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Pointillism Using Cotton Swabs

 

Blank piece of paper some paints and cotton swabs! The children were not allowed to pre-design anything. They had to create a picture using only dots. They loved the challenge.

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Seascape Reusing Cardboard and Cereal Boxes


 


We painted seascapes on recycled cardboard. Next step, we cut-out starfish using recycled cereal boxes and painted starfish. When the starfish dried we sprinkled them with alphabet pastas onto white glue. When the starfish dried we glued them onto the seascapes. The pasta gave a great textured effect on the starfish.

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Owls Out of TP Rolls





We had a demonstration at our school involving birds of prey. The owls were one of the children s favorite. We made owls to take home out of TP rolls, paint and fabric scraps. The kids had a hoot making them.

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Plastic Bottle Bug Carrier




To house their bugs, some of the children made bug carriers by using large plastic juice bottles. We cut out a square, hot glued some mesh and made a frame out of fun foam. 
The whole school wanted one! Got the idea from http://crafts.kaboose.com.
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Cardboard Sticky Note Holders



My group made this craft for Mother's Day. We decided to make sticky note holders reusing and recycling  materials we had :cardboard, magazines and odds and ends . The moms loved it! . 
It is our take on an original idea from http://blog.creativekismet.com
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Egg Carton Bugs Craft


For the first day of spring, we made all kinds of cute crawly bugs. We use egg cartons for the body and wings and then painted them bug colors.


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Cereal Box Easter Hen





I got one of these from a fellow teacher as an Easter gift filled with chocolate eggs. Sorry to say it was not one of my creations. It is just too cute not post!
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