Craft Spotlight: Masquerade Glasses

Feature-Image-masqueradeglassesBring out your inner drama buff! R52023 Masquerade Glasses are a great way to encourage students to express their performance skills while exploring decorative art techniques.There are several different types of Masquerade Glasses to choose from. For example, some of the glasses are well-rounded, others are cat-like frames, and yet other frames are shaped like stars, hearts or flowers.  You’ll notice the various types in our Art Camp photos. The Art Campers loved to try on the different styles first and see which ones suited them best.

IMG_2192Some of our Art Campers decided to start decorating right away with collage materials and other nifty craft bits we could find. It would be a good idea to encourage students to first color in their Masquerade Glasses before proceeding to decorate them.

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We used materials from the R75419 Sensory Collage Kit to provide our Art Campers with inspiration to decorate their dramatic glasses.

IMG_2185Some larger pieces helped to add color to the glasses! We attached all of the collage pieces onto the glasses with white glue.

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You can color in the Masquerade Glasses with crayons, markers or paint. Cut out fun little shapes from construction paper or add on beautiful details with colorful pasta pieces or buttons.

To see more inspirational ideas, visit our PDF guide HERE!

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Ten in the Bed!

2014-01-22-FeatureImageTurn a classic children’s song into a storytime activity with our Animal Buttons and a few craft materials! Your students will love the interactive quality of the game. Choose from a variety of different templates below to help you make your own Ten in a Bed!

Age: 3-5

Duration: 10 minutes

You’ll Need:

R2040 Animal Face Buttons™

R39101 Fabric Print Sticks

• Hot glue gun

• Bed Templates (see below)

• White printing paper

Line-11The Ten in a Bed song is ideal for learning to count numbers and exploring number management, patterning, and sequencing! Incorporate memorization with singing song lyrics, and develop fine motor skills with physical game interaction.

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For this activity, you will need to use a hot glue gun. Make sure you always use adult supervision while handling a hot glue gun. It would be ideal to first demonstrate to your students how to put together the craft, then station yourself at the “hot glue gun” area to make sure children don’t hurt themselves while using it.

TEN IN A BED TEMPLATES

Pick any one of the following bed designs to personalize your story-time Ten in a Bed activity! Click on the image or the title below to reach the PDF. Once you have accessed the PDF, simply print out the design to a color printer on regular 8.5 x 11″ printing paper. Use the paper design as a backing for your Ten in a Bed storytime activity.

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If you would like for each student to make their own Ten in a Bed activity, print out the blank template (at the top of the list). Students can color in the bed with crayons or markers, or decorate with stickers to personalize their craft.

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Cut the printed sheet out along the straight line in the center of the image. DO NOT CUT the bed into two pieces. The bed should separate only in the center like a pocket.

2014-01-22-Step03Now to make the ten animals! Select your Animal Face Button and hot glue it to the top of a Fabric Craft Stick.

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2014-01-22-Step05Repeat for all ten animals! You can mix and match the patterns on the Fabric Sticks with the color of the Animal Face Buttons.

2014-01-22-Step07Slide your ten animals through the pocket opening of the printed bed image.

Now to play the Ten in the Bed game! Below are some example lyrics that you can use while playing this great primary storytime activity:

There were [number] in a bed,

And the little one said,

“Roll over! Roll over!”

So they all rolled over

And one fell out!

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