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Showing posts with label easy preschool craft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label easy preschool craft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label easy preschool craft. Show all posts
Classroom Snowman Ideas for Preschool and Elementary
Updated with Styrofoam Cup Snowman Tutorial and more Snowmen from our Pinterest friends who tired it! So, you want to make a plastic cup snowman for your classroom door or bulletin board. It's so cool, but how do you do it? Check out this Styrofoam cup SNOWMAN entered in a teacher's door decorating contest.
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Did you know you can pin posts from your blog or pictures of your classroom door on our Pinterest board for teachers. We also have a Pinterest board just for Snowmen Stuff, just send a message in Pinterest with a request to join.
Scroll down the page for our favorite classroom snowman decoration ideas and the how to make the door snowman from plastic cups. Enjoy!
Styrofoam Cup Snowman: This Classroom Door snowman was designed for a door decorating contest. Yes, he won! But, the question is...
How do you make a snowman for a classroom door from Styrofoam cups?
The serious answer is very, very carefully with lots of patience. Plastic Cups are easier to staple than Styrofoam cups. They also have more give when assembling the snowman. Try using sticky Velcro strips to attach your snowman creation to the door, wall, or classroom bulletin board.
This one was created by Destinie S. and uploaded to Pinterest. Click Plastic Cup Snowman with lights to see the video with flashing lights. Great job! |
Good news! We found a video that shows how to make balls from plastic cups. In the video, you'll see that they make two halves and attach them to form a ball. So, you'll only need to make one half and then attach it to the wall. However, if you make the entire ball , you can make a stand alone cup snowman decoration. Check out this cute one, made to look like Olaf from Frozen!
Plastic Cup Snowman made to look like Olaf! We found this one at diycuteness blog. Get LEGO OLAF on Amazon. |
diycuteness also shared this plastic cup snowman for the classroom door. |
How to Make a Snowman from Plastic or Styrofoam Cups:
Watch the video above to learn how to make a classroom door snowman from plastic cups. In the video, it shows how to make balls to make light decorations for parties. You can adapt this method to create the snowballs to build your snowman on a door.
Get short Styrofoam cups like the plastic cups in the picture.
FYI: We tried making the Styrofoam cup snowman several times. We finally made something resembling a circle, but never felt it was a good enough snowball to share. However, we tried it with tiny medicine cups which were difficult to staple. And then, we tried using glue to attach Styrofoam cups together. The method in the video with regular size plastic cups stapled together seems to work, but the circles are difficult to get perfectly round.
Good luck, you're going to need it!
- While you're at it, turn your kids into snowman with this cute snowman craft for the class! Then, place them all on your winter bulletin board.
The original source seems to be a teacher's album
- We found some great Snowman crafts at OrientalTrading and fun, free snowman worksheets at TeacherSherpa.com. Check out our post and follow along on Instagram to keep up with all of our crafty classroom activities!
Winter Bulletin Board: Snowmen, Penguins, and Snowflakes on Amazon. |
- Make a Snowflake Snowman! These are a fun classroom craft for the winter months. Go to Amazon to get snowflakes to make the mobile.
Recommended Reading:
Plastic Cup Halloween Lights
How to make Fun Crayon Shapes in Molds
Crayon fun for Preschoolers. Have your crayons and make them too using cookie, cake, or soap molds! What could be more fun than coloring with a dinosaur? Coloring with a dinosaur crayon. Enjoy!Use a muffin tin and mix up melted crayon pieces for fun chunky crayons. |
Recycled Rainbow Fish Paper Craft and Companion Story Ideas
If you are teaching children how to care for fish, this Rainbow Fish recycled paper craft is an easy, fun aquarium activity to make.The story: Rainbow Fish is different and the other fish aren't very nice until they get to know him in all his glittery glory. Did you know he wrote a second story, 'Rainbow Fish to the Rescue'? We have some fun, preschool companion book activities for both here. Rainbow Fish is the perfect theme for preschool curriculum.
Marcus Fister's Rainbow Fish. Fun theme for preschool. |
Scrap Paper Rainbow Fish Craft for preschool. |
We made this fish from our scrap paper box. You can photocopy a picture of Rainbow Fish to use as a pattern. Tip: Use Wrapping Paper scraps to make a sparkly Rainbow Fish Craft.
Recommended Reading:
Aquarium Craft Activities
Fishing Activity
Rainbow Fish to the Rescue!
Paint with Spaghetti
Easy Sensory Play Activities for Kids
Squishy, slimy, cold, hot, ooey, and gooey are a just few good words to describe Sensory Play Activities which help children of all sorts, but especially those with Sensory Processing Disorders. Enjoy!Sensory Play Based Learning Activities. |
Put on an old shirt, attach old white sheets to the walls and floors and get splatting. Don't be worried if it takes your child a while to warm up to the idea. Let them watch you or other kids enjoying the activity; before you know it your child will ease into the action. Some kids just like to watch. Their eyes are processing!
Wet! Release your inner Monet:
Play with your Food and Paint it with Milk Paint.
Milk paint on Toast. It is fun to eat! |
Pound! Pretend You're a Chef:
Bake some Homemade Pizzas or Dough-nuts ~Donuts then pound, roll, and flatten. Even everyday family activities can be sensory play.
Pound a pretzel. |
Baking is the oldest form of sensory play. |
Slimy! Sensory Egg Sparkly:
Bump! Baby Boppers:
It's like Sumo Suits and Bumper Cars all rolled into one.
Bounce into your buddy or roll around on the ground- bet you
Bumper Rings. |
Cold! Shaving Cream:
Shaving Cream, Food Coloring, and the Great Outdoors what could be better? I know, Cool Whip and Food Coloring. It works great as Sidewalk Paint too.
We made a shaving cream cake in our Messy Play Class for preschoolers.
Blow! Marshmallow Sensory Fun: Squishy, Soft, Suck in through a straw, Hold, Drop into a cup. Times Up ~ Most in Cup Wins.
Sensory Spaghetti Play Ideas |
Think! Creative Play:
Gone Fishin' with Rainbow Fish
and Ziploc Aquarium Squishy.
Pretend to fish with Pool Noodles. |
Packing peanuts are fun, but please be careful and never leave a child unattended. They are a choking hazard and if left alone, a child could suffocate in a large pile. |
Tickle! Packing Peanuts:
More fun than a ball pit. Play in them or make a Snowy Craft.
When is Dr. Seuss's Birthday? Celebrate with Sue Snue Birthday Party Activities
I bet Dr. Seuss, Theodore Geisel, liked to celebrate April Fool's Day. Why not celebrate his birthday with this joke shaving cream cake trick activity and read Sue Snue. Dr. Seuss's Birthday is March 2, 1904. Remember, it is Seuss, not Suess. Enjoy!
Theodore Geisel: Dr. Seuss. |
Shaving Cream is Versatile. Mix up one batch and enjoy three fun, messy activities for kids. This is a fun way to celebrate a kids' birthday party!
Shaving Cream Sensory Play Ideas. |
You will need:
1 can of Shaving Cream
Gel Food Coloring
Plastic Spoons
Cake Decorating Sprinkles
Birthday Candles
Recycle Plastic Containers
Paint Brush
Read "Who Are You, Sue Snue?" From Jim Henson's Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss. Sue has a birthday and everyone in town wonders what she will do to celebrate.
Who Are You, Sue Snue? From Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss. |
Fun Kid's Activity #1
Mix up some shaving cream with a few drops of your favorite color of gel food coloring. Grab a clean, empty, cream cheese container, turn it upside down, and ice it like a cake. Add a candle on top. This is a great idea for Sensory Play!
Fake Shaving Cream Birthday Cake for playing an April Fool's Joke on your kids. |
Cool Craft for Kids #1 Variation
The cake looks good enough to eat. Why not play a fun April Fool's Joke on a friend?
Trick your children with this fake joke cake for April Fool's. |
Kiddie Version of Shaving Cream Cake. Let your kids make a cake to play a trick on Dad. |
Activity #2
Grab a paint brush and paint the sidewalk with your leftover shaving cream mixture.
Summer Camp Shaving Cream Fun |
After the kids have made a sufficient mess, use your left-over shaving cream "icing" in the bathtub. It works great and cleans up easily. (They are going to need a bath!)
Recommended Reading:
Daisy Head Mayzie Activities
*Special Thanks to Momto2PoshLilDivas for the cake idea.
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Here are Eight Saint Patrick's Day Craft Activities for Preschool
Gather the kids and have a fun parade around the classroom while dancing a jig. These games and activities for St. Patty's Day are super easy and require little prep time. Active St. Pat's Day Games for Kids. Enjoy!Saint Patrick's Day crafts. |
1. Carry a Parade Banner
2. Make a Cute Leprechaun Stick Puppet with Scraps
3 hearts glued together make a shamrock. |
4. Every Parade Needs Cookies (3 Yummy Recipes)
From GourmetCookieBouquets.com |
Check for snakes in the canal. |
Make a rainbow linky. |
Use 3 hearts to make an easy shamrock. |
Recommended Reading:
St. Patrick Day Crafts for Boys
The Story of the Leprechaun*
The Leprechaun's Gold*
The Stingy Leprechaun Money Counting
ADS DISCLOSURE: We've partnered with some wonderful advertisers who may sponsor blog posts or send us samples to test. Some companies pay us to review their products.
*We also use affiliate links, if you make a purchase we get a tiny commission. Kids Creative Chaos participates in the Amazon LLC Associates Program*, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a mean for blogs to earn advertising fees by linking to Amazon properties, including, but not limited to, amazon.com, endless.com, myhabit.com, smallparts.com, or amazonwireless.com. We also offer Tapinfluence, Google Adsense, SoFab, and Izea ads here. Thanks so much for helping us keep the lights on! :)
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