Felt Quilt
Submitted
by Pam
What You Need:
- Felt
- Glue
What You Do:
- Give each of your children a few felt squares in different colors. Let them come up with a design and then glue them into quilt.
Quill Pen
Submitted
by Lisa
What You Need:
- Straw
- Tape or Stapler
- Scissors
- Paper
- Paint
What You Do:
- Let your children make their own quill pen. All they need to do is to cut the tip of a straw at an angle (forms the writing in). Next have them make a construction paper feather. They can then tape or staple the feather to the straw. Now They can dip their quill pen into black paint and write on paper.
Queen Crown
Submitted by Regina
What You Need:
- Cardboard (Thick Enough to Stand but thin enough to bend)
- Aluminum Foil
- Sequins
- Various Other Art Materials of Your Choice.
What You Do:
- Precut the cardboard in the shape of a crown (flat cardboard long enough to go around child's head with zigzag top). Show your children some pictures and then let them design their own.
Queen Crown
Submitted
by an Unknown Friend
What You Need:
- Poster Board
- Glue
- Paint/Crayons/Markers
- Glitter
- Various other Art Supplies (ribbon, beads, other shinny things)
What You Do:
- Cut out a crown shape out of the poster board. Next let your children decorate the crowns with the supplies that you provide.
Friendship Quilt
Submitted
by Kelli
What You Need:
- Paper
- Various Art Supplies (Yarn, Jewels, etc)
- Paste
What You Do:
- Give each of your children the supplies and let them make a quilt piece of their choosing. When all of them have dried you can put them together to make a great friendship quilt. For added effect, around the outside of the square to look like stitches.
Wallpaper Quilt
Submitted
by Amy
What You Need:
- Wallpaper Samples (Ask a local store)
- Paper
- Paste
What You Do:
- Give your children wallpaper
samples and paper. Let them glue the wallpaper samples onto the paper to form
a quilt.
Note: Can also do this with tack board and fabric squares.
About Me Quilt
Submitted by Cindy
What You Need:
- Pictures
- Construction or Scrapbooking Materials
- Paint
- Poster Board
- Yarn
What You Do:
- Ask parents to send a few snapshots of the child and his/her family. Scan the pictures and print them off (return the originals to the parents). Select a variety of scrapbooking materials and make it available for the children, encourage them to design a quilt block anyway they want and have the scanned pictures there for them to glue on 9" X 12" poster board. After their blocks are dry, laminate and make hole punches around each one. Have children to lace yarn through the hole punches with their friends and tie them together. Make a special wall for the new classroom family quilt and make it eye level for the children to see. Keep this up year round and if a new friend comes to new room, add his/her quilt block.
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