tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55164885741934737112024-03-05T08:30:23.981-08:00Patty's Project Ideaspcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-36109997091225571952012-04-30T09:43:00.000-07:002012-04-30T09:43:21.609-07:00Sketch to StuffedWorking at a preschool, I see some of the cutest drawings. Kids have a real imagination! This is definitely not a preschool project but may be fun for more of the middle schoolers. One of the little girls in our class brought in a drawing she had made at home and wanted us to hang it up. When I asked if it was for me, she immediately said no it was for Miss Keri! She is such a stinker! LOL<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is her original drawing</td></tr>
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Well I thought it would be such a cute idea to take it and make it into a stuffed version of her drawing. Making it come to life in a way. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished piece</td></tr>
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I had to take some liberties with color since her drawing was in black and white. I used red felt for the body, purple yarn for the hair, black fabric fused on for the eyeballs. I hand sewed the eyes in place and embroidered the eyelashes and the mouth. The final touch was to add the white parts of the eyes using white fabric paint. I stuffed it and sewed it shut.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Side by side comparison</td></tr>
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I have to say that this was a very fun project to do and now I have to go dig up some of my daughters drawings so that I can convert them to fabric!pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-53492100556774623572012-04-17T11:58:00.000-07:002012-04-17T11:58:11.137-07:00Life Cycle Butterfly Part 4Finally the butterfly has emerged from the cocoon to flash it's brilliance to the world!<br />
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11"x17" construction paper in white and black<br />
paint in yellow, red and white<br />
pencil<br />
scissors<br />
small paint brush, or fingers, q-tip etc.<br />
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First thing you want to do is create a template. If you are doing this for a class, you must do the template. It's easier to draw one half and cut it out so that it is the same on each side! Fold your sheet of white paper in half and sketch one side of the butterfly. Cut along the lines and open up.<br />
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Placing your template on top of the black paper, trace the butterfly in pencil or white or yellow colored pencil so it is easier to see the lines. If you are really ambitious, you can do the inside of the wings and cut out so that it can be traced also. Then each child will have the same butterfly pattern. Cut out the butterfly.<br />
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Draw in the pattern of the butterfly wing using a pencil. Do not go all the way to the edge as we have to add white in along the borders. <br />
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We will paint in the same style as stage three but since it is larger, we can use a small brush. If you want to use your fingers, have fun! Some kids hate getting paint on their hands and that's fine. If you don't have brushes, get creative and use q-tips or whatever else you have lying around. Load the brush with some yellow and some red. Paint onto the black and blend together on the paper. This will give you a varied orange look and make it more organic. (NOTE: IF YOU WANT BRIGHT ORANGE SPOTS, PAINT WHITE IN ALL THE SHAPES FIRST. LET DRY AND THEN PAINT THE YELLOW AND ORANGE ON TOP)<br />
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Once the orange parts are done, squirt a little white onto your tray. Dip a small finger in and dab white dots around the outside edge of the butterfly wings. Again, each butterfly is different so encourage the creativity. Enjoy!pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-87176598613033292882012-04-17T11:41:00.000-07:002012-04-17T11:41:12.871-07:00Life Cycle Butterfly Part 3Wow life is getting crazy busy! Need to get our butterfly project going since they will be here soon! The third stage of the butterfly is the cocoon.<br />
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1 11"x17" piece of light green construction paper (I used gray)<br />
1 8.5"x11" piece of black construction paper<br />
paint in red, yellow and white<br />
pencil or colored pencil in white or yellow<br />
brad<br />
hole punch <br />
scissors<br />
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First step is to draw a simple cocoon shape for your template. Bearing in mind preschoolers will be cutting this, I made it very simple. You will need to trace two of the light green and one of the black. <br />
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On the black sheet, you will want to draw shapes that look like the orange in a monarch butterfly's wings. If pencil doesn't show up on the black, then use a white or yellow colored pencil.<br />
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Now the fun part! Squirt a little bit of yellow and red onto a small plate. I used the bottom of a sour cream container. DON'T MIX!<br />
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Dip your finger into a little red and a little yellow and paint on the black paper inside your shapes. Mix the two colors as you go. Fill in each section. Don't worrk if the color is not consistent. That's what makes the piece interesting and individual like each butterfly.<br />
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Now add a little bit of white onto the tray. Dipping in a pinky finger for our size and a preschooler can use any finger, make little white dots around the bottom of the wing. Put to the side to dry. Acrylic paints dry pretty quickly unless the paint was applied very thickly!<br />
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Once the wing is dry, place a green cocoon, then the wing and finally the other green cocoon on top. Make sure they are all lined up (as close as you can if the scissors skills are not the best!) Punch a whole through all three pieces.<br />
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Place the brad through the three pieces and bend back to secure.<br />
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Your final piece should look like this. You can keep it closed and slowly open it as the butterfly starts to emerge.pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-51319987540502938102012-04-06T14:11:00.000-07:002012-04-06T14:11:38.077-07:00Life Cycle Butterfly Part 2So step two in the life cycle of a butterfly is the hatching of the egg into a caterpillar. <br />
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Materials needed:<br />
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1 each of green and white construction paper<br />
pen<br />
markers in black and yellow<br />
scissors<br />
hole punch<br />
glue<br />
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Draw a simple caterpillar shape onto the white paper, making sure that it is smaller than the leaf otherwise it will hang off the edges. <br />
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Cut out your caterpillar. Draw irregular width lines across the body.<br />
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Taking your yellow and black markers, alternate coloring each stripe in black and yellow but leaving some white. You can glue a googly eye onto the caterpillar for a little more fun.<br />
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Glue the caterpillar onto the leaf.<br />
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When the eggs hatch, they eat the leaf. Take your hole punch and make a bunch of holes to simulate the leaf being eaten!pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-65055533539180680852012-04-06T13:58:00.000-07:002012-04-06T13:58:28.288-07:00Life Cycle Butterfly Part 1There will be 4 parts to this project. This first part is the start of the cycle with the eggs being laid on the leaves.<br />
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1 piece 11" x 17" green construction paper<br />
glue<br />
pen<br />
green marker<br />
scissors<br />
tissue paper in white, yellow or light green<br />
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Fold the paper in half and then freehand draw a large leaf onto the paper. You will need a leaf for this part and for part two so I will cut both at the same time and save time and energy.<br />
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Cut out two leaves and place one off to the side. I folded the leaf in half lengthwise to make it a little more realistic. <br />
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Take your green marker and draw the leaf veins all over the leaf.<br />
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The final step is to take small squares of tissue paper and crumble them up into little balls. I used cheap, thin paper but harder to glue. Tissue paper is much easier to use and glue. Take the little balls "eggs" and glue them onto the leaf.pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-7287189476093633322012-03-20T09:34:00.000-07:002012-03-20T09:34:37.262-07:00Planet Project Part 2Part two of our adventure is assembling the project once all the painted papers are dry. For our preschoolers, we will have to cut out the circles for them and the planet part. But older children can do this on their own.<br />
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Step one is to cut out the black paper. I suggest cutting two. Then one can be used for your project and the other as a template for all the others. Save the cut outs to be used for planets.<br />
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Take your planet cut outs and place them over areas of the paper to figure out how much to cut for the planet you are working on. You want to cut them much bigger so when you are placing your black paper over the top, it will create your planet. <br />
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On a sheet of white paper (mine is green because I used all my white playing with the paint!) and trace the planet locations on it. The painted planet paper cut outs need to cover the lines. Glue them in place. Use my example of color combinations to help create yours.<br />
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The final step is to glue the black sheet over the planets. I cut a ring out of more painted paper to finish off saturn. I thought it would look better. Our kids can't spell yet so we may have stickers with the planets names. They can then label each planet with a sticker. Older kids may write it themselves with white colored pencil.pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-83532062321114581382012-03-20T09:21:00.000-07:002012-03-20T09:21:45.882-07:00Planet Project part 1There are a few steps to this project and can be used for any grade level. I will have to break it up to two posts so that it will all fit!<br />
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Items needed:<br />
1 large sheet of heavy mylar<br />
11 x 17 sheets of white and black construction paper<br />
paint - blue, green, yellow, red and brown<br />
exacto knife<br />
yellow or white colored pencil<br />
glue<br />
scissors<br />
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Using your colored pencil, draw various sized circles on the paper to create the different planets. I found some pictures online of how they look size wise next to each other for a frame of reference.<br />
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On your piece of mylar (or you can use plexiglass, or your table) squirt on green and blue paints. I had two different blues so decided to try both.<br />
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Smear the paint together in a back and forth motion. This will create waves or lines. Kids will not do it that way but we can always hope right! Not as important on the blue and green planets. You can use your hands to paint - as most kids love to do, or use a brush for those who hate getting paint on their hands!<br />
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Now place a sheet of white paper over the top of the paint to make a print. (This is a very fundamental way to screen print! And fun too!)<br />
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Slowly peel back the paper from the mylar.<br />
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You will have a print of what was on the mylar. Hang the paper to dry.<br />
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Do the exact same thing with the red, yellow and brown. Brown is for mercury and brown and yellow work for Saturn with a little red thrown in. <br />
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Make a print and hang up to dry.<br />
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Now you will have extra paint on the mylar, you can draw patterns in the paint, stamp it, use different materials to create all kinds of textures and pull more prints. We will do this for the kids and after they are dry we can use them in another project. Or you can cut up the colored paper into squares and create mosaic pictures using the different colors! Endless possibilities!pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-28576821442778348302012-03-20T08:53:00.000-07:002012-03-20T08:53:00.267-07:00Leprechauns and LizardsI love creating a project for children and having them do their interpretation of what I am showing them! So many different looking little leprechauns!<br />
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They almost look like they are running or doing a jig!<br />
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One child asked where were their arms? I said that they were hiding under the beards!<br />
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Our iguanas turned out great! The kids colored their iguanas so differently and each had a unique personality. To display, I taped a large piece of white butcher paper to the wall and drew on some branches and a few leaves with black marker. I then let them loose on the paper with the big fat crayons! Kids love drawing on large pieces of paper. You could do paint but this had been a lot of work creating these projects and I needed something a little easier. When all the iguanas were dry, they were taped onto the paper branches! I think this may be my favorite project so far!pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-35057792151687247622012-03-10T07:31:00.000-08:002012-03-10T07:31:58.460-08:00IguanaAs part of the reptile grouping, we will be making an iguana. This one is more complicated and can be used by many ages. The kids in our class will cut out the body (hope they get to keep the tail!) and we will cut the legs. Older kids with better cutting skills can cut their own feet.<br />
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Items needed:<br />
Ink stampers in green, yellow, violet, brown<br />
brown and green construction paper<br />
tissue paper in green or brown<br />
pen or pencil for tracing<br />
scissors<br />
glue<br />
1 medium googly eye<br />
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Getting started:<br />
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I have drawn a pretty easy body shape on a large sheet of construction paper and keeping fingers crossed the tails aren't completely cut off! <br />
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The first step is to stamp the body. It is easier to stamp before the cutting. Here I have stamped green first and then the yellow.<br />
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Next step is to stamp the brown and the violet. The colors go on dark but turn much lighter when dry. The inks dry pretty quickly.<br />
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Once dry, the kids will cut out the body. Adults will cut out the legs. I am planning on having the kids stamp this in the morning and get the legs cut before art time. In art class, they will assemble the iguana.<br />
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The legs are assembled with two on the backside and two on the front. I love their interpretations! The spiky back was created with the diecut machine at the main office. It is the grass border stamp. But you can create your own using pinking shears or any scissors that have the jagged edge. If those are not available, then just create an exaggerated jagged edge and use that instead. <br />
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Take a small square of tissue paper, I used green but brown would also work. Fold it to create lines. That's the goal but kids have their own ideas and that is fine too!<br />
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Glue the tissue to the piece under the neck.<br />
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Add the googly eye and hang up when dry! I am thinking of creating a large tree branch for these little guys to walk on! Can't wait to see what they create!pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-63711950018331290572012-03-10T07:07:00.000-08:002012-03-10T07:07:57.786-08:00Red Eyed Tree FrogReptile and amphibian weeks are in full force in the classroom! This little guy is just too darned cute not to include!<br />
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Items needed:<br />
Large paper plate cut in half<br />
Green Paint<br />
Glue<br />
Construction paper - red, black, yellow, green and orange<br />
Scissors<br />
pen or pencil<br />
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Getting started:<br />
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First step is to paint the paper plate. I used glossy green paint because I had it left over for a project. You can use green paint and add some glue to it to help make it shinier. Put it off to the side to dry.<br />
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Here is the cut outs for the frog. A solid green body is used and then yellow is cut to create the underbelly of the frog and create its mouth. The little hands really make the cuteness factor go up on this one!<br />
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Glue the yellow onto the green background. Then add the black eye centers to the red and glue onto the top of the frogs head.<br />
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Glue the frog to the back of the plate and glue the "hands" on top of the plate.<br />
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You can leave the plate as is I suppose but I had to take it one step further and cut notches out to create a leaf like appearance. I really love his "hands"!pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-46154084207250871182012-03-10T06:54:00.000-08:002012-03-10T06:54:38.606-08:00Snakes and Shamrocks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip23xYD9nOKvFHqUXOwxdy4_6X6or11LcU-0IXKIET5CVnXuxlfyKvB4o0si_MTeZc4LUm6_gm3wieGNcAFo4LNyDk66DN-WJsdcYJ168uoDCLAYz3LXJNYD98I8Q72v_4dyHvruNnahk/s1600/SnakesCompleted.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="150" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip23xYD9nOKvFHqUXOwxdy4_6X6or11LcU-0IXKIET5CVnXuxlfyKvB4o0si_MTeZc4LUm6_gm3wieGNcAFo4LNyDk66DN-WJsdcYJ168uoDCLAYz3LXJNYD98I8Q72v_4dyHvruNnahk/s200/SnakesCompleted.JPG" /></a></div><br />
Well we finished our snakes and the kids did an awesome job! We have a clothesline that runs across the room so we wrapped them around it and had them hanging up for all to see! This is a great project if you are doing anything in the reptile kingdom. Make a bunch of different types of snakes or additional reptiles and you have a habitat growing in your class room! <br />
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We have finished our shamrocks and added them to the bulletin board. Once the leprechauns are finished next week, we will place them around the board and add the pot 'o gold to complete the scene!pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-42988021033698022852012-03-06T12:17:00.000-08:002012-03-06T12:17:52.127-08:00Reptiles and Amphibians - TurtleAnother creature from the reptile world (and my sons favorite) is the turtle! I was at the dollar store and found these styrofoam bowls and it clicked that we could use them to make the shell of a turtle.<br />
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Items needed:<br />
1 small styrofoam bowl<br />
yellow, and green construction paper<br />
brown construction paper cut into small squares<br />
brown paint<br />
white glue<br />
scissors<br />
paintbrush<br />
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Getting started:<br />
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It is easier to assemble the bottom of the turtle first and then the shell. So I started out by tracing the body in yellow using the bowl. <br />
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After cutting it out, I attached the head and feet. (I managed to forget something very important. Can you guess? Put the body off to the side to dry.<br />
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The next step was to add glue to the brown paint and mix together. I wanted to be able to paint and glue in one step. After paint is mixed, cover the entire bowl with the brown paint. Add the brown paper squares around the sides and then the top. <br />
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The final step is the glue the shell to the body. I ran a ring of glue around the outside of the yellow body and placed the shell on top. It may help to let the paint dry first so there is no smearing. <br />
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Draw a couple eyeballs on or used googly eyes! It was at this point I realized I was missing something. Did you guess? His tail!pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-52077224755653603292012-03-06T11:59:00.000-08:002012-03-06T11:59:18.527-08:00Reptiles and Amphibians - SnakeI was sick of doing the paper plate snake and found a huge stash of paper towel rolls in the closet. Looking at the curving line going around, gave me an idea for our project.<br />
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Items needed:<br />
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1 paper towel tube<br />
green paint<br />
yellow paint<br />
red construction paper<br />
2 googly eyes - medium sized<br />
scissors<br />
glue<br />
paintbrush<br />
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Getting started:<br />
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I added some green paint and some yellow paint into a container without mixing. The kids love to combine paint colors. (I do too!) After the tube is done painting, I set it up on end to dry. If you have small bottles of paint, you can put the tube over it to help it stand up straight until dry.<br />
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After letting the tubes dry overnight, the kids cut out the tongue and then glue it on the snake. They also add the eyes with glue.<br />
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The final step is to cut the paper roll in a spiral. This will be difficult for preschoolers, but older and more experienced scissor cutters can do it themselves. I did this one kind of fat. You can cut it as wide or narrow as you want, but stop about two inches from the top so you still have a head!pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-22448805701088982352012-03-06T11:40:00.000-08:002012-03-06T11:40:09.607-08:00Hibernating Bear - UpdateI finally had a chance to take a picture of our big hibernating bear. I needed to do it quickly since we would be taking him down to make way for a next group of projects.<br />
We had the kids paint large pieces of white butcher paper in brown, blue and black. After it was thoroughly dry, I cut out the cave shape (had to piece some parts together) and made the cave. The remainder of the paper was wadded up to make little boulders, and rocks. <br />
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To create the bear, I let the kids loose on white paper with brown paint. When that was dry, I sketched out a bear based on the Bear is Snoring book, added ears, eyes, nose and claws. I asked our parent helper to tape Mr. Bear onto the cave. There was a bit of a language barrier issue so she taped it on but didn't hide the tape. Whoops! My fault. Should have done a visual. Still turned out cute though.pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-60375990378193715542012-02-27T09:14:00.000-08:002012-02-27T09:14:54.383-08:00St. Patty's Day LeprechaunSt. Patrick's Day needs a little leprechaun. I designed this for our preschoolers to create in the next few weeks. These projects also help to transition our classroom from hibernation into spring! <br />
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Items needed:<br />
small paper plate<br />
flesh colored paint (or make your own with white and a small amount of red and yellow)<br />
paint brush<br />
construction paper in green, black, orange, red and brown or pink (for ears)<br />
medium googly eyes<br />
glue<br />
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First we start out by painting the back of the plate. It's easier to glue everything on to the back than to the front. Put it off to the side to dry. (We will have the kids paint their plates on one day and glue another.<br />
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Cut out the different parts to the leprechaun. I started by gluing on the eyebrows and the beard.<br />
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Then glue on the ears, feet, hat and band. The eyes are glued on last. The kids will have their own version of your sample and it will not match. And that's okay. They are learning to follow instructions and expressing their creative self. That's the main goal! After we do this project, I will take pictures and show the various "interpretations!" (I had more pictures of step by step but they vanished off the camera!)pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-20004873497033158492012-02-27T06:41:00.000-08:002012-02-27T06:41:48.574-08:00St. Patty's Day ShamrocksI would have posted this sooner but caught the creeping crude that goes around this time of year. This is a very easy project to do with almost any age. <br />
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Items needed:<br />
pen<br />
white construction paper<br />
BLEEDING tissue paper in green cut into small squares<br />
MAKE SURE IT IS BLEEDING TISSUE OR IT WON'T WORK!<br />
squirt bottle filled with water<br />
scissors<br />
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To begin:<br />
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Using a pen, trace the shape of a shamrock onto the white paper using a pen. I didn't have a shamrock shape, so I created my own using a glass. It took several tries to get it almost proportionate but this will work. If working with a group of kids, write their names in pen on the backside. The ink won't bleed. Using a marker will cause the name to bleed and make it hard to read as well as bleed to the front of the design.<br />
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Bleeding tissue paper is found at most art supply stores. Michaels carries it-usually near the scrapbooking section. Have the kids add a layer of the tissue paper onto the shamrock. With smaller kids, they have a tendency to dump handfuls on. Not much is needed to create the look. You can also use some yellow and that will give you several different shades of green!<br />
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Now the fun part! I found a bottle at the hardware store. They are usually in the gardening section. But an old hairspray bottle, cleaned out can also work. Spray water over the entire piece. Kids love to spray water! This starts the bleeding process immediately!<br />
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This shows the paper completely covered in water.<br />
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After spraying, set your picture off to the side to dry completely. Depending on how much water the kids added, the drying times will differ. They can rip if too wet.<br />
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Once they are dry, the tissue paper comes right off with a brush of the hand. (Mine was still wet when I did this) You can see the beautiful coloring left behind! The kids can then cut out the shape and they are ready for hanging up!<br />
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We will be doing this project and creating a patch of clovers on the wall. I will make a four leafed one to hide in the grouping. Shh. . .pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-12709084300358153602012-02-21T13:41:00.000-08:002012-02-21T13:41:42.234-08:00Shamrock WreathWell we will be heading into March pretty soon and that means St. Patrick's Day! So I decided to get a jump on our projects while I had some free time. Today's post is a Shamrock Wreath. The kids can make this and take it home to hang on their doors! I still need to add the string for hanging but it is still drying.<br />
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Items needed:<br />
1 large paper plate with the center cut out<br />
brown paint<br />
shamrocks in two different colors (we have a die cutting machine at work so I cheated!) I used 5 for this project<br />
yellow construction paper (if not using foil)<br />
glue<br />
scissors<br />
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if using foil -<br />
gold foil glued to any color paper<br />
silver foil and color with yellow markers after gluing to paper<br />
you can also use metallic paint in gold<br />
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Start by having the kids paint the entire backside of the plate in brown. (It's easier to glue everything on this side) Put off to the side and let to dry. We will have the kids paint this when they first get to class so we have time for it to dry before art.<br />
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I painted a thin layer of gel medium onto the paper (my glue bottle was mad at me so I had to improvise) and then I laid the gold foil on top. (My husband works at a printing company and brought this small roll home that was unusable by them) Run the side of your hand across to smooth it out and remove any air bubbles.<br />
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As you can see, because the paper is thin, it curls up when finished gluing. Lay the sheet face down and put something heavy on top to flatten it. After about five minutes, it is okay to start cutting. Using sharp scissors helps too. I used a spool of thread to trace the circles. Tracing on the backside makes it much easier to see when cutting. We don't have a die that small so it's by hand for me. <br />
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Here are some of the shamrocks made on the diecut machine. I think it is by AccuDie but not sure. Don't look too closely at the shamrocks as I didn't have the paper completely covered on the die and chopped off small pieces. I decided to use those for my class sample and let the kids use the nice ones. I am such a good person ;) Glue each one down, alternating between the two colors and overlapping slightly.<br />
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To finish this off, I glued gold circles (coins) around the wreath. I made a small black pot for the "pot o' gold" and glued a couple coins to the back. I then glued the pot onto the bottom of the wreath. To finish this off, I will hole punch at the top and run string through for hanging. Happy early St. Patrick's Day to you!pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-71165188599770530652012-02-20T08:21:00.000-08:002012-02-20T08:21:19.039-08:00Weather MobileLearning about the weather is fun. As we learned about the different types of weather, the preschoolers created a piece each day to put on their mobile. All of them hanging up together made our room bright and lively. <br />
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Items needed:<br />
1 wire hanger per mobile<br />
construction paper in yellow, orange, light blue and white<br />
small piece of poster board in white<br />
two cotton balls<br />
glitter - gold and silver<br />
glue<br />
foil<br />
blue and white paint<br />
hole punch<br />
puffy paint!<br />
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Our first part was the cloud. We traced an easy cloud shape on paper and had the preschoolers cut them out. Then they added glue all over the cloud and covered it with the cotton balls. You may have to show them how to pull it apart so they have enough to cover the whole cloud. <br />
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We traced and cut a simple lightening bolt shape onto the poster board. It is hard to cut so we did that part for them. We gave them each a small sheet of foil and they had to wrap it around the cardboard bolt. It was a little difficult. We found giving them strips of foil to wrap around was a little easier to manage.<br />
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The raindrop was fun. We traced the shape of the raindrop onto white construction paper. They cut out the shape and we painted it with puffy paint. The puffy paint was made with shaving cream and glue. The blue coloring was a couple drops of liquid water colors. You could also use food coloring or paint. We put a dollop of the puffy paint onto their raindrop and they had to smear it around so the whole drop was covered.<br />
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To create the snowflake, we gave them each a small square of blue construction paper - or the equivalent of a quarter of an 8.5" x 11" piece of paper. They were given a tray of paint containing blue and white tempera paint and a small paint brush. They were told to paint the entire side with a mixture of the two colors. When they were done, we sprinkled some silver glitter on it and put it off to the side to dry.<br />
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The final piece was the sun. Now we traced a little sun shape on yellow construction paper and realized they would probably struggle with cutting on this. More likely, they would cut all the tips off! So we did that part for them. They had to cut out the center circle in orange and glue it to the center of the sun. Each child was then given a bottle of glue to draw on a pattern. When they were satisfied with that part, we sprinkled gold glitter on, shaking off the excess. Bottles of glitter glue could also be used so that the glue and glitter are done in one step.<br />
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Assembly:<br />
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The snowflake needed to be finished before we could assemble. Remember those days as a child, you folded up paper and made random cuts. Then you opened them up to reveal a paper snowflake? Well you can do that to make it more snowflake like or in our example, we cut a curvy shape around the outside and then used a paper punch to create holes inside it. Either works.<br />
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After all the pieces were dry, we punched a hole at the top of each and ran a piece of yarn through it and tied with a simple knot. The yarns should be in different lengths so the pieces don't bang into each other on the hanger. Attach the yarn at the base of the hanger and tie a simple knot. Hang your mobile up and enjoy!pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-81637137385044138142012-02-19T12:08:00.000-08:002012-02-19T12:08:15.387-08:00Polar Animal - WalrusWhile looking for polar animals, I kept seeing the walrus. They are pretty cute! But I had to make them a little more simplified for our preschoolers. <br />
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Items needed:<br />
brown, light brown or gray, and white construction paper<br />
glue<br />
scissors<br />
black marker<br />
yarn (I had rug hooking yarn on hand in light yellow and pulled the strands apart to make four pieces)<br />
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This was another activity to help with cutting skills. We traced the body shape onto the brown paper and had the kids cut them out. We cut out the tusks, legs and the nose ahead of time and had the kids glue them on. Before adding the whiskers, they had to draw in the eyes, and the dots on the nose. The final step was to glue the whiskers in place.<br />
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The best part of this project was the facial expressions that the kids drew on. One had eyebrows and another looked angry! We used one of our bulletin boards and created a snowy backdrop and placed the walrus' all around. The kids really loved this project.pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-4673831283101077732012-02-19T11:57:00.000-08:002012-02-19T11:57:17.191-08:00Polar Animal - Polar BearThis was a fun project and quite labor intensive. My inspiration for this one came from a photo of a polar bear peeking up over the edge of the iceberg. Once the kids finished their version, we hung them on the clothesline in class, side by side, so it looked like a row of bears peeking at us.<br />
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Items needed:<br />
White, blue, black and gray construction paper<br />
scissors<br />
black marker<br />
glue<br />
shaving cream<br />
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Shaving cream? What?!! Don't worry, I will explain shortly.<br />
First things first, trace the head shape on white paper. We cut out the ears in white and black, gluing the two together. Then the gray snout and black nose was traced, cut and assembled. Finally the eyes were traced, cut and glued together and drawing the black center in with marker. A blue rectangle was cut also.<br />
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The kids then cut out the head, glued on the ears, nose and eyes. The could draw in a mouth if they wanted using the black marker. <br />
Then they glued the head to the back of the blue paper (iceberg). Now depending on the kids skill sets, if the project is not overly glued, you can proceed to the next step. Our group has a love affair with glue so we needed to let them dry overnight!<br />
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For the iceberg, we painted on puffy paint. Puffy paint is my new favorite project plaything! Keri found it on the internet somewhere and told me about it. She couldn't find the link again so I cannot give credit! Sorry. But she told me what was needed and I just played with it to get it to work. In a small bowl, add about one quarter cup of white glue. Then add a mound of shaving cream. I eyeball everything. But for those less adventurous, it should fill the palm of your hand and be about three inches high. You can't really screw this up. Mix the two together with a large paintbrush. I mixed it using a folding technique like when baking. Don't overdo it or the puffy will not be there. Less than a minute of mixing seems to be adequate. The end product will be still puffy but with a slight shine from the glue. This is the only tricky part. Kids have a tendency to paint it flat. I recommend putting a huge dollop on the blue paper and have them smear it around to all the edges. Let dry overnight. <br />
The next day, you will have a puffy surface but will be dry to the touch! This is also great for fur or snow projects!pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-23621921148442565522012-02-19T11:32:00.000-08:002012-02-19T11:33:32.031-08:00Hibernating BearThis last project was the bear hibernating in a cave. It can coincide with the "Bear Snores On" book by Karma Wilson. Check out her website for more info on this series of books at <a href="http://karmawilson.com/books/bear/snores.htm">karmawilson.com/books/bear/snores.htm</a><br />
This project was great for practicing simple scissor skills and following directions. <br />
Items needed:<br />
1 small sheet gray construction paper<br />
1 small sheet black construction paper<br />
1 sheet brown construction paper<br />
1 small piece of paper each in light brown, white, black<br />
glue<br />
black marker<br />
scissors<br />
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First step is to draw a "cave" on the gray sheet of paper and one in black. (Use white or yellow colored pencil on the black paper to make it easier to see for cutting purposes)<br />
Cut a small square of white paper and write "Do Not Disturb" inside the box.<br />
Depending on your time, you can trace and cut out the bear or just trace and have the kids cut out. I based our bear shape loosely on the bear from the book to tie the two together. I drew in the arms and toe nails for the kids.<br />
The final pieces are the black pieces for the ears, the light brown for the snout and the black oval for the nose. These were all cut out for the kids.<br />
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To assemble:<br />
The children had to cut out the gray stone and glue on the do not disturb sign. <br />
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Next, they cut out the black stone or cave and glue the brown bear inside. Finally, they glue the insides of the ears, the snout and the black nose. The final step is the best. They have to draw the bears eyes and he is sleeping. Did we get some creative looking bears! <br />
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We stapled the tops together once the project was dry and hung them around the room.pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-24192580186277379552012-02-16T16:37:00.000-08:002012-02-16T16:37:17.153-08:00Hibernating BatsAnother animal that hibernates is the bat. (Animal??) Anyway, it is something that hibernates and so I created this little guy for the kids to make. <br />
Items needed:<br />
Brown construction paper<br />
1 clothespin<br />
brown paint<br />
two very small googly eyes<br />
glue<br />
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Earlier, I had the kids paint their clothespins brown and set them aside to dry. While the clothespins are drying, trace the bat shape onto brown construction paper. I made it a very simple bat shape so they could work on their scissor skills. They did a pretty good job. <br />
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Next step is to glue the clothespin onto the bat body. Now you want to make sure that that clip end is hanging out so that it will hang upside down from the clothesline. And then we glue on the eyeballs.<br />
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Final part is to bring the wings together in front and glue. I found it a little easier to do by squashing it down on either side, making a slight crease. The kids will need help with this part depending on their age. Our group is between ages 4 and 5. <br />
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Final step is to hang them upside down on the clothesline so they could sleep. The kids can't wait to take this project home!<br />
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Our room has been transformed into a hibernation station! Sshhhh. One of the animals that we found to hibernate was the raccoon. They are not true hibernators but they do technically fall into the hibernating group. This ended up being a two day project. For the first day, I put large sheets of paper on the tables for the kids to paint. I put brown, black and blue into the paint trays with the instructions to cover every last inch of the papers. Either we haven't been painting much, or the kids really wanted to paint that day! Almost every inch of the paper was covered on all four sheets! Wow!<br />After letting the paper dry overnight, I created a tree log for our critters to hang in. First step was a larger roundish circle for the end of the log, then folding the paper into a ruffled look, taper it to the side of the opening, to form the log itself. Left over scraps created the branch and I added leaves from construction paper to the branch.<br />Day two was the construction of the raccoon faces. The kids always want to glue the eyeballs on first which is a problem because the raccoons have masks! Crisis was averted several times! The kids loved putting the faces together and before the class the next day (and ample drying time) we taped them inside the log. I love the final finish of this project. The raccoons almost look like we looked inside their hiding place and woke them up!<br />I have created templates for this project but need to trace onto one sheet, scan and figure out how to post it on the page as a download if anyone is interested in making this project.pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516488574193473711.post-92084111669043246692012-02-13T09:26:00.000-08:002012-02-13T09:32:08.005-08:00Welcome!Thank you for stopping by my blog. As you can see, I'm just getting started. The plan for this blog is to post the many art ideas and projects I have created for our local preschool and girl scout troops. <br />I have been an artist my whole life but have only recently had the guts to claim that title. My kids, hubby and family have been very supportive in helping me get comfortable in those shoes. I was a girl scout leader for my daughters troop for several years and loved taking the project ideas they had and tweaking them a bit to make them even more fun and exciting. The girls loved coming each week! I also took a job at the local preschool and have been honored to help plan and execute many of the art projects they do each day. So after encouragement from many of my coworkers, friends etc. I am going to start sharing them with you!pcoxdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02620718087205719515noreply@blogger.com0