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Autumn Leaves Craft

by Shannon

Oct 12, 2008

Make a frame from cardboard and leaves from outside.

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Halloween Crafts

by Shannon

Oct 12, 2008

This Halloween craft is fun, festive and doesn't require a lot of materials!

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Paper Plate Pumpkins

by Shannon

Oct 12, 2008

This simple Halloween craft helps teach students counting and their shapes!

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kgray Make it even simpler: cut the face shapes and leaf shapes out of self adhesive foam sheets. Eliminate the glue mess and add a little 3-D effect! (adds a little cost, though.) On 10/12/08, Shannon wrote: > This simple Halloween craft helps teach students counting > and their shapes!

Oct 12, 2008

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Handprint Spiders

by Shannon

Oct 12, 2008

This simple craft makes a great Halloween decoration and family keepsake!

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Making Leaf Animals

by Francine

Oct 19, 2008

What would you use to adhere pressed leaves to construction paper? I have used glue in the past and it is runny and sometimes messy. Any recipes for paste or glue that would work for 1st graders would be appreciated. Thanks, Francine

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Maybeme I use thick craft white glue. here's a great book... [link removed]

Jun 8, 2009

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JamesTeach2 On 10/19/08, Francine wrote: > What would you use to adhere pressed leaves to > construction paper? I have used glue in the past and it > is runny and sometimes messy. Any recipes for paste or > glue that would work for 1st graders would be appreciated. > Thanks, > Francine

Francine in the fall I read a great book to my s...See More

Jun 9, 2009

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Paper Bag Pumpkins

by Shannon

Oct 20, 2008

This craft is great for classroom parties.

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Soup Can Mummies

by Shannon

Oct 20, 2008

This Halloween craft can be made with recycled soup cans.

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Halloween Masks

by Shannon

Oct 20, 2008

These masks are great for Halloween parties!

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Looking for project to teach art to kindergarten

by sandy

Oct 20, 2008

I am looking for art projects for my daughter's kindergarten class. I am a mural artist & graphic designer. I was pleased to be asked to share my talent with the kids. I am looking for some good ideas.

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kgray One of my favorites is a take on the traditional trace-your- hand project. Give a piece of 8x17 white paper and have the kids trace their hand and arm down to the elbow (hold the pencil straight up and down to avoid anorexic looking arms and hands!) Outline with thick black marker. Divide the entire outline into interesting shapes: diagonal lines, ...See More

Oct 20, 2008

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Lynn in IA Why not teach them how to create a mural. Use one big piece of paper taped to a wall or board. Granted it will not look like yours, but you would be suprised what they can do. Ask the teacher what books they are reading and choose a book so that you tie in a literacy lesson with the art. Have them create a scene from the book, or starting from left...See More

Nov 16, 2008

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Paste/Glue/Gluestick Cleanup

by Mariposa07

Nov 6, 2008

greetings all! does anyone have any ideas on how to EASILY clean up glue/paste from table tops? it's so time consuming to clean-up after projects and my nails are suffering too. any ideas would be appreciated. :)

Kindergarten Teacher

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