My Train
Submitted
by Daylene
What You Need:
- Cardboard Boxes
- Various Other Art Supplies of Your Choice
What You Do:
- Give each child a box. Have them design a train (to help them you could provide pictures). If you do not have enough space you could have the children work in pairs.
Idea:
give your children cheap toy train
tracks and let them make prints on paper.Train Whistle
Submitted
by Lori
What You Need:
- Toilet Paper Tubes
- Wax Paper
- Rubber Band
- Paint
What You Do:
- They simply decorate a toilet paper tube with paint. Then you punch a hole about a half-inch down the tube. Finally put a circle of wax paper over one end secure it with a rubber band. Now your children can pretend to be a train and make whisle like noises (sounds more like a kazoo)
Shape Train
Submitted
by Illian
What You Need:
- Paper
- Paste
- Paint
What You Do:
- Have your children cut two circles, one triangle, one large square, and one rectangle from the paper. They can then add the circles to the bottom of the square and the rectangle standing up on top of the square and the triangle pointy end to the square. Then let your children paint their train. This makes a cute train and lets your children see how different shapes can go together to form a unique shape.
Train Wheel Spools
Submitted on the Comment Box
I have used spools with my class to make train wheel prints. Just dip ends in
paint and stamp on paper.
Stop Sign
Submitted on the Comment Box
What You Need:
- Wax Crayons
- Paper
- Tempera Paint
What You Do:
- You can cut a small paper plate into a stop sign and write the word stop with a wax crayon,dilute red tempera with water and have children paint their sign to see the magic word appear. next let them experiment with the wax crayons and paint making whatever marks they choose.
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