Plan: Week Beginning 11th November

My plan for this week:
~ Paper cup snowman
~ Winter Bunny paper craft
~ 5 Little Snowflakes rhyme

I plan to do this with 2 children. I will post the instructions for the rhyme and crafts at a later date.

Last week we focused on Guy Fawkes Night and Remembrance Day. The children really enjoyed drawing the fireworks in their night sky. Only one made a poppy but the child was very proud of their poppy!
The children also had a colouring sheet of the poem, In Flanders Field, which some took a great interest to. The children enjoyed listening to me and a video which explained why we celebrate Guy Fawkes Night and Remembrance Day.

Chalk Fireworks Drawings

Children love to create colourful patterns in their own night sky

You will need:

~ Black paper (I painted white paper black ahead of time)

~ Chalk

Method:

1) Allow children to draw firework patterns on the black paper

Suitable for 18 months +

Children could use glitter to add a sparkle to their pictures

Stuffed Poppies

A fantastic little craft for Remembrance Day!

You will need:

~ 2 sheets of paper (any size as long as you cut the poppies the same size)

~ Red and black paint

~ Scissors

~ Newspaper or shredded paper

~ Stapler

~ Ribbon (optional)

Method:

1) Paint the sheets of paper red and add a black circle into the middle of both

2) Allow paint to dry. Once dry, put the sheets back to back and cut out a poppy shape

3) Staple the poppies together, leaving a gap so it can be stuffed

4) Stuff the poppies by pushing scrunched up newspaper or shredded paper through the unstapled gap

5) Staple the gap together

6) OPTIONAL: Create a loop with some ribbon and staple to the poppy. This can be used to hang the poppy.

This craft is suitable for 3 years + with adult help and supervision

You don't need to paint the poppy, it can be coloured, glittered or decorated however the child wants to decorate it. You don't have to stick to a traditional red and black poppy!

Create lots of smaller poppies and arrange in a circle to create a poppy wreath.

Pumpkin Tea Lights

These lights look fab on a dark Halloween evening! They can also be used all year round.

You will need:

~ A glass jar (baby food jar/jam jar)

~ Orange and yellow tissue paper

~ Glue

~ Tea lights

~ Black paper (optional)

Method:

1) Have the tissue paper cut into squares or allow the child to rip the tissue paper.

2) Glue the tissue paper onto the glass jar.

3) Place the tea lights in the jar. They create beautiful patterns when lit.

4) OPTIONAL: Cut a face or design from black paper and glue to the jar.

Suitable for children aged 3 1/2 years +

Allow children to use any colour tissue paper they want. They can use as many different colours as they like on one jar and it will still make a beautiful design.

Frankenstein Masks

Not my idea, but borrowed from a local nursery. Children love making these!

You will need:

~ Paper plate

~ Green, black and white paint

~ Glue

~ Small rectangles of coloured paper

~ Tear drop shaped piece of paper

~ Googly eyes (optional)

Method:

1) Paint the paper plate green and wait to dry.

2) Glue on the rectangular coloured paper for hair.

3) Glue on the tear drop shaped paper for the nose.

4) Paint on two black circles for eyes and a black mouth.

5) Once dry, paint two smaller white circles in the black circles for eyes.

This craft is suitable for 3 years +

Allow children to use any colour paint that they want.

Paper Witches

These witches are brilliant! Originally found on DLTK-kids.com

You will need:

~ Printer

~ Glue

~ Scissors

~ Decorating materials (colouring pens/pencils/crayons, paints, glitter, stickers etc.)

Method:

1) Print out the template of choice (there's a small version and a larger version).
 
2) Colour pieces, as necessary (we coloured after gluing)
 
3) Cut out the pieces.  This step may require adult assistance. 
 
4) Glue the witch together as follows:

• glue the head on top of the hat
• glue the hair on top of the head
• glue the yellow star onto the hat
• glue the put together head onto the dress
• glue the pumpkin, frog or cat (your choice) onto the center of the chest
• glue the arms onto the dress, overlapping the pumpkin, frog or cat so it looks like the witch is hugging it
• glue the legs under the dress.

Templates can be found here

This craft is suitable for 2 1/2 years +

Painted Bats

Our bats were made for Halloween, but could also be used for nocturnal creatures

You will need:

~ Printer

~ Paper

~ Black paint

Method:

1) Print a template of a bat (we got ours from google and increased the size in Microsoft Word)

2) Paint the bat

3) Cut out when dry

This is suitable for 18 months +

Bats do not have to be black and can be painted any colour the child wishes. You can add decorations or googly eyes to the bat.

Handprint Spiders

These were made for Halloween. They are not entirely my idea, but borrowed from a local nursery.

You will need:

~ Black and white paint

~ Paper

~ Googly eyes (optional)

Method:

1) Paint the child's hand and 4 fingers black. Do not paint the thumb! (Spiders only have 8 legs!)

2) Press the child's hand onto the paper (to create a body and 4 legs). Press their hand again on top of the first handprint, with their fingers facing the opposite way (to create 8 legs)

3) Wait for the handprints to dry. Either finger paint white eyes onto the spider, or use googly eyes.

4) Cut out and hang on the wall.

This craft is good for 1 year + with lots of supervision.

Spiders do not have to be black and can have as many eyes as the child desires. Hole punch spiders and tie string/ribbon/fishing line through them to hang them from the ceiling. 

Tissue Paper Pumpkins

We made these charming little pumpkins for Halloween, but they do make sweet Autumn and harvest decorations too!

You will need:

~ Printer
~ Orange, yellow, green or brown tissue paper
~ PVA glue
~ Scissors
~ Glitter glue (optional)
~ Black paper (optional)

Method:

1) Print a pumpkin template (we got ours from google and pasted it into microsoft word to make it bigger)
2) Spread glue over the pumpkin template
3) Place the tissue paper on to the pumpkin shape. Orange and yellow on the pumpkin, brown or green on the stalk. Have the tissue paper cut into squares, or let the children tear it up themselves (small children like this!)
4) Allow the pumpkin to dry before cutting out the template
5) OPTIONAL: Allow children to glitter glue on or cut out shapes in black paper to create a face or design on their pumpkins.

This craft would work well with children aged 3 years +

Children do not need to use the colours I have suggested. Other children I have looked after have produced some wonderful purple, blue and red pumpkins. Let them use their imaginations!