Everyone can add to this beautiful decorative chain! This post is a part of our special week series of Christmas/Winter crafts that you can use in the classroom. Stay tuned for more posts upcoming this week and the next!
Age: 5+
Duration: 15 minutes
You’ll Need:
• Scissors
• Glue
This craft is very similar to yesterday’s craft: you’ll need to fold the paper and make several cuts with scissors. The final step requires you to glue all the pieces together to make a decorative paper chain.
The Cut & Fold Circles pack comes in a variety of colors. Alternate colors or use all the colors of the rainbow!
Fold a Cut & Fold Circle in half 3 times.
You should be left with a pie-slice shape. Cut three lines from the fold line. Cut up to just below the edge on the other side of the pie-slice.
Repeat the same from the opposite fold line. Cut these three lines in between the first three lines, so you make a zig-zag lightning shape with the lines. Remember not to cut all the way through the pie-slice!
Unfold the pie-slice back into a circle. This is what your line cuts should look like.
To glue the circles together, first lay a circle with the colorful side facing down. Carefully dab the glue onto 4 points of the circle. Next, place a second circle, with the colorful side facing up on top of the first circle. Align the edges together so that the cuts exactly overlap each other. Put a bit of glue in the center of the colored circle and press the next circle (color side facing down) onto the previous circle.
Repeat these steps with all of the remaining circles.
Wait for the glue to dry!
Grab both ends of the paper chain and gently spread apart.
Now you can hang up the paper chain wherever you like! Time to decorate your classroom for the winter holidays.
Send us photos of your paper chains to subscriber@roylco.ca! We’d love to see your classroom decorations!
Special Feature this week:
We’ll be updating every day of this week and next week with fantastic holiday crafts you can use in your classroom!
Please note:
LittleFingersBigArt won’t be posting anything between December 18th, 2013 and January 6th, 2014! Have a wonderful winter vacation!
