Tag Archives: arts and crafts for kids
FOURTH OF JULY
Every kid, young and old, loves watching fireworks on the Fourth of July. Great memories are made while the family enjoys the brilliant, colorful explosions of light. And the noise! We do this piece of art on black construction paper, … Continue reading
WIRE COAT HANGER TURTLE
“Speedy the Turtle,” is just one of our wire coat hanger projects. This project also uses wallpaper pages, colored construction paper, tape and glue as well as a wire coat hanger. This and the other coat hanger projects would be … Continue reading
GARDEN BOUNTY
We used black or dark construction paper for our background on this project called, “Fall Bounty.” We made a light drawing with a pencil first, and then used oil pastels to color and shade the fruits and vegetables. For directions … Continue reading
TURKEY TREAT
If you need a cute favor for a Thanksgiving party, this is both attractive and useful. We use a baby food jar and decorate it to look like a little turkey. Then we filled it with candy corn. A slightly … Continue reading
TISSUE TURKEY TAILS
With all the colors of tissue paper, a lot of different looks can be achieved with this project. The tissue is torn and glued to the background that has been prepared by using colored chalk. A nice early elementary project … Continue reading
TURKEY IN GLITTER
This sparkly turkey is a bright and fun project for the 2nd grade class. It’s a good opportunity for them to practice cutting—we stress that they cut directly on the outside of the black lines. And of course using white … Continue reading
PILGRIM PUZZLE WREATH
A wire coat hanger, a brown grocery bag and puzzle pieces are the basic supplies in this Thanksgiving project. Although the puzzle pieces can be glued on with a glue stick, it works better and goes faster with a glue … Continue reading
STUFFED TURKEY
After Thanksgiving dinner, we just want to sit because we’re so stuffed. Last year the 4th graders made these turkeys. Some of them really look uncomfortable. There are more pictures of these turkeys….enjoy. For the supply list and directions for … Continue reading
