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BLACK ON WHITE SIMPLICITY

So we’ve been having a lot of fun with colored tissue paper painting, and now we have sheets of black tissue left and need a project to use them in. Looking at Google images, I can across a number of … Continue reading

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SPIDER WITH CHENILLE LEGS

Make a room full of these hanging spiders to decorate your classroom for Halloween. The spiders are printed on black construction paper, stuffed with black tissue paper, colored chenille strips, a colored pom-pom and google eyes. Hang them with ribbon, … Continue reading

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PAPER MACHE SANTA

This is a paper mache project that we have done with the 6th grade classes. To make this santa you’ll need a plastic bottle that has shoulders on it (Dawn bottles used to be like this, but now we just … Continue reading

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SPARKLING BIRDS

I first saw these “Sparkling Bird Ornaments” in the Dec. 05 issue of the Pack-O-Fun magazine. I have received written permission to share the patterns on this website. I made some of them with construction paper and think they are … Continue reading

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“GOD’S GREATEST GIFT” WREATH

Stressing the real reason for the Christmas season, we’ve made a project call “God’s Gift Wreath.” A cardboard wreath is the basis of this project. The outside circle diameter is 8″ and the inside circle is 4″. This is an … Continue reading

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BUNNY-AIR DRY CLAY

We never seem to outgrow our love of playing with clay. The sixth grade made bunnies with white air dry clay. They added pink noses and some of them added hats and orange carrots. A small amount of craft paint … Continue reading

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CHAINED UP PUMPKIN

Not terribly scary, but a lot of fun to make. The second grade class used glue dots to hold the loop strips together. For a list of supplies, patterns and directions for this project, go to “Paper Chain Jack-O-Lantern” in … Continue reading

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SCARECROWS

We did a draw-along lesson while drawing the scarecrows, then each student finished their fall picture with pumpkins, crows or whatever they chose. We used watercolor pencils in this project. The complete list of supplies and the directions for making … Continue reading

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