The preschoolers really enjoyed doing this because it was something they could decorate and then wear. They used markers and stickers to decorate the hats. They love stickers, I will have to get more next time. Once they were finished we glued a pom-pom onto the center of the hat.
The preschoolers at Glavin Rec made double-side fish. We had them fold the paper in half and explained to them that part of the paper had to stay attached. They practiced cutting shapes to make the fish, and then they glued a button on for the eye and decorated the …
At Glavin Rec Center we made our own night skies and learned how to draw stars. I passed out black paper and a white chalk pastel to each of the preschoolers. Before letting them delve into their imagination, I taught them step by step how to make a star. Some of …
For the last day of classes at Glavin Rec Center I had the preschoolers make paper bag puppets. We talked about what our puppets could look like. A clown puppet? An alien puppet? A monster? Or is the puppet a version of yourself? The kids enjoy blending colored pencils and making designs. I …
The second group of students at Samuels Rec Center was smaller on the last day of classes. The goal was to make tambourine musical instruments. I had one of the kids pass out two paper plates to each student. Then we passed around a bag of buttons, beads, gems, feathers, and …
The first class at Samuels Rec Center on Wednesday learned how to do printmaking with different objects such as sliced limes and cut sponges. First, my assistant and I gave each kid the colors green, red, and yellow in paint to practice mixing colors. We discussed how different colors compliment each other, …
On Thursday at Samuels the first class created little collage books made out of floral vellum paper folded over construction paper. There was animal patterned paper to cut shapes with as well as pre-cut shapes to collage into their books. The pre-cut shapes including clouds, frogs, and stars inspired some …
At Glavin Recreation Center on Wednesday we made hot air balloons. The kids decorated coffee filters with markers and then scrunched it up and dipped it in water to create a tie-dye effect for the balloon part. After the coffee filter dried they glued it to their page and made …
