Chris’s Ship
Added: 09-22-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Paper, Blue Finger paint, and Crayons
Directions: I have the children draw a picture of what they think Christopher Columbus’ ship looked like. We use blue finger paint for the ocean and encourage lots of wavy lines. At the bottom of the picture I write “Columbus sailed the ocean blue In fourteen hundred and ninety-two!!”
Telescope
Added: 09-22-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Paper Towel tube and markers
Directions: They can use a paper towel tubes to make a telescope to look for land and sea life!!
Water
Added: 09-22-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Paper
Directions: Here are 2 ideas for water to be used under Columbus’ ships (the ships can be cut-outs or original drawings). Have the child trace his/her hand several times…use some green paper and some blue. When gluing them under the ships, alternate blue and green with finger tips slightly overlapping the edge of the hand in front of it. Have children make thin, short-linked paper chains…mixing blue and green. You will need to help glue them under the ships.
Boat in Bottle
Added: 09-22-1998
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Soda Bottle, Cardboard, and Crayons
Directions: For “boat-in-a-bottle” save clear pop bottles (like RC cola ones) and make a cutout along the side of the bottle. Have children draw one of the ships or, again use a cut-out, with a TAB on the bottom. Glue this to a piece of cardboard colored blue. Glue the bottle over the ship and there it is!!
A Ship
Added: 10-07-1999
Original Author: Unknown
Need: Walnut shell, playdough, toothpick, and white paper
Directions: Give each child a walnut shell half, a small piece of playdough, a toothpick and a small square of white paper for a sail. Let the kids decorate their sails with crayons. Help each child punch holes in his or her sail. Show the child how to stick his or her toothpick in one hole and out the other hole. Have the kids roll the playdough into a ball and place in the bottom of the walnut shell.. Then stick the toothpick in the playdough.