Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Circus Animals

Monkey Business

From the kit: pink paper with circle patterns, 1 paper plate, 3 black dot stickers

You need: glue, scissors, crayons

1. Cut out the circle patterns, cutting one in half, following the dotted lines. The whole circle will be used for the monkey's mouth and nose area, and the half circles are for his ears.

2. Provide glue for the children to adhere the circles to plate. The whole circle should be placed at the bottom half of the plate. The half circles go to each side.

3. Place the black circles for the eyes and nose. Use crayons to draw a mouth and any other features wish your monkey to have.

Circus Stripes

From the kit: 1/2 tan paper, 2 black pipe cleaners, 2 wiggle eyes, 1/2 black & Orange festoon, 1 craft stick

Your materials: Scissors, crayons, glue, tape, hot glue (optional)

1. Cut out a circle or oval for a tiger's head. Draw a shape for those who need a visual line to follow while cutting.

2. Offer the pipe cleaners & wiggle eyes, crayons ad glue. Explain that the pipe cleaners are tiger whiskers. Encourage the children to cut the pipe cleaners into smaller pieces and adhere them, along with wiggle eyes, to their tiger. They can use crayons to add further detail they want to (mouth and nose).

3. Glue or tape your craft stick to the back of the tiger face. Then turn it back over and glue or tape your festoon around the edge of your tiger face.

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