 |
|
|
|||||
 |
|
||||||
|
|||||||
Educating with Arts & Crafts
Berry Hot
Corrugated cardboard box
Pencil
Rubber bands
Paint & Paintbrush
Felt
- Cut one side from the box. To make a base, draw the outline of a fruit shape on the cardboard and cut it out.
- Cut 1" wide strips of cardboard from the box. Put glue on each strip and wind it around like a spiral until the trivet is as large as you would like. Use the rubber bands to hold the strips in place until the glue dries. To make grapes, wind individual strips into coils and glue them next to each other on the cardboard base.
- Paint the trivet. Cut details from felt and glue them on.
Cornfield Bowling
Paper bags
Pencil
Markers
Paint & Paintbrush
Newspaper
Stapler
- Use a pencil to draw an ear of corn on each lunch bag. Leave a few inches of blank space at the top of each bag.
- Paint the corn and let it dry. Outline the corn with a black marker. Stuff the bags with newspaper, fold down the tops of the bags, and staple them closed.
- To play, arrange the corn in a triangle, then use a rubber ball to bowl over as many as you can. This is a good time to explain why corn is so good for us.
Fruit–Filled Cornucopia
Paper bags
Pencil
Paint & Paintbrush
Markers
Scissors
Masking Tape
Plaster of paris
Chenille Sticks
Glue
- Roll down the top few inches of paper bag. Twist the bag tightly from bottom to top. At the top edge, gently open out the bag to form a cone shape.
- On the side of a grocery bag, draw and paint leaf shapes. When the paint dries, cut them out and add details with markers. Place them in the cornucopia.
- To make the fruit, crumple bag paper into a fruit shape. Wrap masking tape around the shape. Tear paper into tiny pieces. With an adult’s help, mix plaster of paris according to the directions on the package. Add the tiny pieces of paper. Apply this mixture around the fruit shape, and let it dry.
- To add a stem, poke a hole in the dried fruit, insert a chenille stick, and add glue. Paint the fruit with acrylic paints. Let it dry.
- Fill your cornucopia with your fruit and teach your little ones about each fruit as your work.
 |
Harvest Frame
4 tongue depressors
Pencil
Paint & Paintbrush
Photographs
Scissors
Poster board
Markers
Yarn
Glue
- Glue four craft sticks or tongue depressors together in the shape of a square.
- Draw two ears of corn with poster board and draw the details with a black marker.
- Glue the corn to the front of the tongue depressors leaving enough room so that you will be able to see the picture.
- Glue a square piece of poster board to the back of the frame,leaving the top unglued so that you will be able to slide a picture in.
- Add a piece of yarn to the back of the frame at the top as the hanger. Add a picture.
Craft–Stick Wreath
16 craft sticks
Ribbon
Paint & Paintbrush
Construction paper
Scissors
Yarn
Glue
- Paint the craft sticks and let them dry.
- Glue the sticks together in pairs to form X shapes. Arrange the Xs in a wreath shape, and glue them together, end to end.
- Cut the construction paper in fruit and vegetable shapes and glue them onto the wreath.
- Tie a piece of ribbon into a bow and glue to the top of the wreath. Add a piece of yarn to the back of the frame at the top as the hanger.
|
|
 |
|
|
|