"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?

Pp is for "Pig" craft project...

Paint a "Piggy Bank".  I purchased this piggy bank from Walmart, unfinished.  It was solid white.  My 5 year old grandson and I painted it to match our classroom.  I think it turned out pretty well, considering the unskilled labor that went into it.  lol!

"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.

 



"T t" is for Turtle (paper plate craft project)...

 

This turtle has a Bible verse displayed on its back which speaks of one of the traits of the typical land turtle:  SLOW.  The turtle can remind us that there is one area of our lives in which we must be SLOW:  "...be slow to speak, (be) slow to wrath."  James 1: 19.

 On the underside of our turtle, we put the letter "T t" and added a few facts about turtles to bring in a science lesson.

STEPS FOR MAKING A PAPER PLATE TURTLE:

 1. Color the bottom of two paper plates.

 2a.  On the inside of the paper plate, glue/tape the turtle's head, tail, and legs.

When flipped back over, it should look like this:

2b.

 3.  Flip upside down and put a wadded-up plastic grocery bag or gift wrap tissue in the center.

 4.  Place the other paper plate on top.

 5.  Secure edges of paper plates with paper clips.

6.  Staple around the edges of the paper plates, securing the top plate to the bottom plate.

Remove paper clips.

This idea was obtained from the book Christian Crafts from Paper Plates by Mary Currier.  Published by Shining Star Publications.  

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.