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Foot Butterfly
Trace around child's shoe to make the wings of the butterfly. Draw a body in between the wings. Add head and antennaes. Color.
Butterfly Blot
Fold a piece of construction paper in half, open and drop bright colors of paint onto 1/2 of the paper. Close the paper and press down, smoothing out the paint. Open paper and add head and antennae (optional) hint: use black paint to make a bug.
Lamb Mask
What you need:
• paper plates (one for each child) • cotton balls • glue • large craft sticks • pink and white construction paper What to do: ~ cut out the center of the paper plate ~ pull apart cotton balls and glue to the plate to make the wool ~ make the ears from white and pink construction paper (see picture above) ~ glue ears to the mask ~ attach craft stick with masking tape Beehive
Use honeycomb cereal to make the inside of a beehive. Draw bees.
Hand Tulip
What you Need:
•Red,yellow and green paint •construction paper What to do: ~paint hand in yellow or red paint. Holding fingers together press hand down on the paper (fingers should NOT be spread open) ~Paint side of hand green and press down on paper for stem. Paper Towel Frog
What you need:
• Paper towel roll cut in half • green construction paper • red and white construction paper • template (click on frog for template) What to do: Trace stencil onto a piece of construction paper and cut out. • Paint paper towel roll green and allow to dry • cut a tongue from red construction paper and curl it on the end • cut a slit and insert tongue into it (tape on inside to hold) • cut out circles for eyes • glue legs to the back to the paper towel roll Paper Plate Frog
What you need
• paper plate • red and white contruction paper • green paint What to do: • paint both hands green and press down on white construction paper. • allow to dry then cut out. • paint paper plate green and allow to dry. • cut out red tongue from construction paper and curl. • cut slit for tongue • insert tongue through slit and tape in the back. • glue hands to each side for feet, add eyes and nose. Sunflower
Sunflower
•Large paper plates •yellow paint •green construction paper •sunflower seeds •glue ~paint the paper plate yellow ~glue sunflower seeds to the center ~cut out stem and glue to flower Paper Bag Bird Nest
Make this adorable bird's nest by cutting a paper lunch bag in half and folding it down to form the outside of the nest. Shred the
remainder of the bag for the inside of the nest. Add a bird from a craft store or dollar tree. Cheerio Art
To make these spring pictures I draw pictures of Flowers, Easter Eggs, Bunnies, etc on large paper. The children glue cheerios on the outline already drawn (great practice using their eye hand coordination skills) after they dry the children paint their masterpieces and we hang them all around the room! They come out beautiful.
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 Apple Tree Blossom
What you need: • white construction paper • pink and green tissue paper cut into 2x2 squares • brown crayons •Glue What to do: • Trace arm and hand onto white paper. Color brown • crumple up tissue paper and glue to the tree Hand Tree (simple) You will need: •Brown & Green Crayons •Large white paper What to do: ~Have child put their forearm/hand down on the paper and trace (this will be the trunk/branches) ~Have child color the branches brown then add green to create the leaves. Seed Collage What you need: • Many different kinds of seeds, small and large •glue •construction paper What to do: ~Have the children form a collage/picture using the seeds. They can first draw a picture then outline with seeds or simply create a picture using the seeds. ~Discuss the different seeds Flower Collage What you need: •Magazines (garden magazines work great, ask parents to donate magazines) •scissors •Glue sticks •any colored construction paper What to do: ~Have children cut out pictures of flowers and glue them onto construction paper to form a collage. Lion Mask
What you need:
• Paper Plate (1 per child) • yellow and brown yarn • yellow and brown paper • large craft sticks • glue What to do: ~ Cut out the center of the plate ~ glue strips of yellow and brown yarn onto the plate (for mane) ~ Cut out ears (see above picture) using brown construction paper for the outside of the ear and yellow for the inside. ~ glue ears to the top ~ attach craft stick to bottom (masking tape works best) for "handle" RAIN STICKS What you need: •Paper Towels Rolls (one for each child) •Rice •Construction Paper, glue sticks, markers,stickers,sequences anything fun to decorate with. •Masking Tape •Wax Paper ~Cover one end of the paper towel roll with wax paper and using the making tape secure it around the tube. ~Using a plastic funnel have the child fill about 1/2 way. ~cover the other end of the stick with wax paper and secure it using the masking tape. ~Decorate with sequences,markers,stickers,construction paper etc ~Shake to hear "the rain"   Pom Pom Caterpillar
What you need:
• clothes pin for each child • black paint • pom poms • glue • pipe cleaners What to do: • paint clothes pin black • add pom poms, antennae, and legs.  |
Paper Plate Bee
Cut the center out from a paper plate and paint it yellow. Paint another paper plate yellow. Use template in templates tab and trace the wings onto white construction paper, cut out. Paint the bee as shown (use black paint and dip finger to make the lines across). Glue together, add a black pipe cleaner for the antennae, googly eys and a small black pom pom for the nose.
Paper Plate Ladybug
You will need 3 paper plates for this activity.
Cut out the center of one plate, paint it black. Paint the second plate black and the third one red. After the red one dries cut it in half and add black circles (paint them on or cut them out from black construction paper and glu on) Glue together as shown and add a black pipe cleaner for the antennaes by inserting them through the ladybug's head. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Make this cute caterpillar from green and red construction paper. Add legs and mouth with a marker. Add googly eye or draw one.
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Hand Print Bee
Paint hand alternating colors like shown to make the body of the bee. Cut out a circle for the head and glue on. Cut out wings from white construction paper, glue on. Use a marker to make the antennaes and add a googly eye.
Coffee Filter Butterfly
Use two coffee filters for this Butterfly and a clothespin. Paint the clothespin black and set aside to dry. Fold both the coffee filters in half and then in half again. Put 10-12 drops of food coloring into 1/2 cup of water and then dip the corners of the filters into different colors. Unfold and allow to dry. Bunch the filters like shown and insert in between the clothespin.
Circle Caterpillar
Cut out circles in many different colors from construction paper and glue to white paper. Add legs,grass,sky etc. and a googly eye.
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Coffee Filter Umbrella
Fold a coffee filter in half and then in half
again. Dip the corners into 1/2 cup of water mixed with 10-12 drops of food coloring. Allow to dry then glue onto a piece of construction paper along with a pipe cleaner for the handle. |
Paper Plate Chick
Paint a paper plate yellow and set aside to dry. Trace child's hand on
yellow construction paper and cut out. Cut out a triangle for the beak. Use an orange pipe cleaner for the legs and tape them to back. Glue beak,hand (for wing) and eye on plate. |
