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Easel Ideas
added 7-19-00
Original Author Unknown
Paint with leaves, sticks, flowers and rocks. Paint with colors seen in
the forest such as brown, green, yellow & orange. Cut easel paper into
the following shapes: tent, rabbits, chipmunks, fish.
Camping
Collage added
7-19-00
Original Author Unknown
Need:
leaves, pebbles, twigs, pine cones, etc.
Directions: Collect leaves, pebbles, twigs,
pine cones, etc. Provide glue and sturdy tagboard. Encourage the children
to create a collage on the tagboard using the materials found while
camping.
Tackle Box
added 7-19-00
Original Author Unknown
Need:
Egg carton, cord, paint, paper clips, styrofoam
Directions:
Make two holes approximately three
inches apart in the center of the lid of an egg carton. To form the
handle, thread a cord through the holes and tie. Paint the box. In the
box, place paper clips for hooks and S-shaped styrofoam pieces for worms.
Stars
added 7-19-00
Original Author Unknown
Need:
Juice can lid, hammer, nail, tape, flashlight
Directions:
Talk about stars. Take a juice can lid. Hammer hole into it with a
nail...older
kids can do it younger ones will need your help. Tape it to your
flashlight. Shine it on the wall and
see the pretty stars.
Grocery
Sack Backpacks added 7-19-00
Original Author Unknown
Need:
Paper grocery sacks (To make one backpack, you will need two large, paper
grocery bags - one inside the other), Scissors, Duct tape, Two strips of
material approximately 40" (101.6 cm) long by 2" or 3"
(5.08 or 7.62cm) wide (These measurements will vary depending on the size
of the child. You may want shorter strips. Give yourself a little extra
material to tie on the inside of the sack so it can be adjusted when
needed.), Rubber band or string for opening and closing Two lightweight
cardboard circles 2" or 3" (5.08 or 7.62 cm) wide (file folders
work great!), Stapler for stapling circles to backpack, Tempera paint,
Paintbrushes Containers for paint
Directions:
Using full-size brown paper bags, place
one sack inside the other. Start
cutting the back corner side of the sack down about 7" (17.78 cm). Do
the same to the other back corner side. (This cut goes down about
halfway.) You should have a piece which I will call a flapper that you can
now crease and fold down in front of you. Now with the remaining sack, cut
the three sides that are tall to the height where the flapper folds down.
The sack should now look somewhat like a rectangular box with a flap.
Taking the flap, staple one cardboard circle a couple of inches from the
bottom, in the middle. Lifting the flap, place the other cardboard circle
approximately 2 1/2" (6.35 cm) down from the middle and staple it in
place. This circle is to be located in the front, middle section of your
rectangular box shape. Now you can cut a heavy piece of string and tie it
around the circle on the flapper, leaving a portion dangling to wrap onto
the bottom circle for closure. We like using rubber bands as they do not
seem to be as complicated for smaller children to use. Now you are ready
to paint and decorate your backpack. Let dry. Lift the flapper and make
two sets of horizontal slits in the back end of the backpack. On each side
you will have one pair of slits. Each pair should be approximately 2
1/2" (6.35 cm) wide. It will depend on the scraps of material that
you will be inserting into these slits as to how long you will want to
make your slits. I suggest going smaller to make sure it is the right
length. You can always go back and cut longer lengths if needed. Insert
your material strips into the top and bottom of the vertical slits and tie
when adjusted
properly to the child. You can tape the knot from your material strip to
the inside of the sack with duct tape if it seems to have too much slack.
Your backpack is now complete and ready to carry all those special items!
Who's
Sleeping in the Tent? added
7-19-00 Original Author Unknown
Need:
Tent pattern, scissors, crayons
Directions: Trace
or precut a tent pattern (use large triangle shape, with tent stakes at
corners) Let children decorate their tents, then cut a slit up the middle
to make the tent flaps. You can also have the children draw a picture of
themselves sleeping in their sleeping bags or use a cut out for them to
color as themselves (use multicultural crayons). Attach the decorated
tents to the bulletin board let children tape the "picture " of
themselves sleeping inside the tent flap. ( bend the flaps back so you can
see inside the tent.)
Nature
Wreaths added
7-19-00 Original Author Unknown
Need:
paper plate, nature items, glue
Directions:
Cut the center out a paper plate. Then children can add nature items that
they have found outside. They can embellish their wreaths with glitter and
ribbon and other odds and ends!
Paint with
sticks added
7-19-00 Original Author Unknown
Do stampings of different
nature items. Do leaf rubbings. Paint with rubber fishing worms.
See Bird
Feeders too!
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