What You Need: Cardboard egg carton, poster (tempera) paints, pipe cleaner, 2 googly eyes, scissors, paintbrush, glue.
How You Make It: >Cuts egg carton into strips of 6 (grownup job). Paint caterpillar body. After paint is dry, insert pipe cleaner into “head” of egg carton to form antennae. Glue googly eyes onto face.
Suggested storybook: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
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Egg Carton Caterpillar
Thursday, May 24th, 2007
Memorial Day Flower Basket
Sunday, May 20th, 2007What You Need: Strawberry basket, construction paper, scissors, 2 pipe cleaners, real or fake flowers.
How You Make It: Cut strips of construction paper slightly narrower than the spaces in the strawberry basket. Weave paper strips in and out, overlapping at ends to secure. Twist ends of pipe cleaner at top of one side of berry basket. Repeat on opposite side. Fill with real or fake flowers.
Suggested book: Memorial Day Surprise
Lollipop Flowers
Thursday, May 17th, 2007What You Need: lollipop, construction paper, pencil, white glue, scissors, flower templates (or you can draw them yourself).
How You Make It: Use pencil to draw flowers (or trace template provided by www.freepreschoolcrafts.com) on colored construction paper. Cut out. Fold green construction paper in half and draw leaf with edge at fold. Cut out leaf, wrap around lollipop stick and secure with glue. Glue lollipop to flower.
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Lollipop flowers template
Coffee Filter Butterfly
Sunday, May 13th, 2007What You Need: coffee filter, wooden clothespin, tempera paint, paintbrush, two small googly eyes, glue, pipe cleaner, water-soluable markers, spray bottle of water.
How You Make It: Use markers to color on coffee filter. Place newspaper or paper towel underneath colored filter and spray thoroughly with water, causing colors to run together in pretty patterns. While it’s drying, paint clothespin. Once clothespin is dry, glue two googly eyes near top of short end. “Pinch” coffee filter into fan shape and clip securely into clothespin. Wrap half of a pipe cleaner around clothespin for antennae.
Suggested storybook: Butterfly Kisses
