Posts Tagged ‘Arts and Crafts’
Social Distance Learning Project: Turkey Gobblers
Today’s Project: Turkey Gobblers Video Tutorial: turkey gobblers Traditionally this has been a fun Thanksgiving craft, but you can get creative and adapt it to the season. For example, you could use a green cup and it can become a bullfrog croaking in the springtime sun. Use a white cup and turn it into a…
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Social Distance Learning Project: Surface Tension Art
Today’s Project: Surface Tension Art Video Tutorial: surface tension art This is a fun way to learn about surface tension incorporating arts and crafts, science – it’s a little bit of everything! You’ll need: flat container with water, chalk, paper (to fit inside container), something to scrape the chalk with Instructions: 1.Scrape the chalk so…
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Social Distance Learning Project: Design a Town
This is a wonderful open-ended project that can span days and can be used as a foundation for imaginative play even longer. The idea is to get the kids thinking and talking about communities – what buildings, businesses, workers and inhabitants does each town or city need? Or is their Utopia a giant amusement park…
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Social Distance Learning Project: Basic Printmaking
Project: Basic Printmaking Video: Basic Printmaking Making prints is a delightful activity because it is so easy to make little changes that extend a child’s engagement. Part of the fun is the mystery of not knowing exactly how a print will turn out. No two are ever the same! Styrofoam Prints DIRECTIONS: 1. Clean a…
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Social Distance Learning: Paper Sculpture
Project: Paper Sculpture Video Tutorial: paper sculpture Play and make sculpture at the same time! Using strips of paper, kids are encouraged to fold, bend, twist and curl them into amazing architectural delights. DIRECTIONS: 1. Cut a bunch of colored paper into strips with varying lengths and widths. 2. Begin by creating a shape with…
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Social Distance Learning: Melted Crazy Crayons
Project: Melted Crazy Crayons Video Tutorial: crayons There comes a point when crayons become a bit too stubby to really work well. If this is the case in your house, here is a fun solution that the kids will enjoy helping you with. DIRECTIONS: 1. Gather up all the stubby crayons and remove the paper…
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Social Distance Learning: Roll a Rainbow
Project: Roll a Rainbow Video Tutorial: roll a rainbow This is a fun little experiment to teach kids about colors and color mixing. Best of all, there’s no mess – provided the bag is sealed tightly! DIRECTIONS: 1. Cut a piece of paper so that it will easily fit inside a sealable plastic bag. Remove…
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Social Distance Learning: Chromatography
Project: Chromatography Video Tutorial: chromatography Black ink is black ink, right? Maybe not! Even though the ink from different pens looks the same, it might actually be made of many different dyes. You can separate the dyes in the ink from different pens to make different patterns. Did you know that inks and markers are often…
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Social Distance Learning: Puffy Paint
Project: Puffy Paint Video Tutorial: puffy paint If you’ve never made puffy paint, you really must. It’s super easy and such a blast for kids to work with! DIRECTIONS: 1. In a bowl, mix 1 cup of flour, 3 teaspoons of baking powder and 1 teaspoon of salt. Slowly add water, mixing as you pour, so that…
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Social Distance Learning: Stuffed Sock Snakes
Project: Rock Your Socks! Stuffed Sock Snake Video Tutorial: socks World Down Syndrome Day is observed annually on March 21 to raise public awareness of Down syndrome, a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome. This year’s theme is socks, so this is perfect – because we ALL have extra socks with lost…
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