Arts and Crafts

In this section you will be able to find the instructions for each craft, the materials needed, and a video to help you put together a fun and exciting lesson, enjoy!

Activity 1: Autumn Leaf Stamping

Materials: Autumn fallen leaves, paint - green/brown/orange/red/purple/yellow, A3 paper, pencil to draw out-line of the tree

Instructions:

#1. Collect leaves in the playground and bring them back to the class room.

#2. Discuss with the class which colours wecan see and which we can use to use.

#3. Demonstrate how to do the activity.

#4. Paint the back of the leaves (where the veins of the leaf are) using one or more autumnal colours.

#5. Place them on the paper before gently pressing down on the leaf.

Video

Website Link:

Activity 2:Haloween

Materials: Apples, Orange craft paint, Green craft paint, Paint brushes, Cutting board, Knife, White paper

Trick or treat bag: bag, glue, cut out eyes/mouth/teeth.

Instructions:

#1. (Teacher step) First cut your apples in half, dry inside and outside with paper towel.

#2. On a paper plate or scrap paper, squirt a little orange paint on one, and green on the other.

#3. Using the inside of the apple as a stamp , dip the inside of your apple in orange paint, making sure it’s completely covered in paint, then stamp on your white paper.

#4. Using a paint brush, paint a leaf and stem of the top of your pumpkins.

#5. Let your beautiful pumpkins dry and display proudly.

#1. Cut out each pattern piece from the PDF download.

#2. Place your cardstock face down if it’s one-sided.

#3. Set each pattern piece on the paper color you want that facial feature to be, and trace around it with a marker.

#4. Cut out on the drawn lines.

Children make clémentine pumpkins and apple slice monsters.

Ingredients: Clémentine’s, apples, peanut butter or speculoos spread + nuts, grapes , rice crispies,

Link for Clemtine pumpkins: - link for apple monsters

Video

Website Link:

Activity 3: Hedgehog Leaves and Twigs

Materials: Card paper, black marker, coloured card paper.

Instructions:

Tip: Demonstrate how to make the hedgehog.

For very YL - Hand out hedgehog pre-drawn forms on paper and let children cut out the hedgehog shape.

Video

Activity 4: Gingerbread man Theatre Project

Instructions:

Read story - discuss the characters - what is the fox/gingerbread man/etc like? Ellicit describing words. Explain that we will be performing a play. Decide who will be which character.

Instructions

Week 1 Rehearse script for the play. Script for play

Week 2 Create story sequence.

#1. Cut and paste the images to make the story sequence.

#2. With older children, help them to write underneath the images.

#3. With younger children you can use the following doument and cut and paste the story.

#4. You can make this into a "booklet" if you'd like. Colour this in after wards.

#5. Rehearse the play.

Week 3. Gingerbread man Theatre Project

#1. Make props and practice the play. Each group makes different props to save time. See the script for what needs doing:

costumes,

➢ a cardboard cottage, trees, bushes and a fence,

➢ a table, chairs, a bench, a cane, kitchen utensils, ingredients,

➢ a cardboard or stuffed felt/plush gingerbread man toy,

➢ a cardboard wood-fired oven,

➢ toy cakes/cookies

➢ a river (a long piece of blue fabric, with cardboard waves pinned to it – optionally)

Activity 5: Pop-up Christmas Card

Materials: glue, green card, blue card, yellow card/paper, snow flake confetti (optional)

Follow video for instructions.

Activity 6: Gingerbread man Theatre Project

Materials: Pre-baked gingerbread men, sweets for buttons, icing tubes, flat candy for scarves.

Follow video for instructions.

Activity 6: Gingerbread man Theatre Project

Materials:

Fox

Orange, white and black paper
Scissors
Glue
Circle Punch – optional, but my kids love using it!
Printable Fox PDF

Bear

Polar bear craft pattern,
Blue cardstock, white cardstock, black cardstock
Newspaper
Googly eyes
Hole punch
Black marker
Scissors
Glue

Instructions

Fox

See website for instructions.

Bear

See website for instructions.

Activity 7: Valentine's Day Cards

Materials:

Red card,
Coloured paper
Double sided sticky tape

Instructions:

Before making the cards, brainstorm about things you could write in the cards with the students. Write 3 or 4 of these up on the board and let the children pick what they'd like to put in their cards.

Follow video for instructions .

Activity 8: Chick and Nest Cupcakes

Materials:

Chick Cupcakes

Buttercream
icing sugar
ready make vanilla cup cakes ( 2 x cupcakes per child)
coconut flakes
yellow dye
orange sugar
gum paste or marzipan
edible googly eyes,
chocolate chips/brown smarties etc for the eyes
containers for the cup cake

Nest

chocolate
butter cream icing / chocolate sprinkles,
egg shaped chocolate/ easter bunny sweet.

Instructions

Chick

See website for instructions.

Nest

See website for instructions.

Demonstrate how to assemble the cupcake with the children. Then, put the children into groups around different tables with several teachers observing and helping.