Childrens Activities 2

Follow These Simple Steps to Make a Create a Story

Create a Story If you have several children together, this can be great fun. Give each child two or three pieces of paper. Have them each drawer a picture and write a sentence. When finished, see if they can put it together to form a story. New pages can be created as you go along. A book cover can be made from two pieces of cardboard paper, a hole punch, and wool to keep the story in..

Follow These Simple Steps to Make a Creative Picture Frames

Creative Picture Frames 8 ice lolly sticks, 2 for each side, then glue them to the paper in a square shape to create the frame. Next, the child draws a picture of their choice in the frame. They may also colour the ice lolly sticks to colour the frame. When they have drawn their picture they will cut the excess away from around their picture frame and they have a complete picture in a frame.

Follow These Simple Steps to Make a Drinking Straw Necklace

Drinking Straw Necklace Take a number of different coloured drinking straws and cut them up into different sizes. Thread a needle with wool, string, or thread single strand not knotted at the end. Make sure the wool is a little bit longer than the length needed for the finished necklace. Tie the end of wool around the safety pin so that the safety pin can be removed later. The safety pin prevents the straw pieces from falling off the other end of the wool. Thread the straw pieces onto the wool until the necklace is the desired length. Remove the safety pin and tie the two ends of the wool together. Cut off any extra wool.

Follow These Simple Steps to Make a Duck Paper Plate

Duck Paper Plate Trace your hands on yellow coloured paper, then cut the hands out. If you don't have yellow coloured paper, use stiff white paper, then paint it yellow or use crayons. Fold a paper plate in half. Paint it yellow and let it dry staple the hands near the fold on one end these will be the tail feathers. Using yellow coloured paper cut out a circle about 3 inches across or a little bigger this will be the duck's head. Using orange coloured paper cut out an elongated oval with one end cut off this will be the duck's bill. Fold the end of the beak over, making a small tab this is where you will put the glue. Glue the bill onto the circle put the glue on the small tab that will be folded under the bill. Draw eyes above the bill. Staple the head to the paper plate near the fold line, opposite the tail feathers.

Glue the bill onto the circle put the glue on the small tab that will be folded under the bill, draw eyes above the bill. Staple the head to the paper plate near the fold line, opposite the tail feathers. Using orange coloured paper, cut out the duck's feet they should be connected by a short strip of paper. To draw each foot, start with an oval, then draw a zigzag on one end. Fold the paper where the feet meet the strip of paper. Staple each foot to the bottom of one side of the paper plate, right inside the fold line of the foot. You now should have a cute duck that will stand up.

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