Wednesday, December 17, 2008

More gluing

I thought up a fun Christmas craft that involved a lot of gluing. Here it is, our paper plate Christmas wreath:
1. Cut a circle out of the middle of a paper plate.
2. Rip a piece of green construction paper into randomly shaped 3-4" pieces.
3. Glue the green pieces all over the paper plate to make the wreath.
4. Cut out shapes from different colors of construction paper and glue them on the wreath as decorations.

OR, if you run out of paper plates, or are interested in less gluing, you can make a wreath this way:

1. Cut a wreath shape out of green construction paper (I used the aforementioned paper plate as a guide).
2. Cut out shapes from different colors of construction paper and glue them on the wreath as decorations.
Great activities for practicing shapes and colors, fine motor skills and starting AND finishing. A skill I am determined (though probably not qualified) to teach my kids.

3 comments:

  1. Love this idea...we might have to do this with Gabe. He loves glue!

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  2. Hey -- I saw on LinkedIn that J got a new job and so I want to know all about it!! Congrats!

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  3. You have the most darling little girl. She makes me smile everytime I see her. What a cutie. :) It looks like you are having a fun December! Merry Christmas!

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