Chestnut Autumn Craft

For Autumn it seemed appropriate to make something with chestnuts.We reused ice-cream cups we had washed and saved in the Summer. With fabric scarps we made up our chestnut dolls in very fashionable gowns! We painted on lips, added googly eyes and yarn hair. 
Some children made dolls of themselves!

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Tree Silhouettes Circles

We decided to make something spooky and different for Halloween. My group voted on making tree silhouettes against a full moon. The children really enjoyed the using different hues of the same color. Gave us a chance to use all the paints we had left from last year!
Original idea credit is as follows: http://mrstsfirstgradeclass-jill.blogspot

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Aquarium Art Using Cardboard and Styrofoam

This Summer, the children took a large piece of cardboard and painted the ocean floor. They took more cardboard and designed and then painted all types of marine life. The ocean floor was painted onto some styrofoam foam rescued from the bin. Some of the fish  were pasted on to skewer sticks for a 3D effect. 

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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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