"Easy Paper Crafts" from: Christian Light Publications

3 D  Stand Up Flower

(printed on card stock paper)

 

 

 

"Ff" is for "Follow" and "Fish"... (craft project)

Construction paper sky, water, and fish.  Netting is cut from the bag that lemons, oranges, or other fruit come in. 

Happy Valentine's Day! Preschool Craft...

My two older grandchildren made these Valentines for their baby brother who is in the hospital.  They are missing him very much.

 

 

Did you know that doves mate for life?

"Jj" is for Jellyfish (craft project)...

Items needed:  paper plate, wiggle eyes, paper streamers, card stock paper, glue, marker.  Simple!

2013 Christmas Star Ornament Craft / Snowman Gift Box Decoration....

Star shapes cut from craft foam.  Glue a smaller star shape onto the larger star shape.  Glue on a plastic craft button, let dry overnight, punch a hole through one of the tips, and then hang with string or an ornament hanger.  So simple and easy!

 

I took this pic when the glue was still wet.

 

 

Snowman decoration / tag made from card stock.  The faces are drawn with marker.  The snowman on the top right is a pic cut from a Christmas card.  The scarf part of the snowman head was folded up and taped onto the package so that it is standing upright.

Butterfly Craft Teaches / Reinforces Letter, Colors, and Shapes Recognition...

"R r" is for Rabbit (mask craft project)...

My granddaughter, age 3, modeling her rabbit mask. 

The mask is made from card stock paper.

Handprint / "Fan Bird" Craft Project - Elijah Fed by Ravens...

We did this project in Primary Sunday School Class as part of our study about Elijah who was fed by ravens during a time of drought. 

This project could also be used to make a white dove  during Christmas or Easter, or in the Spring to make various colors of birds

 Fold a piece of black construction paper in half.  Place hand on top and trace around your hand.  Cut out and glue the palms (bird body) and thumbs (bird head) together.  Fold down the other fingers to make wings.  Add yellow beak and yellow feet.  Cut a 8 to 12 inch  X  4 to 6 inch piece of black paper and fold it accordion style and glue one end into the top part of the body, at an angle, for the bird tail.  White crayon was used to make the eye.  Wiggle eyes would be great!

 

My grandson's version:

This craft would be good to make and use as a visual aid when learning the letters  "B" is for Bird, "C" is for Crow, "R" is for Raven; the colors; and animal (life) science.

This idea was taken from the book Christian Crafts from Construction Paper, written by: Lori Miescke, published by: Shining Star Publications.
 

Multicultural / Biblical / Science Art Project

 

 

 

Assorted Tagstock Kids (item # CO78) from www.ssww.com/arts-and-crafts-supplies/paper/shapes/?fp=PE1460 .  My grandson drew all of the faces except for the black person.  I figured he might have trouble pressing hard enough with his pencil to get any marks to show up on the black paper.  He colored the clothes on the red person.  My grandson is not yet 5, so I think he did pretty good at

drawing faces. 

 

 

We learned how that our skin, eye, and hair color is greatly determined by the amount of melanin within them.  The more melanin you have, the darker the eyes, hair, and/or skin.  For more info about melanin, go to Answers in Genesis website.

 

My granddaughter's version:

 

 



Ocean Life 3D Art Project

 

 

Items Needed:  Shoebox or small Packing Box

                         Blue Construction Paper (for background ocean wave scene)

                         Brown Paper Bag (tear into pieces and wad/scrunch up to form rocks in the ocean)

                         Images of Ocean Life / Sea Animals copied from the internet and cut out

                         White "school" glue such as Elmer's

                         Clear Blue Cellophane (optional) to attach to front of box - which I obviously did not

                          use for this craft, as I did not have any on hand.

 

 

If you prefer, you may cover the outside of the box with the blue construction paper and draw ocean waves on it.  More sea animals could be added to that as well.

                                                                   

Spring Arts/Crafts Projects: Birds and Nests

Paper Plate Bird in Nest

 

(Bird, eggs, tree branch made from construction paper.  Nest is made from shredded, crumpled brown paper which can be purchased from Walmart.)

 

 

 

Painted Handprint Bird in Nest

 

Paint the underside of child's hand.  Press open hand to paper.  Paint nest underneath bird. Paint tree branch with leaves under and to the side of the nest.  Let dry.  Add construction paper wing and wiggle eye, or paint on the eye.

 



2012 Presidents' Day Decorations / Bulletin Board / Crafts..

Images of Presidents Lincoln and Washington, as well as images of our currency having their likenesses were copied from internet sources.

 

Our Presidents' Day holiday tree.

 

George Washington's Powdered Wig.

(Glue cotton balls and a ribbon onto a baseball cap.  Wear cap backward.)

Abraham Lincoln's Top Hat

(Color the rim of both sides of a paper plate - black.  Cut away the center, leaving a ring.  Glue or tape two or more sheets of black construction paper together, end to end.  Make a tube and fit it into the ring.  Tape to secure.  Cut out a black circle and tape it to the top of the hat.)  

2013 Valentine's Day Bulletin Board & Craft Ideas...

This project teaches and/or reinforces number, color, and shape recognition; teaches the concept of an emotion: love; and enables the child to practice his small motor coordination as he/she helps to cut out the heart shapes.  You can fold each piece of colored paper in half and draw half of a heart shape on the fold.  When the child opens the folded shape that he has just cut away from the larger piece of paper, he/she sees both sides of the heart together making the complete heart.  This project also teaches symmetry (things that are the same on both sides, mirror images, similarity, matching) 

Below is a little book that we made teaching the concept of  sin and salvation through Jesus Christ.  We are now studying the letter "S".  

A great lesson/story for teaching love and compassion for people is the Biblical story of the Good Samaritan.   Below is something we did last year.  You can find free pictures to color on the internet.

"R r" is for Rocket ( lift-up book ) craft project...

Fold a piece of cardstock in half to make a tall, slim book approx. 11 and a half inches tall and 4 and half inches wide.  Copy a free coloring picture of a rocket from the internet, color, and glue to the front of the book.  Give your book a title.

On the inside of the book / card stock sheet, color the right half black (outer space).  Add star stickers or dabs of glitter glue, and a partial picture of the moon (to the top of the page). My moon picture was cut from a magazine.  If you prefer, you could copy a picture of the moon (to color) from the internet.  

Next, color half of another piece of cardstock black.  Cut the black section away from the whole page. Cut about 1/5 of the length off of the top of the black section.  Put glue on the back of the lower 1/4 of this piece and attach it to the bottom of the black, colored side of your book.  Add a partial picture of the earth to the bottom.  My earth picture was cut from a magazine.  If you prefer, you could copy a picture of the earth (to color) from the internet.  

Fold this black section in half toward you.  Then fold the upper half (also in half) away from you.  Attach a small picture of a rocket to the top fold with the tip of the rocket and the exhaust from the rocket extending slightly past the upper and lower edges.  

Unfold the loose, black section and color in some exhaust fumes ascending upwards from the earth to the rocket.  Add more star stickers or dabs of glitter glue.  On the left-hand side of the page/book, add some facts about rockets, the moon, the first man to walk on the moon, etc.  Add a "countdown to blast-off" if you'd like.  This would be a good way to bring numbers/math/counting backwards into your lesson.  After everything has dried well, fold down the rocket section, then unfold it back up to demonstrate how it travels to the moon.

Curriculum covered by this project:  Science,  Math,  Art,  History / Social Studies.  You could even add a Geography lesson by finding on a map and/or globe the location of the blast-off.

A fun way to do school!

I got this idea from the Teacher Resource Book entitled How to Make Books with Children, Volume 2  by: Joy Evans & Jo Ellen Moore.

Cotton Swab Snowflake (shows symmetry)

Cotton Swab parts used:

4 with the tips of one end cut off / save tips

2 cut into halves / use all 4 halves

16 tips / you already have 4 tips saved - cut the tips from 6 more swabs

A total of 12 swabs will be used.

Glue pieces onto construction paper or colored card stock

"O" is for Octopus (craft project)...

Theme of the Day's Lessons:  Letter O, Number 8

Phonics:  Short O sound

Color:  Octopus can change color.  Choose a particular color that you want to focus on.  

Science:  All about the Octopus - live in salt water/ocean - watch a video on the internet about octopus,  read books or find info about them on the internet.

Numbers:  An octopus has 8 arms.  Count them.  Practice writing number 8

Geography:  On a world map or globe, find and name all of the oceans.

Arts/Crafts:  Make an ocean scene like the one pictured above which incorporates the letter O for the head of the octopus, and making the 8 arms by tracing around the child's hand and fingers, excluding the thumbs.  Add wiggle eyes if you want.  Green strips of construction paper for the seaweed.

Benjamin Franklin craft project (birthday Jan. 17)...

It is interesting to note that Ben Franklin had only one year of formal education.  His father could not afford to send him to school any more than that.  Ben was mostly self-taught (a type of homeschooling). He like to read, and read whatever he could get his hands on.  He has many accomplishments.  A web search will reveal much about his life.

Christmas Mittens Tree Ornaments...

These ornaments are made of felt, a cotton ball, and deorative ribbon.  Take a sheet of felt or a sheet of craft foam and (using a felt-tipped, fine-point marker) trace around your child's hands the outline of two mittens.  Using a hole punch, make a hole in one corner of each mitten before gluing on the cotton.   Add a small ribbon bow and lay flat to dry.  Attach wire ornament hangers through the holes that you punched earlier. 

The mitten ornaments displayed on our classroom tree:

 

 

 

 

Peppermint Stick Mouse Christmas Tree Ornament Craft...

This is just too cute and too easy not to feature on my blog!  This craft kit was purchased from Oriental Trading Company  www.orientaltrading.com  .  It comes in a set of 24 and is very reasonably priced.  Candy canes included!  The mouse parts (except for the nose) are made of felt.  However, you could make your own pattern rather than purchasing the kit.  If you do, then I think it would be better to use craft foam sheets instead of the felt because the glue tends to soak into the felt (which can be a pain).  You could even use wiggle eyes if you prefer.

Nativity Craft Project...

The stable is made from a shoe box with an attached lid.  It is decorated/covered with construction paper.  The Nativity figures were copied from the book Easy Christian Crafts (grades 1-3) published by Carson-Dellosa.  You may possibly be able to find similar figures online if you don't want to purchase the book.