anyone remember?
Teri
to do with kids - I remember some solid stuff that turned to liquid -
recipes for sidewalk chalk etc. It was around March-April. I just googled
and couldn't find that whole post - there were about 10 different things to
do with kids. I did find other posts of hers from around that time, so I'm
wondering if maybe she *wasn't* the OP. Thanks!
-Teri
Kmquinn2000
her..
ro...@eikenberry.info (Ronda Eikenberry)
~Kat
Janet
Chef Ronda posted the recipe for sidewalk chalk, but it was Dorothy
(toto) who posted the recipe for Magic Mud (made with cornstarch and
water) and the recipes for play dough and other fun stuff in a thread
entitled: Recipes for fun things for the kids
I'll spare you the googling cuz I saved the post...don't think Dorothy
would mind me reposting this. :) (Let me know if you want the
eggshell recipe for sidewalk chalk from Chef Ronda.)
Janet
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Silly Putty
1/2 cup liquid starch
1/2 cup glue
food coloring if desired
Magic Matter
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup water
food coloring if desired
Magic matter changes state from solid to liquid. One interesting
thing to do is to put it in a plastic strawberry basket and hang it
so the matter comes out the holes and flows in strings down to a
table (cover table with a plastic table cloth or newspapers)
Flubber
1 cup water
white glue
2 tsp borax
Mix water and borax, then add glue. The more glue you
add the bigger the glob will be. Stir well. After about a
minute, pick up the glob and mush it in your hand to remove
any pockets of glue left. You can roll this in a ball and bounce
it, but don't use it on a carpet as it picks up a lot of lint.
Soapdough
4 tablespoons salt
1/2 Cup liquid starch
1 Cup liquid soap
1/8 Cup water
1 tablespoon glue
2 cups cornmeal
mix together, then add
1/2 cup cornmeal
1/4 cup water
food coloring if desired.
Koolaid Playdough
2 1/2 cups flour
2 packages unsweetened koolaid
1 tablespoon powdered alum
1/2 cup salt
combine 2 cups boiling water
3 tablespoons cooking oil and
pour in to the first mixture.
stir well.
Non-cook playdough
7 cups flour
1 cup salt
1/2 cup dishwashing soap
1/2 cup oil
add 2 cups water, food coloring or dried tempera paints, glitter
and/or flavorings like vanilla, peppermint or cinnamon, etc. You
can separate it and make different batches with different colors or
flavorings.
Knead well, store in tightly ziplocked baggies.
Edible playdough (don't make this if your child might be allergic
to peanuts though)
1 Cup peanut butter
1 Cup honey
2 cups powdered milk (just the powder)
Mix all ingredients in large bowl, add more powdered milk if
needed to make a workable dough. Form into shapes and play
and eat.
Puffy paint
Place equal parts of salt, flour and water in a large bowl/
Add food coloring to make the color you want
Put mixture in squeeze bottles, shake well, use to paint
on poster board.
Clean Mud
Unroll six rolls of white toilet tissue paper into a very large
container (bathtub is good for this), Generously add water
until completely covered. Grate two bars of ivory soap into
mixture, add 1/2 cup of borax. Mix well and play. This
lasts a long time. If you eliminate the borax, it is still good,
but lasts less long.
Oil Painting.
Have your child color a picture with marker or crayon,
then paint the back with cooking oil. The paper will
become translucent and you can hang this in a window
and it will look like stained glass. The oil is drippy, so
don't use too much, but be sure to cover the whole paper
and to let it dry thoroughly before hanging. Your child
can paint on the oil with a 1 inch paint brush if you have
an old one around you are not using to paint furniture or
stuff with.
Soap Crayons
Mix 2 parts ivory snow powder with 1 part water until
thick and creamy. Pour into ice cube trays, molds or
cookie cutters. Allow to harden, then use as crayons
Finger Paint
In saucepan, mix 1/2 Cup cornstarch and 3/4 Cup water
until it becomes a smooth paste. Soak 1 pkg unflavored
gelatin with 1/4 cup water. Set aside. Pour 2 C. boiling
water over the cornstarch mixture and stir. Cook over
medium heat stirring constantly until mixture boils and
becomes clear. Stir in gelatin mixture. Let cool and store
in small screw top jars. Add food coloring as desired.
Store in refrigerator.
Lick and Stick
Pour 2 tablespoons of cold water into a small bowl and
sprinkle one package of unflavored gelatin over it. Add
1/2 teaspoon corn syrup and a few drops of any flavored
extract. Cut out any picture or paper. Apply the mixture
to the back with a small paintbrush. Let dry, When ready
to create a collage, just lick and stick the pictures to your
background paper. The mixture will gel, so to reliquify
and reuse, spoon into jars and place the jars in a bowl of
hot water
Charcoal Garden
6 charcoal briquettes
1/4 cup bluing (found in the laundry area of grocery stores)
1/4 cup salt
1/4 cup ammonia
food coloring
Place the 6 briquettes in an aluminum pie tin
Place drops of food coloring on the briquettes
A good pattern is to put one color on each of
the first four, all 4 colors on the 5th one, and no
colors on the 6th.
Pour the mix of bluing, salt and ammonia over
the briquettes. This will sprout over 24 hours into
a colorful garden
Stamp Pads and ink
You need:
container with lid
sponge
6 teaspoons food coloring
2 teaspoons rubbing alcohol
1 teaspoon water
Put sponge in container and pour ink mixture over.
Use lid to keep the pad from drying out. Renew as
necessary.
You can also use tempera paints instead of the above
mixture or bottled ink, but making your own is cheap
and easy. You can add scented oils to the mixture to
make smelly stamps too.
toto
I believe if that was posted here, I was the OP. There are tons of
good recipes from my preschool files. Can repost it if you wish.
Dorothy
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Teri
"toto" <scar...@wicked.witch> wrote in message
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Thank you so much, Dorothy. Janet kindly reposted - I should just print or
save immediately instead of 'remembering' to come back. Those are such
wonderful ideas - now that summer is here - we will be using all of them,
If you think of anything else - please post!!
-Teri
Teri
-Teri
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toto
<teriblah...@blah.com> wrote:
Some other creative things you can do. Not necessarily
recipes, but things to do with paint, etc. Some of these
activities are better with older kids than with toddlers.
Very few of these ideas are original with me. Most are
ones I have gathered for use in my own classroom. I have
not used all of them.
Marble or acorn or golf ball painting. Get a coffee can or
pringles can and put paper inside. Dip marbles, acrons
or golf balls in paint, put them in the can and let the kids
shake the can and roll it around. Depending on what you
use you get interesting patterns.
Paint with feathers, or any ofher found object or paint
with small cars to make tracks on paper.
Make your own personal bank using an empty salt container.
The metal spout is ideal for putting change into such a bank.
Nake puppets from paper lunch bags or old wooden spoons
or flyswatters using your imagination and any materials you
have to dress your puppets and make their faces.
You can also draw puppets on your fingers or make finger
puppets out of old gloves.
Acting out plays with puppets is fun. You can make any
table into a puppet theater using a table cloth or old sheets
or blankets to make the curtains and some cardboard boxes
to make the stage.
Bread Crumb Dough
Materials:
3 slices white bread
1-3 tsp. Glue
½ tsp. Liquid detergent or 1 tsp. Glycerin
What to Do:
Remove bread crusts. Crumble bread into tiny crumbs-tearing
it apart with your hands. Put into mixing bowl. Add
glycerin/detergent and 1 Tbls. Of glue. Mix well with your
hands. Add more glue if it is needed to hold the dough together.
Gather the mixture together and knead-the more you knead
the less sticky it will be. Let finished art air dry on wax paper.
Turn from time to time so they don't stick to the paper.
Colored Salt (2)
Materials:
Salt Colored Sidewalk Chalk
Paper
Container with lid
What to Do:
Pour salt on paper. Rub chalk over the salt. The more you
rub the deeper the color salt. Pour into containers. Repeat
for each color.
Homemade Paper
Materials:
Newspapers
Bucket
Water
Wire whisk
3 Tbls. Cornstarch
1 cup water
measuring spoons
Piece of screen about 6" across
rolling pin
Plastic wrap
What to Do:
Tear newspaper into small pieces, filling bucket half full.
Add water, wetting paper pieces throughly. Let stand 2 hours.
Beat mixture into a creamy pulp with wire mix. Dissolve
cornstarch in water. Add cornstarch to pulp and mix again.
Submerge piece of screen in pulp and pull it out. Repeat until
screen has a 1/8" thick layer of pulp. Spread out some sheets
of newspaper. Cover screen with plastic wrap. Press out excess
water with rolling pin. Set screen up so it can dry. When dry
gently peel recycled paper from screen. Use as a decorative
piece of paper.
Sand Dough
Materials:
1 cup sand
½ cup cornstarch
1 tsp cream of tartar
3/4 cup hot water
What to Do:
Mix sand, cornstarch and cream of tartar in an old saucepan.
Add hot water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly
until mixture is very thick and can't be stirred further. Cool
slightly and mold into various shapes use plastic molds or let
children create their own designs. Allow to dry. Paint if
desired. (Store left overs in airtight container.) What a
fun way to make permanent sand castles for your sand table
(with those sand castle/beach plastic pail sets). Add some
plastic people figures and instant kingdom!
Making Paper (using a blender)
Materials:
Colored Scrap Paper
Blender
Water
Newspaper
Screen
What to Do:
Sort the pieces of scrap paper by color. Have the children rip
the paper into tiny pieces, making piles of the same color. Soak
the pieces in water overnight. Get a blender. Scoop some bits of
wet paper and water into the blender. There should be enough
water in the blender to cover the paper. Blend the paper and
water until it makes a pulp consistency. Get a piece of screen
and place it in the middle of an open newspaper. Scoop some
of the pulp out and spread it onto the screen. Close the
newspaper so that the screen and pulp are sandwiched in the
middle of it. Try to keep the screen side on top. Have the
children jump on the newspaper to squeeze out the water.(It's
a good idea to have a towel underneath them!) Open the
newspaper and remove the screen. Let the pulp sit overnight
to dry. It should be on the wet, open newspaper. By the next day,
it should be dry. Carefully remove it from the newspaper.
Children's Craft Box
Supplies - Construction paper, glue, scissors,
tissue paper, water colors, paint brushes, empty
plastic or tin cup, beans, noodles, buttons, ribbons,
rickrack, small amount of sand (in a 35mm film canister),
glitter, googly eyes, washers, screws, pipe cleaners,
felt, sequins, snips of paper, felt, and foamys, etc.
Either newspaper or a plastic tablecloth. Medium box
with a lid. Imagination and fun.
Project how to -
1.Divide the snips of paper into one baggy. Put the lace,
ribbons, and rickrack into another. Put the rest into
another bag.
2.Put all the bags into the box with the construction
paper and tissue paper.
GLUE OVER
Materials
styrofoam grocery tray
scissors
felt pens
paintbrush
white glue in a cup
Art Process
1. Adult cuts a shape or piece from a stryrofoam
meat tray.
2. Draw on the styrofoam piece with felt pens using
a wide variety of colors, completely covering the
surface.
3. Dry the artwork.
4. Paint white glue over the entire surface of the
colored piece.
5. Dry the glue completely to produce a slick sealed
surface that brightens and enhances the colors
underneath.
Variations
Use the glue over as an ornament, to hang from a
mobile or as a piece of artwork to hang on a wall.
If hanging the glue over on a wall, use a pencil
to poke a small hole in the styrofoam and insert a
bit of yarn. You may also tape a paper clip to the
back of the design for use as a hanger.
Hint: Glue Overs can be made very small or very large
depending on the artist's choice, plan or desire.
Many bingo fans throw away their old dobbers. These
make wonderful painting tools for the children when
refilled with whatever kind of paints you wish to put
in them...I like to use tempera.
Partner Square Painting: The whole and its parts
painting Chalk grid lines are snapped on the paper
forming sections that are then painted. The design
comes together and shows how the sectioned parts
of the paper make up the whole design.
Materials
newsprint to protect floor
butcher paper taped to floor, about 3' x 3' square
sidewalk chalk
4' length of heavy twine
tempera paints and paintbrushes
aprons or shirts to cover artists
2 or 3 children
Process
1.Cover about a 5' x 5' area of floor with newsprint
to protect from spills.
2.Tape a large square of butcher paper to the center
of the newsprint.
3.Stretch a length of twine between two artists. A
third artist rubs chalk back and forth on the twine
until it is well coated with chalk.
4.The two artist kneel on either side of the large
square paper, holding the twine tight across the
paper at floor level.
5.For the amazing fun moment, one of the partners or
a third person lifts the center of the twine a few
inches then lets it snap back to the paper, leaving a
chalk line on the paper.
6.Repeat the chalking of the twine. This time, move
the twine over about 5"-6" and snap again.
7.Repeat about six times, then cross over the first
lines so that the squares appear on the paper each
time (see illustration). It is common for the shapes
to resemble squares but not quite be true squares.
Working together is difficult!
8.When the paper is covered with chalk squares, paint
the squares with tempera paints. Leave some squares
blank, if desired. Leave in place and dry several hours.
9.When dry, notice how the parts of the squares make up
a whole; the large butcher paper is sectioned with many
colorful smaller squares.
Variation
Segment a chalkboard or sidewalk into a grid and use
colored chalk to color in the squares.
Finger Print Trees
On a tray, place individual water color tablets - you
can place these in little individual cups so the
colors don't mix. You can usually just push out the
most stores or go to an art hardware store and
purchase them seprately. Include the colors of red,
orange, yellow, green and brown or any other colors
of autumn in your area of the world. Also provide
black and brown crayons or pencil crayons, a small
glass of water to dip fingers into, a sponge for
clean up and white drawing paper. Using the brown or
black crayon, the child draws the trunk and branches
of a tree. Then the child dips their index finger
into the water and rubs it onto the paint tablet -
the longer they rub, the more brilliant will be the
resulting colors. Their paint loaded finger is then
used to make "finger print leaves" all over the tree
branches. Some leaves can be placed on the ground or
can be blowing in the wind. The results are stunning!
BUBBLE PICTURES
MATERIALS:
pie pans (the disposable ones work well)
liquid tempera paint in a variety of colors
liquid dishwashing detergent
felt-tipped markers
white or light-colored construction paper
drinking straws
newspaper
INSTRUCTIONS
Cover your work surface with newspaper. Stir together 1
cup water, 2 tablespoons paint, and 1 tablespoon detergent
in the pie pan. Place one end of a straw in the mixture.
(Caution the children not to suck on the straw, but to blow
into it) Continue blowing until the bubbles are almost
billowing over the edge of the pan. Place a piece of
construction paper on top of the bubbles and hold it in
place until several bubbles have popped and transferred
their shape onto the paper. Continue the process with
different colors, if you wish. Blow more bubbles as needed.
If the bubble prints are not as dark as you'd like, add more
paint to the mixture. When satisfied with the bubble prints,
set aside to dry. When dry, add drawings to the bubble prints
such as a jet flying through the clouds, etc.
Muffin Tin Prints
Cover a table with newspaper. Next, place enough old
muffin tins on top of the newspaper to completely cover
your table. Have the children paint the tops of the
muffin tins. When the children are done painting, have
them place a piece of paper on top of the painted muffin
tins to make a print.
bubble prints
Materials needed are white construction paper, 2 or 3
kitchen dixie cups, straws, and tempera paint (powdered
mixed with water so it's kind of runny works best).
Pour paint mixture into cups. Put straw into each cup,
have child take turns blowing the mixture until bubbles
are ready to go over edges. Gently lay paper on top of
cups, when bubbles have popped, take paper off. The
bubble designs will be left on the paper.
Bubble Wrap Prints
Materials: Bubble wrap packing material, paint,
brushes, lots of paper
1. Tape the bubble wrap securely to the table. You
will want enough bubble wrap to cover your entire table.
2. Provide different colors of paint and brushes. Tell
the children to paint any color or design on the bubble
wrap that they want.
3. When they are done painting, show them how to make a
print by pressing a piece of paper down on top of their
creation.
The more paint and colors there are on the bubble wrap,
the more interesting the designs get.
BIG Marble Painting
Materials: an old plastic wading pool, golf balls,
paint, paper
1. Tape each child's paper onto the bottom of the wading
pool
2. Have the children paint the golf balls different
colors
3. Put the golf balls in the wading pool
4. Have the children cooperate with one another to move
the pool so the golf balls roll around on their paper.
Fly Swatter Painting
Materials: Plastic fly Swatters, assorted colors of
paint in bowls, paint brushes, and butcher paper.
1. Have the children "paint" the fly swatters with
their choice of paint.
2. Now swat the paper. This activity will leave
wonderful designs on the paper and the children love
"swatting" the paper.
Moo Cow Painting
Materials:
*Sawhorse
*Sack of disposable latex gloves (Gloves hang
approximately 16" [40.64 cm] from the base.)
*Two 2" (5.08 cm) C clamps (Cost is approximately
$2.00 each at a hardware store.)
*Liquid tempera paint
*Straight pin for punching holes in fingers of glove
*Large, flat boxes to fit under the sawhorse
*Newspaper to cover the floor
Take two latex gloves and fill with liquid tempera
paint. Add enough water so the paint is evenly
dispersed into the fingers. Rubber band the top
after filling, and place in container to take to
the udder base frame. Unclamp the top and with a
friend (it's easier with two), insert the glove
and C clamp it at the top portion. The glove should
dangle freely. Do the same with the other glove.
Remove the rubber bands. Cover the floor with
newspaper. Lay sheets of paper in the cardboard
boxes. Puncture the glove fingers with a hole using
a straight pin. You may want to make two small holes
in the finger. Pull and squeeze the fingers of paint
as if you were milking a cow. The paint splattering
on the paper makes groovy designs! After the glove is
empty, reopen the clamp and remove and discard.
Activity: Moonscape Sculptures (not suitable for
children below 4 since balloons can be inhaled)
Materials
*Blown up balloons of various sizes and shapes
*String
*Yarn
*Liquid Starch
Have the children drench their string and yarn in the
liquid starch and wrap around their balloon. When the
children are done covering their balloon with the
string-yarn-starch mixture, hang them up in and out
of a way place to dry. When the sculpture is
completely dry, have an adult pop the balloon.
Hang the string sculptures from the ceiling.
Activity: Michelangelo Art
Materials
*paper
*crayons
*markers
*imagination
Procedure
I purchased a bunch of postcards with pictures of famous
pieces of artwork on them. During circle time, we talked
about each postcard and brainstormed how each of the
artists painted their creation. When we got to some of
Michelangelo's work, I explained that he painted his
pictures upside down. We decided to try out our
Michelangelo skills! We crawled under our tables and
covered them with butcher paper until the whole underside
was covered. Then, the children created their pictures
with markers and crayons while laying under the table.
After the activity, we admired our creations and
discussed how it felt to draw upside down!
Activity: Preschool Art Museum
Materials
*appliance boxes
*tempra paint
*children's art work collected through the year
*tape
Procedure
Throughout the year, I collect samples of the
childrens art work. Instead of putting them in
a portfolio and sharing them with their parents
at our spring conference, we create an art museum
for the parents to visit. We begin to promote our
museum at least three weeks in advance. We normally
have our "showing" in the evening, after all the
parents have gotten off work. During our exhibition,
we provide fancy snacks that the children have made
and punch.
To set up our art museum I beg, borrow, and steal
large appliance boxes. Next, the kids paint the boxes
with tempra paint. We set the boxes up in an empty
room in our school and display the childrens art work
on the painted boxes. This activity has been a huge
success in the past. One year, we used this as a
fundraiser for our school. After the parents had a
chance to check out all the art, we auctioned it off.
We made boocoo bucks for the school!
MAGIC MESSAGES-
INGREDIENTS:
cotton swabs or small paint brushes
lemon juice, white vinegar, or milk
white paper or plain white cards
INSTRUCTIONS:
Have children 'write' their messages with the juice, vinegar,
or milk using the cotton swabs or brushes. To read their
messages, iron the paper. The words will magically appear.
KOOLAID PAINTING
INGREDIENTS:
1 package of pre-sweetened Koolaid, any color
glue (in small squeezable bottles)
stiff paper
INSTRUCTIONS:
Children create any design on paper with glue. Cut a small
corner off the Koolaid package for pouring. Children sprinkle
Koolaid over glue. Koolaid magically turns from almost white
powder to bright colors. Gently shake off excess Koolaid to
use again. Let dry.
Glue Ideas (careful with glitter - it is an inhalation risk in
toddlers)
1. Use squeeze bottles with long tips for squeezing glue all
over a piece of paper. Shake glitter, colored salt, or other
stuff on the glue.
2. For applying pieces of paper, material, wallpaper samples,
and other materials on paper use glue in individual cups and
Q-tips or craft sticks.
3. For large groups to share glue, use larger containers like
frozen food trays.
Blob Painting
For blob painting (dripping paint from a squeeze bottle),
use clean, empty contact solution bottles.
Coloring Idea
Let children color on large sheets of newspaper taped to the
top of the table or tape the paper underneath the table and
let them color lying under the table and reaching up to the
surface.
Construction Paper Ideas
1. Paper boxes
2. Paper fans
3. Origami
4. Weave with paper strips
5. Make stained glass windows with cellophane
6. Use with paper mache projects
7. Make masks
8. Paper curling projects
9. Ring chains
10. Make a book
11. Make cards for the holidays
Painting Surfaces
1. Construction paper
2. Newsprint
3. Tissue paper
4. Tracing paper
5. Aluminum foil
6. Clear acetate
7. Wood
8. Cardboard
9. Shelf paper
10. Paper table cloths
11. Paper place mats
12. Waxed paper
13. Boxes
14. Leather scraps
15. Sand paper
16. Paper towels
17. Mirrors
18. Plexiglas
19. Paper bags
20. Cookie sheets
21. Meat trays
22. Plastic
23. Cardboard
24. Styrofoam
25. Table surfaces
26. Bubble wrap
27. Outdoor surfaces with water - fence, sidewalk, deck, etc.
Bubble Wrap Finger Paint
Children can finger paint on bubble wrap. When they are done,
place a piece of paper over the top and make a print of it.
Cave Painting
1. Cut the edges of a large piece of corrugated cardboard
unevenly, as if it were a slab of rock. Paint it light brown or
beige.
2. Cut unevenly shaped pieces of white tissue paper or tissues.
3. In a small container, mix together ½ cup of white glue with
½ cup ofwater.
Using a wide paintbrush, brush the glue and water mixture
onto the cardboard.
Add a layer of tissue pieces to cover the cardboard, brushing
the glue and water mixture onto the tissue pieces, if needed.
4. Apply as many tissue layers as you choose. Set it aside to dry.
5. Cut animal figures or other shapes out of corrugated cardboard.
Paint one side of each shape with a coat of brown paint, and
press it against the dried glue. Make line designs by painting
the edges of cardboard scraps and pressing them against the
surface.
Paint found rocks or marker them. Or paint seashells.
Big And Small
Trace your own hand on a piece of construction paper and
write the word "big" above it. Have the children place their
hand over yours and compare the sizes. Then have them trace
their hand and write "small" above it. Discuss big and small
with the children
Sponge Painting
Use spring type clothespins pinched to the sponge for sponge
painting.
Finger Painting
Instead of painting on the paper use the table and let the
children smear the paint on the table then place paper on
top of their design and peel off they will love their creation.
Refrigerator Magnet
Cut fun foam cut into the shape of a hand, put ribbon on one
of the fingers and a magnetic strip on the back.
Glitter Shakers
Baby food jars make great glitter shakers for all occasions.
Materials:
Glue gun
Baby food jar
Goodies for inside the jar
Glitter
Water
Ribbon or trim about 15 inches
Felt for bottom of jar
Directions:
Remove label, hot glue goodie (plastic flower, little toy,
plastic fish, your choice!) to inside of lid. Fill jar with water
(leave room for water level to rise when the goodie lid is
added). Add glitter, about a tablespoon. Put on lid checking
water level. Hot glue lid in place Glue ribbon around the edge
of the lid, tie in bow. Cut a circle to fit the bottom of felt and
glue in place. Shake and watch it sparkle!
Stained Glass Pictures
Glue tissue paper squares onto waxed paper, or have younger
ones stick in on contact paper. Finish by surrounding with a
decorative frame. Hang in a window.
You can make this another way by having the kids make marker
pictures and then painting the back with cooking oil. It turns the
paper translucent so that the sun shines through when you hang
the paper in the window. Don't use too much oil. It takes a long
time to dry and it drips.
For Older Kids
Cut tissue paper up into 1x1-inch squares. Take a square and
fold it over the end of a pencil. Dip the tissue paper lightly in
glue. Stick on paper, poster board, etc and make a collage.
Clothesline
Draw two posts on a paper and paste a piece of string or yarn
across. Children paste pieces of cloth on this line to look like
clothes hanging on a clothesline, blowing in the wind.
3-D Picture
Print out simple pictures on heavy paper, or use a marker book
with tear-out pages. Cut tissue paper into 1 - 2 inch pieces. Put
glue on a part of the picture. Crumple a piece of tissue paper
and stick it on the picture. Continue until you have a 3-D picture.
Body part collage. Cut out magazine people and cut the parts
of the bodies up and let kids mix and match to make people
with funny looking parts. You may get a two headed, six legged
person or one with a head and legs attached for example. Kids
love making these silly pictures.
Create Your Own Stained Glass Picture
Give the kids some pieces of tissue paper, scissors, regular paper
or paper plates, glue, assorted trims, and just let them create
whatever they want.
Tracings
Use white tissue paper as tracing paper. Trace pictures from
coloring books or storybooks.
Colored Tissue Paper
If you have the kind of tissue paper that "bleeds" when wet,
you can give the kids scraps of different colored tissue paper to
put on white paper. Brush over it with water, let sit. Remove the
tissue paper and it should have stained the white paper the
various colors used. Depending on the ages of the children, they
could make stained glass windows using the tissue paper and
black construction paper as an outline.
House Book
Materials:
Wallpaper books
Magazines
Directions:
Cut simple house shapes as large as possible from pages of
wallpaper book. Provide several of these to each child. Let the
children assemble their pages in book fashion by stapling several
house-shaped pages together. Then let the children cut out
pictures from the magazines of objects, which belong in the
different rooms of the house. The children glue the pictures
belonging in one kind of room on each page. Make a kitchen
page, a living room page, a bathroom page, and bedroom pages.
Artwork Tablecloth
Tape butcher paper on the table and let the children decorate as
desired.
Painting On Sliding Glass Windows
Use dry erase markers or watercolor paint.
Charm Bracelet
To make one, cut a bunch of words or phrases from old
magazines. Glue half of them onto colored paper. Trim
around them individually. Glue another word onto the back
of each one. For a shiny finish, coat the charms with acrylic
gloss or clear contact paper. Make a hole in the top of each
charm and string them onto a bracelet - length piece of nylon
cording. For a clasp, tie a button onto one end and loop in the
other.
Colored Macaroni
You can also make bracelets out of macaroni. Color dried
macaroni using food coloring or tempera paints and a drop
of rubbing alcohol for brighter colors. Place the macaroni,
paint or food color and rubbing alcohol in a zip lock baggie
and shake until the color has coated the macaroni. Dry on
paper towels or newspaper.
Plaster Of Paris
Pick up candy molds at a craft store or a cake-decorating
place. Mix your plaster of paris according to directions.
Pour into the molds, let dry, pop them out and let the
children paint them. Before they dry, you can put a loop
of dental floss to use as a hanger. Or, before they dry you
can lay a magnet on them.
Make the letters of each child's name and glue them onto
a painted piece of wood.
Doily Art
While holding a doily on paper, use the side of a crayon
and color overdoily. Lift and see the design on paper.
You can make rubbings of almost any rough surface actually.
Glue old crayons to a small board or use leaves or stencils
and hold them down. Almost anything that has an interesting
pattern is fun to do crayon rubbings with. Remember to use
the side of the crayon not the pointed end.
Pipe Cleaner Characters
To craft one, you'll need a ¾ inch round wooden bead (with
a 5mm centerhole), 4 smaller wooden beads (with center holes
you can fit a pipe cleanerthrough), felt scraps, a few pipe
cleaners, embroidery floss, and colored markers.
Hairstyling
First, create the doll's hair by cutting the embroidery floss into
20 pieces that measure twice the length you want. Fold a 6-inch
pipe cleaner in half over the midpoint of the collective strands.
Feed both ends of the pipe cleaner through the center of the large
bead. Slide the bead up the pipe cleaner until the fold is hidden
in the bead center. Separate each strand of embroidery floss to
fashion a thick shock of hair. For curls, dampen the strands with a
few drops of water, wind them around a pencil and let themdry.
Body Building
For the doll's arms, place a 5-inch length of pipe cleaner crosswise
just below the bead head. Twist each end once around the doll's
trunk (the portion of the first pipe cleaner protruding from the
bead). Bend up the trunk about ¾ inch from the bottom to form a
hook. For legs, fold a 5-inch pipe cleaner in half and hang it on
the hook. Secure the legs by twisting the ¾ inch trunk ends around
them.
Getting Outfitted
To make a pair of pants, fold a 6 by 1 ½ inch piece of felt in half,
so that the shorter edges meet. Starting from the fold, make a
2-inch cut up the middle, stopping one inch from the open end. Make
a ¼ inch waist hole ½ inch from one top edge. For foot openings,
make a small slit through the feltfold at the bottom of each pant
leg. Slip both legs through the waist opening from the front.
Then, push the pipe cleaner tips through the foot openings and
match up the short felt edges behind the doll's waist. For a skirt,
cut a 4 inch long hourglass shape out of felt. Make a waist hole in
the center to slide the doll's feet through.
For a shirt, use a 2-inch felt square. Cut two small armholes ½
inch apart and ¼ inch from the upper edge. Wrap the shirt around
the doll's chest and over the top of its pants or skirt. Wind a
3-inch pipe cleaner belt around the doll's waist to secure the
clothes. To keep the pants' side seamsclosed, twist a 2-inch piece
of pipe cleaner around each knee.
For hands and feet, slip a smaller bead onto the end of each limb.
Bend the pipe cleaner tips to keep the beads in place. Draw on a
face with fine tipped markers, testing the colors on a spare bead
first.