In
preschool art group this week, they painted the salt dough ornaments from
last week. I was brave (or silly) enough to let them use acrylic paint. To my great relief, wasn't that bad. They really had a good time painting and chatting.
With minutes
before the other children were to arrive, I realized I hadn't followed my golden rule: ALWAYS make the craft before starting. So, I quickly tried
this idea and decided to tweak it. Instead of using glue and foil, I gave them contact paper. Actually, I tried it with liquid starch. The tissue paper stuck to itself, but when dry, it came off the foil.
Lastly, they practiced sewing a popcorn garland with a
real needle. No blood drawn, or causalities I promise! Along with the popcorn, I let them count out ten mini-marshmallows.
They had the option to eat the sweets or put them on the garland. Only one (of the 30) survived to the garland. And, I think they all tasted a cranberry. Wish I had my camera ready for those puckered faces!
As you can see from the end results, their attention spans were a bit short. I think Lucas would have lasted longer if the other two could have glued themselves to the chair. Julia, we missed you - hope you're feeling better soon.
With minutes before the other children were to arrive, I realized I hadn't followed my golden rule: ALWAYS make the craft before starting. So, I quickly tried this idea and decided to tweak it. Instead of using glue and foil, I gave them contact paper. Actually, I tried it with liquid starch. The tissue paper stuck to itself, but when dry, it came off the foil.
Lastly, they practiced sewing a popcorn garland with a real needle. No blood drawn, or causalities I promise! Along with the popcorn, I let them count out ten mini-marshmallows.
As you can see from the end results, their attention spans were a bit short. I think Lucas would have lasted longer if the other two could have glued themselves to the chair. Julia, we missed you - hope you're feeling better soon.
5 comments:
You are some kind of hero, Julie!
thanks for sharing those ideas... I think i might make those kid of cards with Eli....
I am thinking of trying popcorn stringing this year, but I am not quite sure whether I trust my little guy with a needle just yet. We did string pretzels onto yarn, though, which he enjoyed.
Hey, thanks for the link! I like the idea of making the tissue paper collage with contact paper...that would be a much less messy and quicker project for an art group like this one. How did they turn out? :-)
(My word verification below is "capraw" and I find that funny so I'm sharing.)
We did cheerio/cranberry chains last week.
They ate more cherrios than they strung (of course). I figured that the cranberries would be safe. Not so! Little P chomped at least a dozen of them whole, and was going back for more!
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