Styrofoam and PiPe Cleaner Bells.....

 

 I LOVE KINDERGARTEN!

 Party time in the fun house.

The K`kids were Super excited to find out
that with their Holiday party, they were
going to do an Art Project~

Styrofoam and PiPe Cleaner BeLLs....
WITH GLiTTeR!

We had the Kinder's tear pieces of Tissue PaPer up,

   and then glue them the Styrofoam Cup. 

If you do use GLiTTeR like we did, 
have the Kinder's decorate the cups with GLiTTeR
after placing the Tissue PaPer on. 
You want to give the glue some time to dry
before doing the next step.

 

While we waited for the cups to dry, we had the kids attach their BeLLs to the PiPe Cleaners. Slide the PiPe Cleaners through the loop on the BeLL and have them twist it.

You want a few inches twistability for two reasons:

1. To have enough to secure the BeLLs tightly

2. The Twist will be your anchor to keep the cup on 
   and still allow the BeLL to jingle.

Using a Pencil {hey teacher, I forgotmy Peeeencil!} 
punch a hole in the top of the cup to push the
PiPe Cleaner BeLL through, and Shazam! 
You've got a Styrofoam and Pipe Cleaner Bell!

Bring on the Ringers....

Bats for Class Projects.....

 With the youngest WombWeeble in Kindergarten now,

I get to start all over with the crafts projects

and that means GLiTTeR....sooo much GLiTTeR!

One of our favorite evening time activities

is looking for the Bats, 

on our after dinner walks as they come out for the night.

Coincidentally, the Kindergartners will be starting a unit on Bats right after Halloween.

What a great thing.

Black Foam
Chalk
Clothes Pin
GLiTTeR
Glue
Scissors

Using the Chalk, draw and cut out a single unit for stencils.

It makes it much easier when you have 23 sets you have to draw and cut.

REALLY sharp Scissors helps the cutting process a lot.
I wanted the Bats to be big enough to cover the Clothes Pin.

After drawing and cutting the pieces,
I gave them a quick swipe in the sink
with plain water and a sponge.
Then laid them on a towel to dry.

      Bats at the beach...

Once the pieces are dry, begin Gluing.

Body to Wings,

Wings to Clothes Pin.

Then the Fun.

Oh, Joy....GLiTTER!

 

 Bats have many straight lines that are easy for 

the Kidds to work with,

especially with Glue and GLiTTeR.

You'd be surprised, or maybe not,

how many Kidds don't even do this simple

craft anymore~

pity.

Here's to Kindergarten Art!

Long live the Inner Child.