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Arts & Crafts

 Children love art! They love painting, colouring, gluing and playing with play dough. Art work gives children sensory experiences. Their senses are involved in their work: they see, they smell, they touch, they listen and they also taste edible dough.

The art centre allows children to show what they know about their world. They express their feelings and thoughts through their art work.

Tables, chairs, shelves and storage cubes are useful when working with arts and crafts materials. Children need an opportunity to work with a variety of materials. These should be easily accessible so that children can get what they need themselves. Paper, crayons, pencils, scissors, glue and paint are essential materials.

This area is best located near a water supply. Enough space for children to work is necessary.

 

Play dough or plasticine kept ready for use and tables set up ready for painting encourage children to participate. There is no limit to the variety of materials that can be used in a creative and expressive way.

We should keep in mind that the process and not the product is the most important.

Suggested Materials:

·        Colored paper

·        Colored pencils

·        Crayons

·        Eye droppers

·        Glue

·        Hole puncher

·        Lacing yarn

·        Markers

·        Paint

·        Paint brushes

·        Paper

·        Pencils

·        Scissors

·        Scraps

.        Smocks

·        Stapler / staples

·        Tape

 

·    These are possible outcomes for this centre:

·         Using imagination

·         Being creative

·         Working independently

·         Expressing self

·         Developing eye/hand coordination

·         Increasing social skills

·         Problem-solving

·         Utilizing concepts of colour, size & shape

·         Having fun

 

Useful junk

A-appliance cartons, aluminum cups (from Crystal Light drink mixes), acorns

B-beads, buttons, bells, big boxes, burlap, baby food jars, berry baskets, boots, bedding, baby dolls, baby bottles (unbreakable), bags

C-caps, cardboard, cotton balls, corks, carpet scraps, coffee cans, Christmas cards, cookie cutters, calendars, clothing

D-dice, decals, dowels, doilies, dishes, dress up clothes (for boys especially)

E-egg cartons, empty food boxes, empty plastic cologne bottles or after shave bottles

F-funnels, felt scraps, fabric scraps, frames, floral sprigs, frosting containers

G-gears, gloves, garland scraps, greeting cards

H-hats, hinges, Halloween costumes, hand mirrors, hangers (plastic)

I-ink pads, ice trays, iron (with cord cut off)

J-jewelry, jars, juice cans

K-keys

L-lids, lace, laces, laundry baskets

M-monopoly money, milk lids, milk cartons, men's clothes, magazines

N-newspaper, netting

O-oatmeal boxes, old socks

P-pie pans, post cards, pinecones, popsicle sticks, paper clips, packing cartons, peanut butter jars, puzzle pieces, Pringles cans, paper scraps, pots and pans

Q-quilt scraps, Q-tips

R-rings, rocks, rope, ribbons, rickrack, roll-on deodorant jars

S-string, straws, stickers, six-pack holders, seeds, spools, spoons, spice jars, shells, scoops (from formula and juices), silk flowers, shoes, scarves

T- towel rolls, tins, trim scraps, travel-size bottles and jars, toy catalogs, telephone

U-utensils, uniforms

V-valentines, velvet

W-washers, wool, wood scraps, wallpaper scraps, wire, wigs, wallets

X-x-rays

Y-yarn, yardsticks, yogurt cartons

Z-zippers

Suggested  activities:                        

  ·   Illustrate and make covers for their folders and books

 ·    Make puppets or characters from books

Make a mask to go along with a story that has been read

Illustrate music and poems

Play  with play dough

Paint  using watercolors, tempera, finger-paint

Draw  using crayons, markers, colored pencils

Make a puppet with different craft materials

Experiment with colours, lines, forms, shapes, textures

Make “themes” collages

 Have your child stand on a piece of   paper while you trace around her feet with a pen or crayon.

Then trace your own feet and compare sizes.

Color the feet with crayons, markers, or paints.

Older children may want to use crayons, markers, or paint to add nail polish and funny rings to the toes

 

 

    Recipes

NON-HARDENING NO-COOK PLAY DOUGH

1 cup self-rising flour
2 Tablespoons salt
2 Tablespoons cooking oil
1 cup plus 2 Tablespoons boiling water

Mix and knead.

 

COOKED PLAY DOUGH

1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 cup water
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
1 teaspoon cream of tartar

Heat until all ingredients form ball, add food coloring.

FINGER PAINT

2/3 cup elastic dry starch1 cup cold water
3 cups boiling water
1 cup Ivory Snow Flakes
Oil of cloves, a few drops (conservative)
Calcimine pigment or vegetable coloring

Dissolve elastic starch in cold water. Smooth lumps and add boiling water. Stir constantly. Thicken but do not boil more than one minute. Add rest of ingredients (hot or cold). Use on glazed paper, newsprint, or wrapping paper.

SOAP PAINT

1 1/2 cups soap flakes
1 cup hot or warm water

Whip with egg-beater until stiff.

 

SILLY PUTTY (GLARCH)

2 cups white glue
1 cup liquid starch

Mix in a large bowl.Add food coloring or powdered tempera.