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Paper Plate
Snakes added
8-5-98 Original Author
Unknown
Need: Paper
plates, Crayons, string for hanging
Direction:
Have the children use crayons to color designs on both sides of their
paper plates. Then cut each plate around and around in a spiral so that
when you are finished, it resembles a snake. Draw an eye on one end. Then
hang the finished products. If your children are older, they may be able
to cut the paper plates themselves.
Nylon Snake
added 8-5-98 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Paint,
paint brushes, newspaper, old nylons.
Directions:
Talk to the children first about snakes and what some snakes look like.
Let the children crumple up paper into balls. Then let them stuff a nylon
with these paper balls. When the child finishes stuffing his/hers, have
them tie a knot at the end of the nylon. Let the children paint their
snakes as they wish.
Lizard with scales
added 8-18-98 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Bubble
wrap, paint, and paint rollers, paper
Directions:
Cut bubble wrap the shape of a lizard. Have the kids use brightly colored
neon paint and mini-paint rollers. Roll paint on bubble wrap and then
press pieces of paper over the bubbles to make scaly lizard pictures.
Turtle
added 8-18-98 Original
Author Unknown
Need: 1 paper
bowl, green paint, brown construction, paper black, marker, stapler
Directions: Turn
bowl upside down and paint green, let dry. Cut out front and back feet
from brown Const. paper. Staple to bowl. Cut out head w/neck, then draw
eyes
and mouth. Staple to bowl. Poke a hole in the top of the bowl in the
middle. Then insert a piece of yarn & tape to the inside of the bowl.
Now those turtles can go for a walk. This idea could also be made into a
spider.
Turtle puppet added
8-18-98 Original Author Unknown
Need: Paper
plate, staple, green paper, green sock
Directions:
Paint a paper plate to resemble a turtle's top shell and paint another
plate
for the bottom shell. ( I have used both the dinner plate size and the
sandwich plate size.) Staple or glue green construction paper legs on
either the top or bottom plate. Sandwich a green sock between the painted
paper plates so that the toe sticks out for the head and the top of the
sock sticks out the back for the tail. Staple the two plates together on
both sides, add eyes, slip your hand into the sock and wah-lah...a turtle
hand puppet to use with story time. Warning...all the children want to
make their own!
Turtle
added 8-18-98 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Paper
plate, paper, glue
Directions:
Using paper-plate scraps, cut out turtles head and tail. Leave a tab on
each. Draw in features. Cut two strips about 1" by 5" from
around the rim of a plate. Fold in half and color to form legs and feet.
Color the bottom of a plate to look like a turtle shell. Fold the plate in
half. Cut two 1" slits along the fold, just inside the rim. Glue or
staple folded shell closed at top. Insert head and tail into folded shell
and secure in place. Insert folded ends of legs into slits. The ridges on
the legs will keep them in place. Bend legs slightly to stand.
Pie-Pan Turtle
added 8-18-98 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Pie tin,
Green paint, green pipe cleaner, unshelled Almond, mustard seed
Directions:
Paint a pie-pan tin green. Glue 4 legs around the edges in the appropriate
places on each side. Pierce a hole in the back and thread in a green pipe
cleaner for the tail. The turtle's head is made from an unshelled almond.
To attach it, the almond needs to have a hole made in the center of the
rounded end. This hole should be just large enough to push an end of the
pipe cleaner into. Secure the pipe cleaner to the shell with some glue.
Paint the head green. Glue on mustard seeds or tiny beads for the turtle's
eyes.
Flower Pot Turtles
added 8-18-98 Original
Author Unknown
Need: 1 small
flowerpot (very small), acrylic paint, sponge for painting dense,
synthetic sponges for body, black marker, hot glue or tacky glue
Directions:
Turn flowerpot upside down and sponge paint. Any color looks cute. Let
dry. Cut head shape out of green sponges, plus 4 legs and a tail. With
marker, draw
eyes on head. Glue head, legs and tail to flowerpot. The head, legs, and
tail are glued to the edges of the pot opening.
Alligator Puppet
added 8-18-98 Original
Author Unknown
Need:
Construction paper, Paper Bag, scissors, pencil, and glue
Directions: Draw & cut out the eyes, nose
& the upper section of the alligators mouth from construction paper.
Glue them to the bottom of the paper bag. Draw & cut out
the inside of the mouth & the two front feet from paper. Glue them to
the front of the bag. Attach a tail to the back of the bag. Place your
hand inside the bag & curve your fingers over the fold to move the
puppet.
Snake rubbings
added 4-5-99 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Tire,
paper, crayons
Directions: Do
a tire rubbings (preferably a old tire not attached
to a vehicle.) on long strips of paper and cut it to be SNAKES!
It's perfect and they are crawling on the walls of our class.
Crocodile
added 4-8-01 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Spring
type clothes pins, green paint, wiggly eyes, small yellow pom poms and
glue
Directions:
Paint the clothespins green, glue the eyes on the top then add the pom
poms along the back.
Turtle
added 4-2-02
Submitted By:
Susan Kensinger
Need: (for each child)
two circles cut out of green paper - body
four small yellow rectangles - legs
one small yellow triangle - tail
one small yellow rectangle rounded at one
end - head
one piece of string with tape on one end
Directions: Children glue three yellow
circles to top of one green circle. Children glue four legs, head, and
tail to the underside of top circle. Put small amount of glue in
middle of both green circles. The teacher punches both green circles in a
semi-circle pattern. Space holes according to children's ability. Children
lace both circles together with string.
Lizard Bracelet
added 4-6-02 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Paper, crayons and markers, tape
Directions: Cut
a lizard shape out of paper. Let the children color it. Wrap the lizard
around the child's wrist tape
the tail to the head.
Paper Towel Roll Snakes
added 4-6-02 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Paper towel tube, paint
Directions: First
let the kids paint the paper tube what
ever color they want. Start at the end of the paper roll & cut in a
circular or spiral line. At the end cut a head shape, then cut the tail
into a tapered shape. Then you can hang the snakes from the celing or the
children can wrap it around their arm.
Talking
Frog
added 5-12-02 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Paper plate, paper, cotton, scissors,
glue
Directions: Used
a 9" paper plate to trace a circle onto a piece of green paper.
Cut out the circle. Fold this circle in half and glue two cotton balls on
the top half for eyes (add a black circle about the size of a regular
paper punch for the pupils). Cut four long strips of green for the
legs and added a red tongue in the fold. The children
liked these because they could make the frog "talk" by holding
it in their hand and opening and closing the fold.
Alternative: You
could just use a regular paper plate and have the children paint or color
it green too.
Bobbing Frogs
added 6-22-02 Original
Author Unknown
Need: old cork, green marker or crayon,
green pipe cleaner
Directions: Take old
corks and color them with a green crayon or marker. Then take a
green pipe cleaner and wrap it around the cork, twist it, then bend the
long ends into frog shaped legs. Take your frog in tub, to the lake,
or even to the swimming pool.
Small Aquatic Life Painting
added 6-22-02 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Blue construction paper or craft
paper, Washable paint (any colors you like-- especially brown &
green), paint brushes, Plastic toy fishes, turtles, aquarium plants,
stones-- anything that could be found in a river, lake, or pond
Directions: Children
can spread paint onto the items, and use them to make an imprint on the
paper. You could do this as a group mural, on a large piece of
paper, or as individual projects.
Finger Print Frogs
added 2-16-03 Original
Author Unknown
Need: finger paint paper, green finger
paint, scissors
Directions: Cut
a piece of finger paint paper into the shape of a Lilly pad. Have
the children pretend that their fingers are frogs jumping on the Lilly pad
making frogs with there finger prints. Use a green marker to add frog legs
and a black marker to add eyes and other features.
Coffee Filter Turtles
added 7-15-03
Submitted By:
Annabelle Hogan
Need: coffee filter,
paper towel or stuffing, green paper, glue, paint
Directions: Take
coffee filters and stuffed them with scrunched up paper towels. (stuffing
could also be used if available.) Then, cover it with a piece of green
construction paper that is glued on. Then, the children can glue on the
head, the feet and the tail. (It's easiest to glue on if it's flipped
upside down.) Then, the child can paint the shell.
Fish In A Pond
added 9-21-04
Submitted By:
Anonymous
Need: New (or sterilized) meat or fruit
trays, blue paper, colored fish cutouts, saran wrap, tape or glue, and
scissors.
Directions: Cut blue paper to fit the inside
of each tray. Have children glue blue paper to the tray and glue or tape
fish to the paper. Cover tray tightly with saran wrap to give a shiny pod
effect.
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