Posts Tagged ‘paper crafts’
Valentine’s Day: Pop Up Pivot Cards
Make your Valentine feels Special. Create your own Super Cute Valentine Card by using our New Pop Up Pivot Card. Send a love note to all your friends and family members with this sweet Valentine’s Day cards. The clever design is easy to assemble and fun to decorate. The three-dimensional message card unfolds and pivots as the card opens.
Read MoreProduct Spotlight: Holiday Color Diffusing Shapes
This month, we’re featuring two of our new Color Diffusing shapes to get us in the holiday spirit during the month of December: Color Diffusing Evergreens and Color Diffusing Stockings.
Read MoreThe “Helping Hands” Good Deeds Display
Special Post Contribution: By Amy Klossner Here are the photos of the project our school completed using Color Diffusing Hands. They were just perfect. We read the book Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed, before painting the hands with liquid watercolors. It’s a story about a little girl who does one good deed and that person does…
Read More3D Craft Circle Flower
These beautiful flowers will flutter in the breeze! Age: 3+ Duration: 7-10 Minutes Learning Outcomes: Exercise fine motor skills. Explore early paper sculpting. Create beautiful take-home artwork. You’ll Need: R15701 Craft Circles Glue Stick Washable Marker Large sheet of paper (we used 16 x 16″) Choose six of your favorite craft circles and fold them in half.…
Read MoreBeautiful Birch Bark Baskets
This quick and easy cultural craft is also useful both inside and outside the classroom! This kid-friendly take on a traditional craft is a beautiful take-home piece, but if they stay in the classroom, they’re great for holding pens, pencils, manipulatives and other small personal items. Age: 4+ Duration: 5 minutes (including printing time) Learning Outcomes: Explore the tensile…
Read MoreLet’s Make a Mother’s Day Bouquet!
Age: 6+ Duration: 1 hour, plus drying time. Learning Outcomes: We’re learning how to complete a project made of several different components, and how each of those unique parts is needed to create the final craft.
Read MoreMake Marvelous Marble Marquetry
Marquetry is the art of using thin pieces of veneer to craft beautiful images and patterns. Now you can create your own beautiful marble marquetry! Age: 5+ Duration: 15-30 minutes Learning Outcomes: Practice fine motor skills while you cut and fold. Encourage early geometry by talking about different shapes, patterns, and types of symmetry. You’ll Need:…
Read MoreCreate a Craft Circle Giraffe!
This adorable critter is simple and fun to make! Age: 5+ Duration: 10 Minutes Learning Outcomes: Exercise fine motor skills. Practice composing figures out of geometric shapes. Create adorable animal crafts. You’ll Need: R15701 Craft Circles R22052 Double Color Card Sheets Yarn Glue Stick Tape Scissors Pencil Washable Marker Decide what kind of animal you want to…
Read MoreNatural Materials Cuff Bracelet
This wearable art is a terrific fashion statement! Age: 5+ Duration: 10 minutes (excluding drying time) Learning Outcomes: Learn about the textures and properties of natural materials through manipulation of paper and card board. Exercise fine motor skills. You’ll Need: R15415 Indigenous Crafts Paper R39100 Wild Animal Craft Sticks Water White Glue R5725 Goo Spreaders…
Read MoreMake Miniature Moccasins
Create adorable moccasins that make a great take-home craft! This craft helps immerse students in Native American and First Nations cultural garb. We have included two templates: a larger one for take-home crafts and a smaller one that creates moccasins to fit on dolls! Age: 5+ Duration: 10 minutes Learning Outcomes: Explore Native American and First Nations cultural…
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