),

and/or flowers to represent thepeople.

Stand-Alone Star Craft

Supplies:
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Printer (optional)

Stiff paper (like card stock, oaktag or thin cardboard) or

styrofoam meat trays

Scissors

Crayons or markers (optional)

Two paper stars are needed to make one 3-

dimensional star. Either draw two identical stars

on a piece of stiff paper or print out thestartemplate. To go to the template, click here.

Decorate the two stars (if you like) onboth sides, then cut them out.

Make one slit in each star. On one star,

the slit goes from an inner corner to the

center point of the star; on the other

star, the slit goes from an outer corner

to the center point.

Slip the two stars together through the slits you

just cut. For stability, you may have to tape thestars a bit where they meet at the slits.

You now have a great three-dimensional star

decoration that stands by itself on a table.
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Make a Paper Wreath

from Little Hand Prints

Supplies needed:

A lot of green construction paper

A piece of red construction paper or a red ribbon

Pencil

Scissors

Glue

Optional: Glitter or glitter glue

Trace the child's hand on a piece of green

construction paper.

Cut out the hand print. Make about 10

paper hands for each wreath.

Glue the hand prints together in a wreath

shape, with the wrists overlapping a little

bit.

Glue on a red ribbon bow (or make one

from red construction paper).

Optional: Decorate your wreath with

glitter or glitter glue.
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Brown Paper Christmas Stocking

Supplies needed:

Thick brown paper (like grocery bag paper) or brown felt

Pencil

Scissors

Glue

A holepunch

Yarn

Markers or crayons

Draw a large stocking on thick

brown paper (or brown felt).

Cut out two copies of this stocking.

Glue the two stockings together around the edges

(make sure you don't put any glue along the topopening).

Punch holes around the edges of thestocking.

Weave yarn in and out of the holes.Leave a loop of yarn at one end, and tie

it in a knot.
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Decorate your stocking with crayons, markers,

stickers, construction paper cut-outs, or glitter.

Make a Paper Tree

from Little Hand Prints

Supplies needed:

A lot of green construction paper

A piece of brown construction paper (for the tree trunk)

A piece of yellow construction paper (for the star) A large piece of brown paper (or use another color)

Pencil

Scissors

Glue

Optional: Glitter, glitter glue, or paper ornaments to glue on the

tree

Trace the child's hand on a piece of green

construction paper.

Cut out the hand print. Fold the wrist

over.

Make a lot of paper paper hands (the

number you'll need depends on the size ofyour tree). If this is a class project, you

may want to put each child's name on his
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or her hand print.

A nice touch, suggested by Peter

Hesselmann, is to have each child write aChristmas wish for themselves on one

paper hand, and a Christmas wish for theworld on the other. Peter also did not tell

his students why they were making the

hands; he put the tree up, which surprised

and delighted them. Peter also had the

teachers and staff each write a wish forthe world on a circular piece ofconstruction paper - these were used for

baubles on the tree.

Draw a tree shape on a large piece of paper.

Cut out a small rectangle of dark brown paper (this

will be the tree trunk).

Glue the rectangle below the tree.

Glue the hand prints together in a tree

shape, gluing the folded part of thewrist to the background. Start at the

bottom of the tree. Starting with the

second row, make the fingers overlap

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Cut out a yellow star for the top of the tree. Glue it

on the tree.

Write a Christmas message around the tree.

Optional: Decorate your tree withglitter, glitter glue, or paper

ornaments.

You can also make the tree on atriangle shape (so there is no

background showing).

Snowman Necklace or Ornament

SUPPLIES NEEDED:

White glue (like Elmer's glue) Paper clip

Waxed paper Scraps of construction paper: black, and orange

A hole punch (for cutting eyes, and buttons)

Scissors Googly eyes (from a craft store) - optional

Tiny buttons - optional 2 very tiny twigs (for arms)

String or yarn (for hanging it)


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Working on waxed paper, spread 2

or 3 blobs of white glue in the shape

of a snowman. Unfold a paper clip

into a V-shape (to use as a hanger).

Cut a tiny hat from black

construction paper and put it on the

snowman on top of the paper clip

hanger. Put the ends of the paperclip into the glue at the top of the

snowman. For the snowman's eyes,use black paper circles cut with a

hole punch, or use googly eyes. Put

the eyes on the snowman. Add a

tiny orange (carrot-shaped) nose.Add a few paper buttons (or small

real buttons) down the front of the

body.

Let the glue dry - it will take a few days. When

it dries, the glue will become transparent. When

it is completely dry, peel it gently off the waxedpaper. String the snowman on some yarn for a

cool necklace or use a shorter string to use as anornament.

Paper Box Craft
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Supplies:

Printer

Paper (thick paper, like card stock, works best)

Scissors

Glue Crayons or markers

Print out a copy of thebox template. To go to thetemplate, click here.

Decorate the box and cut it out.

Fold all the interior lines of the box. Glue the one

tab that is marked to glue, and attach it to the otherend of the template, forming a box.

Fold over the tabs on each end and close the ends.
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Shooting Star Christmas Tree

Ornament

For the Shooting Star Christmas Tree Ornamentsyou will

need:

A small piece of thick paper, felt, or other flexible, easy-to-cut material - one or two colors

Scissors

Pencil

Reinforcements (optional)

Glitter (optional)

Markers (optional) Glue

Cut a circle from the paper, felt or other material. Agood circle template is a coffee mug.

Starting at the edge, cut a spiral going to the

center of the circle.

Decorate with glitter or markers.

Cut a small star, about 1 or 2 inches wide. Make a tinyhole in the star. The ornament will hang from this

hole, so you might want to use reinforcements (these

are doughnut-shaped pieces of plastic used to reinforce

the holes in notebook paper and are available atstationery stores).

Decorate the star with glitter or markers.


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Tie the two plates together, using the yarn (or

ribbon).

On black construction paper, draw and

then cut out a top hat and two boots. Oncolored construction paper (or gift wrap

paper), draw and then cut out two mittens.

Glue the hat, boots and mittens on the snowman.

Either glue on googly eyes or draw eyes. Draw amouth. For the nose, cut a short length from an

orange pipe cleaner. Stick the pipe cleaner

through the plate to secure it (if the plate is too

tough, make a tiny hole with the tip of thescissors).

For the buttons, you can cut out shapes fromconstruction paper, use round stickers, glue on

real buttons, or simply draw them.

You now have a cute snowman decoration!


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3-D Star Craft

Supplies:

Printer

Paper

Scissors

Glue

Crayons or markers A short length of yarn or string

Print out two copies of thestar template. To go

to the template, click here.This will make one

3-D star.

Decorate the two stars and cut themout.

Fold the tab under both of the stars. Crease theinterior lines of the stars so that the arms of the

star puff up.
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Put glue on the flaps and glue the two stars

together (each flap should be glued to the inside

of the other star).

Glue a short loop of string or yarn to one arm

of the star.

Santa Hat or Decoration

Supplies:

A large piece of red construction paper (one large, one regularsize) [If you only have regular-size paper, you can use these

hats as great decorations, but they will be too small to wear.

You can also use a brown paper bag to make the hat, coloring it

with tempera paint.]

Small scraps of black, yellow, and pink paper

A pencil

Scissors

Hole punch

Red crayon or marker

Stapler

Glue Cotton balls

Draw and cut out a half circle from alarge piece of construction paper.
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SUPPLIES NEEDED:

Construction paper (red, white and blue) Printer (optional) Scissors

String or yarn (red, white or blue)

A stapler, tape, or glue

Print out the star template or just draw a large star

on a piece of paper. For astar template to print,

click here.

Cut out the star and decorate it if you like.

Fold over one tip of the star.

Staple, tape, or glue the star to alength of string.

Make many stars andattach them to the string.

Leave some extra string at

the edges for hanging.

Now you can decorate any

area with a patriotic flair!
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String of Jack-O'-Lanterns or Ghosts

Supplies needed: Construction paper (orange and black for pumpkins, white and

black for ghosts)

Crayons or markers

Scissors


A long piece of green or black yarn or string

Draw a jack-o'-lantern's face on a

piece of orange paper, or a ghost onwhite paper. Make sure to draw a longstem on the top (your pumpkin or

ghost will hang from this stem, which

will be folded over).

Cut out the pumpkin or ghost. Makeeyes, a nose, and a mouth from

black paper (or use a black crayonor marker).

Fold the pumpkin's stem in half.Fold the ghost's "stem" completely

behind the ghost.


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Attach the pumpkin or ghost to

a long string. Use green yarn for

the pumpkins, black string for

the ghosts. Attach them usingtape, glue, or staples.

Hang your string of jack-o'-lanterns or ghosts across the room

for a wonderful Halloween decoration.

Flower Crown

Supplies:

A paper plate

Colored construction paper or tissue paper Paint, markers, or crayons

Scissors Glue

Optional - glitter, crepe paper or other ribbons
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Color and decorate the clothes using crayons

or markers.

Glue the clothes on the scarecrow. Optional:

glue on some straw (real straw, raffia, or thin

strips of light brown paper) at the edges of the

clothing.

Add eyes, a nose, and a mouth.This scarecrow makes a fun Thanksgiving

decoration.

Thankful Wreath of Leaves

Supplies needed: A plain white paper plate

Construction paper (orange, red, yellow, brown, and

other earth tones)

Crayons or markers

Scissors

Glue or a glue stick
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Hawaiian Flower Lei

Supplies:

Thick paper, like cardstock or thick construction

paper A printer Drinking straws (two straws for each lei)

Yarn (about 2 feet of yarn for each lei)

Scissors Optional - paint, markers, glitter

Draw and cut out many flowers from thickpaper. For aflower template, click here.

Poke a tiny hole in the center of eachflower (this is where you will eventuallythread the yarn through them).

Optional: Decorate the flowers with paint or

markers. Also, glitter is a nice decorative touch.

(Work on top of old newspapers to avoid too much

of a mess.)

Cut a drinking straw into 1 1/2 inch long

segments (the exact length is not important) -you'll need a segment of straw between each
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flower.

Cut a piece of yarn about 2 feet long. Tie a thick knot

at one end of the yarn. Thread the smallest flowerthrough the other end of the yarn -- push it down to the

knot. Then thread a segment of drinking straw -- push

it down to the small flower.

Continue threading flowers and straw

segments. When the last flower has

been threaded onto the yarn, tie theends of the yarn together to make

your necklace.

Tissue Paper FlowersCraft

Supplies needed:

Tissue paper (crepe paper)

Green pipe cleaners (or twist ties)

Cut a few pieces (about 4-6) of tissue paper(crepe paper) about 8 x 10 inches (the exact

size doesn't matter).
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Put the paper in a pile and fold it like anaccordion.

Tie the center of the folded paper with a green

pipe cleaner (or twist tie).

Gently pull each piece of paper towards the

top center of the flower, separating each

sheet of paper from the others (forming thepetals of the flower).

Sun Paper Plate Craft

Supplies needed:

A paper plate

Yellow construction paper

Scissors

Glue (or a stapler)



Paint the back side of a paper plate yellow.

Trace a child's hand on yellow construction paper

about 7 times.
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Cut out the tracings.

Glue or staple the handprint tracings to the

paper plate - the fingers are the sun's rays.

Color in the sun, drawing a mouth and a

nose. Either draw the eyes or glue on

googly eyes.

Fish Paper Plate Craft

Supplies needed:

Paper plate

Scissors

Glue (or tape or a stapler)


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Cut a wedge out of a paper plate.

The wedge will be the fish's tail;

the hole will be the fish's mouth.

Glue (or use tape or a stapler) the tail to the end

of the fish.

Glue a googly eye on the fish (glue on two eyesif you want a flounder) or simply draw eye(s).

Color in the fish, drawing

scales, lips, and so on.

For an extra touch, make a tiny

fish (use the same instructions

as above, but start with a tinycircle made from construction

paper). Hang the tiny fish from

the large fish's mouth using ashort piece of thread.

St. Patrick's Rainbow

Mobile

SUPPLIES NEEDED:

A white paper plate

Green and yellow paper (or white paper and black, greenand yellow crayons, marker, or paint)

Printer

White glue or a glue stick

Scissors A hole punch
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String (green is best, or you can color white string with a green marker)

Fold and then cut a white paper plate in

half.

Draw a rainbow on the paper plate with markers,crayons, or paint.

Remind the children that the order of the colors in arainbow is: Red - Orange - Yellow - Green - Blue -

Indigo (dark blue) - Violet. An easy mnemonic forremembering the order of the colors is the name Roy

G. Biv (an English friend told me of the Britishmnemonic 'Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain,' anallusion to the Wars of the Roses). Also, the red part

of the rainbow is always on the top of the arch in asingle rainbow.

Punch three holes in the plate: one hole at the top,and a hole on each end of the rainbow.

Go to the "Shamrock template"and print out on

green paper (or print it on white paper and color

it in). Or you can just draw your own, of course.

Cut out the shamrock and color it (if necessary)

and punch a hole at its top.

Go to the "Pot of Gold template"and print itout (or just draw your own).

Color in the Pot. Cut out a few "gold" coins from

yellow paper.
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Glue the coins to the top of the pot. Punch a hole atthe top.

Attach the pot of gold and the shamrock to therainbow with a few inches of green yarn. Attach a

few inches of the yarn to the top of the rainbow forhanging.

As a variation, attach only shamrocks.

3D Hearts Mobile

Supplies:

Red, pink, white, purple, and other constructionpaper, oak tag, or gift wrap

Pencil Scissors

A long length of colorful yarn (thick yarn worksbetter than thin string)

Glue stick

A sturdy paper plate Markers, crayons, or paint Stapler or tape
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Materiale necesare:

carton,

hrtie colorat

carioci de diferite culori, dantel galben sau alb,

capsator,

cteva mrgele,

foarfec,

lipici.

Instrucii:

1. Desenm pe cartonun om de zpad.

2. Plria, nasul i nasturii omului de zpadi decupm din hrtie glasat neagr i le lipim

pe carton.

3. Capsm dantela n jurul cartonului.

Nu ne-a mai rmas altceva de fcut, dect s lipim decorul pe geam sau pe perete.

Sfaturi practice:

Timp : 10-15 minute

Dificultate : sczutPre : materialele necesare pentru aceast figurin cost sub 1 RON

Utilitate:

* la grdini e un material didactic eficient pentruactivitile educative legate de

anotimpul iarna,

* decor interior pentru grdinie i coli.

Spor la creaie !


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