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Doctor added
9-28-98 Original Author Unknown
Need: paper,
foil
Directions: Make headbands for doctors white strips
then a circle for the center that the children cover with pieces of tin foil for the light (mirror).
Post Office
added 9-28-98
Original Author Unknown
Need: paper,
string, stapler
Directions: Make mail carrier pouched out of
construction paper, string and a stapler to staple the mail pouches together.
Doctor's Bag
added 9-28-98
Original Author Unknown
Need: paper,
Q-tip, cotton ball, band-aid, craft sticks, gauze
Directions: Make the doctor bag (just cut a dr. shaped
bag -use black construction paper)-complete with handle. Inside put a Q-tip, a cotton ball, a Band-Aid, a craft stick, punch outs from hole puncher (pills)
(be very careful with this one. You don't want to teach that pills are to be played
with.) piece of gauze, and whatever else you can think of.
Good Food
added 9-28-98
Original Author Unknown
Need: Magazines,
paper, glue
Directions: Make a "good food" for their body
collage out of pictures from magazines. They might even want to hang them on their own refrigerator to remind them which foods are healthy.
Healthy Mouth
added 9-28-98
Original Author Unknown
Need: red
paper, white paper, magazine
Directions: Make a healthy mouth using red paper for
the lips, and white paper for the teeth shapes. Children can practice "brushing" these mouths using paper brushes. They can feed the mouth healthy foods by gluing on pictures of healthy foods.
Spatter Paint
added 9-28-98
Original Author Unknown
Need: paint,
toothbrushes
Directions: Try spatter painting with old toothbrushes.
Spatter around a tooth shape cut out of oak tag.
Toothbrush Holder
added 9-28-98
Original Author Unknown
Need: Flour,
salt, water, food coloring
Directions: Make a toothbrush holder out of flour, salt
and water. Make into a dough and coil into an upright shape. Put in the sun for a day or so to dry. You can paint when dry or add food coloring to the dough before you coil.
Fire Engine
added 9-28-98
Original Author Unknown
Need: Paper,
yarn, straws
Directions: Precut circular and rectangular shapes from
construction paper. Have the children glue the precut shapes on to a piece of construction paper to resemble a fire truck. They may add yarn or string for the fire hose and use straws to make a
ladder.
Fire Painting
added 9-28-98
Original Author Unknown
Need: paint,
plastic wrap, paper
Directions: Using colors associated with fire (red,
orange) squirt or draw thick lines on the paper and add a few drops of black paint here and
there. Press clear plastic wrap onto the paper and squeegee the paint around. Pull plastic off of the paper using a strong vertical pulling action. (This will cause the paint to look like fire.) When paint is dry have the children glue a black cutout of a house (windows cut out) and/or a black cutout of a fire truck.
What I Want To Be
added 9-28-98Original Author Unknown
Need: large white butcher paper,
tracing crayon, crayons or paints, scissors
Directions: Have each child lie on a large piece of
butcher paper and outline the body. When complete, have the children dress themselves in appropriate attire for what they want to be when they grow up. A firefighter? They will need a red suit, heavy black boots, and a firefighter's hat. A mommy? They might have a baby in their arms
or at their side and wear pretty earrings and carry a purse. A doctor? They might have a white coat and wear a stethoscope. Cut out the life-size pictures and mount them for display.
Post Office Ink
added 9-28-98 Original Author Unknown
Need: 1 tsp. food coloring, 3 TBS. liquid starch, 1 TBS. water
Directions: Mix the ingredients to use as ink for rubber stamps.
Chef
added 9-28-98
Original Author Unknown
Need: poster
board, tissue paper, stapler
Directions: For a baker or chef we make a hat by
cutting a strip of white poster board, staple it to fit the size of each child's head. Then we take one sheet of white tissue paper and staple it to the top of the poster band and fluff up the tissue to look like a bakers hat.
The children wear their bakers hat and we bake some cookies for our snack.
Fireman's hat
added 4-6-00
Submitted by: Kristi Levengood
Need: red construction paper, yellow construction paper cut in the shape of a
badge, glue, scotch tape
Directions: Cut the red paper in half the long way, measure the child's head. Then tape enough pieces of red paper together to make a head band around the child's head. After the headband fits right have the child glue the badge with their name on it to the headband.
Police Badge
added 3-20-06
By Christa Koch
Need: Oak tag paper, glue, aluminum
foil, black sharpie marker
Directions: Cut a badge shape from oak tag
paper or any other heavy paper. Cut aluminum foil into small square pieces.
Have the children cover the badge in glue, then press the aluminum foil
pieces onto the badge. When it is dry, use a sharpie marker and write:
Officer (child's name)
The Line Up! added
3-20-06
By Christa Koch
Need: White bulletin board paper, construction paper,
markers, tape, collage materials, glue.
Directions:
Hang a large piece of bulletin board paper on
the wall. Have the children stand against
it. Trace their outlines. Then let the children decorate their own silhouette.
Use markers and collage materials. Hang a
sign above it that says "(class name) Line up"
Optional: To give
the project more of a line up feel. Make rectangular ID tags for each
child's silhouette. Have then say:
Child's Name
Number (could be birth date with no - or /)
Then reason for the line up. (Caught being cute!, Arresting behavior,
etc...)
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