January

The Snowman Slam

Materials  White paper cups  Black and orange craft foam or construction paper  White socks  Glue  Scissors Instructions  Using the black foam or construction paper, cut out 6 circles to make the eyes and mouth 1. To save time, the child can draw the eyes and mouth on the white paper cups  Using the orange foam or construction paper, cut out a triangle to make the nose  Glue both the black circles and the orange triangles onto the white paper cups to make them look like the snowmen above  Roll up 1-2 white socks  Have the child stack the cups to make a tower and have him/her throw the socks at the tower to knock it down

Polar Bear Hand Print

Materials  Construction paper (blue or assorted colors)  White paint or cotton balls  Paintbrush  Scissors  Black marker Instructions  Have the child trace his hand on a sheet of construction paper  Cut out the outline of the hand  Options for coloring the inside of the hand o Paint the palm of the child's hand with white paint and have him press his hand onto the construction paper. This can also be done before the hand outline is cut out. o To avoid getting the child's hand full of paint, have the child paint the inside of the hand white using a paintbrush o To avoid using paint at all, glue cotton balls on the inside of the hand  Using the black marker, have the child draw toenails on the four fingers and have him draw ears, eyes, a mouth, and a nose on the thumb to make the polar bear's face.

Name Snowman

Materials  White paper (regular or cardstock)  Construction paper (assorted colors)  Small buttons (if available, if not small pom-poms or round stickers)  Markers  Glue  Scissors Instructions  Cut out circles, as big or small as the child wants. There should be one circle for each letter in the child's name and an extra circle for the snowman's head.  Have the child write his or her name, with one letter on each circle as shown above  Glue the circles to a sheet of construction paper on a straight line and glue the plain circle to the top  Have the child draw a face on the plain circle using different colored markers  The child may use a button, pom-pom, or sticker for the snowman's nose  Cut out a hat for the snowman and glue it to the top circle.  The child can decorate the hat as he/she pleases

Paper Heart Penguin

Materials  Construction paper or cardstock (white, orange, and black)  Wiggly eyes (if available, or markers)  Scissors  Glue Instructions  Make an outline of an oval on the black paper, a big heart on the white paper, and three small hearts on the orange paper, as shown above.  Cut out the pieces  Glue the white heart on the black oval  Glue one small orange heart on the center of the white heart  Glue the other two small orange hearts below the white heart  Finally, glue the wiggly eyes above the curves of the orange heart in the center of the figure or draw eyes with markers.

February

Groundhog Day Puppets

Materials  Brown paper bag  Construction paper (brown and white)  Black marker  Glue  Scissors Instructions  Draw the head of the groundhog on a brown piece of construction paper (you can draw a bug heart and turn it upside down.  Draw two small hands as shown above, an oval for the tail, and two small ovals for the ears on the brown construction paper  Cut out all the pieces  Using the white paper, cut out a small square  Draw a line in the middle of the white square to outline the groundhog's teeth  Lay a brown paper bag on a flat surface  Glue all the pieces to the brown paper bag as shown above  Using the black marker, have the child draw a big circle on the groundhog's head for the nose, whiskers, and eyes.

Valentine's Day Caterpillar (Option 1)

Materials  Construction paper (pink and red if available)  White sheet of paper  Wiggly eyes (if available)  Black marker  Glue  Scissors Instructions  First, start by drawing hearts on pink and red construction paper (the child can draw as many hearts as he/she wants. Also, draw one big heart for the head and two little hearts for the antlers o The hearts can be the same size or different sizes, just make sure that there is a heart bigger than the rest for the head.  Cut out the hearts  Glue the hearts on a straight horizontal line to a white sheet of paper as shown above. Make sure the biggest heart is in the front of the line.  Next, glue the wiggly eyes to the big heart at the front of the line. If wiggly eyes are not available, have the child draw eyes on the caterpillar.  Using the black marker, have the child draw the feet and antlers  Finally, glue the two little hearts on the antlers

Bee Mine on Valentine's Day (Option 2)!

Materials  Construction paper (yellow, black, and pink, if available)  One pipe cleaners (black, if available)  Glue  Scissors Instructions  Draw and cut an oval and two hearts on a yellow piece of construction paper and cut out the pieces.  Cut out three long, skinny rectangles from the black construction paper and two small ovals/circles for the eyes (the child may draw the lines and eyes on the body of the bee with a marker instead of cutting to save time)  Draw and cut out a small pink circle (optional)  Glue the two yellow hearts to the back of the bee's body, as shown above.  Glue the rectangular pieces of black paper to the bee's body, as well as the eyes.  Have the child draw the bee's mouth/smile  Finally, take one pipe cleaner and cut it in half (you can even cut half of half of a pipe cleaner). Curl the top of the pipe cleaners to make them look like antlers and glue or tape them to the back of the bee's head as shown above; make ~3/4 of the antlers stick out from behind.

President's Day Paper Plate Masks

Materials  Paper plate  Construction paper  Cotton balls for the George Washington mask  Black tinsel (if available, if not black marker will work) for the Abraham Lincoln mask  Large popsicle stick  Glue  Scissors Instructions  Begin by cutting out the center of the paper plate to make an open space for the child's face  Using construction paper, draw and cut out a hat  Glue the hat to the top of the paper plate  To make the George Washington mask o Grab the cotton balls and glue them below the GW's hat to make the hair  To make the Abraham Lincoln mask o Grab the black tinsel and glue it to the bottom half of the paper plate for Abe Lincoln's beard o If tinsel is not available, the child may draw the beard with black marker  Finally, glue the popsicle stick behind the bottom back of the paper plate so the child can hold the mask

Mardi Gras Masks

Materials  Paper plates (white)  Popsicle stick, straw, or anything that will hold up the mask  Feathers  Crayons or markers  Stickers  Glue  Tape  Scissors Instructions  Start by cutting a paper plate in half  Cut out two ovals from the paper plate to make an open space for the eyes  Next, have the child color the paper plate  Grab some feathers and glue them on a section of the curved edge of the paper plate  Add some stickers to the mask just for decoration  Finally, tape the stick behind one corner of the mask

March

I don't know what to call this, but it's so cute! I shall call it: Happy sun for that someone who brings sunshine to your life!

Materials  Rotini pasta  Yellow construction paper, marker, crayon, or paint  White sheet of paper (preferably cardstock)  Black marker  Glue  Paintbrush (optional) Instructions  Start by drawing the body of the sun. o Option 1: the child can cut out a big yellow circle from construction paper and glue it on the white sheet of paper o Option 2: with yellow paint, have the child paint a big yellow circle in the middle of the white sheet of paper o Option 3: have the child draw a circle in the middle of the white sheet of paper and color inside of the circle with a yellow crayon or marker  Next, glue several pieces of rotini pasta around the body of the sun  Using a black marker, draw eyes and a smile on the sun  Finally, ask the child who he/she wants to give the craft to (if he/she desires) and have them write, "______, you are my sunshine."

March Rainbow

Materials  Different colored pipe cleaners  Clay Instructions  First, give the child a big chunk of clay and have the child split it into two and make the two pieces into balls  Using one pipe cleaner, have the child stick one end to one piece of clay and the other end to the second piece  Have the child repeat this process with the rest of the pipe cleaners

St. Patrick's Day Shamrocks

Materials  Green paint chips (if available; if all the green paint chips at Lowe's are gone I'll know where to find them) if not, you can use green construction paper  White cardstock, if available, if not copy paper will work  Scissors  Glue Instructions  Draw a big shamrock on a white sheet of paper and have the child cut it out  Using the paint chips or green construction paper, cut a lot of small squares  Glue the squares onto the shamrock

First Week of Spring Crown

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Green construction paper Stickers Scissors Stapler

Instructions  Grab two pieces of green construction paper and staple the ends together to make a long paper.  Bring the two loose ends together and staple them to make the crown  Using the scissors, have the child cut into the top of the crown to make grass  Grab some stickers (bugs, flowers, etc) and stick them all over the crown

April

Easter Cross

Materials  White sheet of paper  Different colored paper mache  Black marker  Glue Instructions  Draw a cross, or any Easter-related figure, on the white sheet of paper using a black marker  Cut out small pieces of paper mache with your hands and crumple them into small balls  Glue the paper mache pieces to the inside of the cross or figure

Paper Plate Easter Bunny

Materials  Two paper plates  Pink crayon or marker  Two cotton balls  Pink pom-pom  Construction paper (any color)  Wiggly eyes  Scissors  Glue Instructions  Cut one paper plate in half  Color the half circle of the paper plate pink to make the ears, as shown above  Draw and cut a bow, as shown above, on a colored piece of construction paper  Glue the ears to the back of the paper plate; make them stick out as shown above  Glue the bow to the bottom of the paper plate  Glue the two wiggly eyes on the top of the inner circle of the plate  Next, glue the two cotton balls on the center of the inner circle and the pink pom-pom above and between them  Finally, using the pink crayon or marker, make a small mouth under the cotton balls

April Showers

Materials  White copy paper  Strings of blue, rolls of crate paper  Cotton balls  Hole puncher  String or ribbon  Glue  Scissors Instructions  My idea for this project was to do April showers, so it would be nice for all the paper mache to be blue to make it look like rain. However, you are welcome to make a rainbow craft instead.  Start by drawing and cutting out a cloud from the white copy paper o To make it look like a rain cloud, the child can use gray paper  Using the roll of crate paper, cut strips that are 8-10 inches long o You can make the strips as narrow or as wide as the child desires  Collect the paper mache strips and glue them to the back of the cloud, as shown above  Glue the cotton balls to the white cloud  

Hole punch the top of the cloud and insert a string through the hole Tie the edges of the string to hang the cloud

Fun Rocks

Materials  Rocks from the woods!  Paint  Paintbrushes Instructions  Have the child gather a couple of rocks from the woods  Using the paintbrushes, have the child paint the rocks with any design they want. It can be the child's name, a word, a shape, or a drawing  **For speech: the child can paint the sound/letter they have difficulty producing. They could also make a vowel and an additional letter to make a segmentation activity.

Cupcake Liner Umbrellas

Materials  Cupcake liners  Pipe cleaners or straws  Blue sheet of construction paper  Blue paint or marker  Glue Instructions  Poke a hole through the center of a cupcake liner with a pipe cleaner, a straw, or a pen/pencil  Insert the pipe cleaner or straw and bend the pipe cleaner in half  Glue one half of the pipe cleaner to a blue sheet of construction paper o The child can make as many umbrellas as he/she wants and glue them to the blue paper, as shown above  Using the blue paint or marker, have the child paint or draw raindrops around the umbrellas

May

Cinco de Mayo Sombrero and Mustache (on next page)

Materials  Colored plastic plate  Colored plastic cup  Ribbon  Colored pom-poms  Paint or markers  Paintbrushes  Mustache figures (on next page)  Popsicle stick  Glue Instructions  Start by gluing a ribbon around the opening of the cup  Glue the plastic cup to the center of the plate, with the opening face down  Using paint or marker, make small circles of all colors all over the cup and plate  Glue some colored pom-poms to the round edge of the plate  Make a copy of the next page and cut out the mustaches  Glue a mustache to a popsicle stick

Mother's Day Flower Vase

Materials  Construction paper  Pipe cleaners  Markers  Scissors  Glue  Tape Instructions  Trace the child's hands on 3-4 different colored sheets of construction paper and cut them out to make the "flowers"  Have the child write why he/she loves his/her mom on each hand/flower  Draw a vase on a sheet of construction paper and cut it out  Have the child write "I love my mom because..." on the vase  Glue or tape 3-4 pipe cleaners, depending on how many hands there are, to the back side of the vase so that 3/4 of the pipe cleaners stick out  Glue the vase with the pipe cleaners to a sheet of construction paper  Finally, tape one hand/flower to a pipe cleaner

Stick Worms

Materials  Sticks from the woods  Pipe cleaners  Wiggly eyes  Pom-poms  Glue Instructions  Have the child collect a few sticks from the woods  Have the child hold the stick and wrap a pipe cleaner around it  Glue a pom-pom to the end of the stick  Glue wiggly eyes to the pom-pom

Memorial Day Craft

Materials  White sheet of paper (preferably cardstock)  Paint (blue, red, and white)  Three clothes pins  Pom-poms  Scissors Instructions  Draw and cut out a rectangle on a white piece of cardstock  Put a little bit of each paint on a different sheet of paper  Have the child grab a pom-pom with a clothes pin and dip it into the blue paint  The child should make the blue part of the flag on the top left corner of the white rectangle, as shown above  Next, dip a clean pom-pom into the red paint and make the red lines on the flag  Finally, and hopefully by now the paint has dried a little, have the child dip a clean pompom into the white paint and make dots on the blue paint to resemble the stars

June

Paper Plate Octopus

Materials  Paper plate (white or colored)  Markers  Hole puncher  ~8 pipe cleaners, strings, etc. Instructions  You can start by punching ~8 holes on one half of the paper plate  Tie one pipe cleaner or string around each hole o To make this a fine motor activity, you can insert raw macaroni pasta into each pipe cleaner and tie a knot at the end to keep the pasta in place.  When the octopus' tentacles are finished, the child can draw a silly face on the center of the paper plate

Cupcake Liner Fishies!

Materials  Cupcake liners (assorted colors, if possible)  Wiggly eyes  Construction paper (assorted colors)  Black Marker  Glue  Scissors Instructions  Make the tail of the fish by cutting out a triangle out of construction paper  Glue the triangle onto a blue sheet of construction paper  Flatten a cupcake liner onto the sheet of construction paper and cover the tip of the triangle with the cupcake liner  Glue the cupcake liner onto the paper  Glue a wiggly eye on the side opposite the fish's tail  Using a marker, the child can draw a mouth on the cupcake liner and bubbles on the paper

Cheerios Starfish

Materials  Construction paper  Cheerios  Glue  Scissors Instructions  Make a copy of the starfish shown on the next page and cut it out  Trace the starfish onto a sheet of construction paper and cut it  Next, squeeze dots of glue all over the starfish  Glue the cheerios on each dot

Father's Day Craft

Materials  White sheet of copy paper  Paint (option 1)  Construction paper (option 2)  Marker  Hole puncher  Ribbon  Scissors  Glue (for option 2) Instructions  Paint, option 1 o Have the child dip the palm of his/her hands in paint and then place them on a white sheet of paper  Construction paper, option 2 o Trace the child's hands and cut them out o Glue the hands to the white sheet of paper  Have the fingers facing the child and have him/her write "best dad" on the top of the page (above the bottom of the hands), and "hands down" below the fingers.  The child can write the year or their name on the paper  Make two holes on the top of the page using the hole puncher  Cut a piece of ribbon and tie a knot to make a hanging craft

Paper Plate Shark

Materials  Paper plate  Black paint, crayon, or marker  One wiggly eye  White sheet of paper  Glue  Scissors Instructions  Start by cutting a triangle out of the paper plate  Glue the triangle to the back of the plate and make it stick out to make the tail  Using the white sheet of paper, cut out small triangles to make the teeth. Glue them behind the mouth, as shown above  Next, paint or color the shark  Glue the wiggly eye above the mouth

July

Fourth of July Cup Craft

Materials  White and red rolls of crate paper  One blue plastic cup  Star stickers  Tape  Ribbon  Scissors Instructions  Cut a piece of ribbon and tape the two ends to the bottom of the cup  Cut long strips of white and red crate paper  Tape each strip to the inside of the cup  Next, stick the star stickers all over the blue cup  Hang the craft anywhere you want!

Paper Plate Ice Cream

Materials  Paper plate  Construction paper (brown or yellow and red)  Paper mache (assorted colors)  Glue  Scissors Instructions  Cut the paper plate in half  On brown or yellow sheet of construction paper, draw and cut a large triangle  Glue the half paper plat onto the base of the triangle  Cut out small pieces of paper mache (color depending on the flavor of ice cream the child wants and glue them to the paper plate  Finally, draw and cut a small red heart or circle and glue it to the center of the curved edge of the paper plate

Gold Fish Tank

Materials  Fish bowl (next page)  Fruit loops  Goldfish  Blue crayon  Construction paper  Glue  Scissors Instructions  Start by make a copy of the fish bowl on the following page and cut it out  Color the inside of the bowl with a blue crayon to represent the water  Have the child cut long pieces of construction paper to glue in the fish bowl to for the algae, as shown above  Next, glue the fruit loops to the bottom of the fish bowl  Glue the Goldfish above the fruit loops throughout the fish bowl

Paper Popsicles

Materials  Construction paper or cardstock  Popsicle sticks  Glue  Scissors Instructions  Draw and cut the shape of the popsicle, as shown above  Have the child draw and cut different shapes on construction paper to glue to the popsicle  Flip the popsicle over and glue the popsicle stick to the back

Bubble Snake Maker

Materials  One empty plastic bottle  One piece of terry cloth fabric (an old washcloth or tube sock will work)  One rubber band Instructions  Cut the bottom of the plastic bottle  Cut the fabric into a circle  Put the fabric over the open bottom of the bottle and secure it with the rubber band  Put some dish detergent in a bowl and add a little bit of water  Dip the bottle in the detergent and blow away!

August

Paper Plate Cow

Materials  White paper plate  Black and pink construction paper  Wiggly eyes  Marker  Glue  Scissors Instructions  Using the black construction paper, draw and cut out the cow's spots that will go on the paper plate  Using the black construction paper, draw and cut out ears for the cow  Using the pink construction paper, cut out a big circle to make the cow's snout  Glue the cow's ears on the back of the paper plate  Glue the cow's pink snout on the center of the plate  Next, glue the cow's black spots all around the paper plate  Glue the wiggly eyes above the pink snout  Finally, have the child draw a smile on the pink area using a marker

Paper Plate Chicken

Materials  Paper plate  Red and orange or yellow construction paper  Black marker  Glue  Scissors Instructions  Begin by tracing the child's hand on a red piece of construction paper and cutting it out  Draw and cut out a mid-sized triangle from the yellow or orange construction paper  Draw and cut the chicken's gobbler (I don't really know what it's called, so let's hope it's called a gobbler or Michele will make fun of me... again)  Glue the red hand to the top of the plate, as shown above  Glue the beak/triangle to the center of the paper plate  Glue the gobbler next to the beak  Finally, draw eyes on the chicken using the black marker

Paper Bag Donkeys

Materials  Paper lunch bag  Yarn cut in 1 inch piece  Wiggly eyes  Glue  Scissors  Crayons  Donkey head cutout--can be downloaded here: file:///C:/Users/home/Desktop/donkeyhead.pdf Instructions  Take a small paper lunch bag and cut a few inches off the part that opens  Open the bag and push the ends inside to make it about half its size  Cut out 4 rectangles in the middle of each side of the bag. Once you cut them out you can see where the legs of the donkey will be  Cut and color the donkey head  Glue wiggly eyes on the donkey head  Glue the head

Popsicle Stick Barn

Materials  14 popsicle sticks  Barn animal stickers or printed images  Red sheet of construction paper  Glue Instructions  Assemble the popsicle sticks as shown above o This would be a good visual processing activity o You may want to make a model since this picture is a little messy  Then have the child stick the animals around the barn  You could also use magnets to move the animals around and make a language activity (spatial concepts-horse is in the barn, chicken is on the barn, etc)

September

Paper Plate Apple

Materials  Paper plate or a round piece of paper  Red, green, and brown construction paper  Glue  Scissors Instructions  Start with the red construction paper and cut out a lot of pieces, doesn't matter what shape. The child can choose to use the scissors or cut free-hand  Draw and cut a medium-sized leaf from the green construction paper  Draw and cut a stem from the brown construction paper  Start by gluing the stem and leaf to an edge of the paper plate  Finally, glue the red pieces of construction paper all over the paper plate until it is all covered

Grandparent's Day Craft (September 13)

Materials  White sheet of paper  Different colored construction paper  Marker  Scissors  Glue Instructions  Start by cutting small squares from different colored construction paper  Draw a big heart in the center of the white sheet of paper using the black marker  Write "I ... to pieces, grandma/grandpa!" outside of the heart, as shown above  Glue the small pieces of construction paper to the inside of the heart

Stencil Leaves

Materials  Leaves from the woods  Paint or spray paint, if available  White sheet of paper  Paintbrush Instructions  Have the child collect several leaves from the woods  One at a time, have the child place the leaf on the white sheet of paper and paint over the leaf with any color of paint; make sure to paint beyond the edges of the leaf  Repeat the process with different leaves

Leaf Butterfly

Materials  Two different colored pipe cleaners  One leaf  Wiggly eyes  Glue or fun-tack Instructions  Have the child collect a leaf from the woods; make sure the leaf has a long stem.  Cut the stem from the leaf, this will be used as the butterfly's antlers  Next, twist the two pipe cleaners together to make the body of the butterfly  Glue the two small wiggly eyes to the top of the pipe cleaners, or use fun-tack if they do not stick  Stick the body of the butterfly to the center of the leaf; use fun-tack if glue doesn't work  Cut the leaf stem in half and stick it to the back of the butterfly's head

October

Paper Plate Spiders

Materials  Paper plate  8 pipe cleaners  8 wiggly eyes  String or ribbon  Hole puncher  Stapler  Glue Instructions  You can start by painting the body of the spider. I spray painted mine beforehand, so you can do that too and have it ready for the child  Have the child staple 4 pipe cleaners on each side of the paper plate  Next, glue the 8 wiggly eyes on the plate, as shown above  Use the hole puncher to make a hole on the edge of the plate  Use a string or ribbon to hang the spider

Q-tip Skeleton

Materials  Black sheet of cardstock or construction paper  11 q-tips  Skeleton face (on next page)  Glue Instructions  Start by gluing the cut out skeleton face to the top of the black paper  Have the child attempt to follow the order of the q-tips; this is a great visual processing activity!  Glue the q-tips to the paper

Puffy Ghosts

Materials  White sheet of paper  Cotton balls  Black construction paper  Hole puncher  String or ribbon  Glue  Scissors Instructions  Start by cutting out the body of the ghost from the white paper  Glue cotton balls all over the body  Draw and cut out two circles and a mouth from the black paper  Glue the eyes and mouth to the cotton balls  Hole punch the paper and insert and tie the string

Paper Plate Ghost

Materials  One paper plate  Black construction paper  White paper (optional)  Toilet paper  Hole puncher  string or ribbon Instructions  Draw and cut two circles and an oval to make the eyes and mouth of the ghost from black construction paper  Glue the eyes and mouth to the center of the plate  Cut three or more 5 square strings of toilet paper  Flip the plate over and glue the toilet paper strings to the bottom half of the paper; make sure they are placed below the mouth feature on the opposite side  Punch a hole on the edge of the paper plate above the eyes of the ghost and insert and tie a string to hang it  Optional: trace the child's hands and cut them out; glue the hands to the back of the plate so they stick out in front

November

Popsicle Stick Scarecrows

Materials  7 wide popsicle sticks  2 wiggly eyes  Construction paper  Marker  Tape  Glue  Scissors Instructions  Begin by taping the 7 popsicle sticks together; you make need several pieces of tape on both sides  Using the construction paper, draw and cut out a hat, hair, and a nose  Glue the hat, hair, and nose to the popsicle sticks  Glue the wiggly eyes to the popsicle sticks  Draw a smile with the marker

Thanksgiving Thankful Tree

Materials  Large piece of white paper to cover the door or wall  Fall colored construction paper  Brown construction paper for the trunk  Scissors  Tape  Maker Instructions  Cover an area of the clinic with a large piece of white paper  Cut the brown construction paper in half (vertically) to make the tree trunk  Have children trace and cut out their hands and write what they are thankful for  Have the children tape their hand to the thankful tree

Fall Leaf Wreath

Materials  Paper plate  Leaves from the woods  Tape or glue  Scissors Instructions  Start by cutting out the inner circle of the paper plate  Have the child collect leaves from the woods to add to the wreath  Glue or tape the leaves around the paper plate o I tried it with glue the first time and some of the leaves would not stick to the plate, so you might want to try tape

Popcorn Corn

Materials  Popcorn  Green and yellow construction paper  Popsicle sticks  Glue  Scissors Instructions  Pop some popcorn before starting the activity with the child  Draw and cut an oval for the corn on a yellow sheet of construction paper  Draw and cut corn stock from the green sheet of construction paper  Glue the yellow oval on the corn stock  Flip the craft over and glue the popsicle stick to the back  Finally, glue the popcorn to the yellow area of the craft

Candy Corn Turkey

Materials  White sheet of paper (preferably cardstock because of the weight of the candy corn)  Candy corn  Markers  1 wiggly eye Instructions  Trace the child's hand onto a piece of white cardstock  Have the child glue candy corn on each finger except the thumb  Color what's left of the hand with brown marker or crayon  Draw a beak, a gobbler, and feet  Glue the wiggly eye on the thumb

Turkey Hat

Materials  Construction paper  Glue  Scissors  Stapler Instructions  Draw and cut out a medium size circle, a triangle, a gobbler, and two circles for the eyes (these can be drawn) from the construction paper  Draw and cut out four different colored feathers from the construction paper  Cut out four strips of orange construction paper (horizontally)  Use two of the strips to make the crown and staple the ends together  You can start by gluing the feathers to the inside of the crown, as show above  Then glue the large circle and the rest of the pieces to the face

Paper Plate Snowman

Materials  2 paper plates  Construction paper  Wiggly eyes  Stapler  Scissors  Glue Instructions  Staple the two paper plates together from the edges, as shown above. Make sure one plate is facing up and the other down.  Draw and cut out three circles, two mittens, a scarf, and a nose from the construction paper o I did not do shoes (because snowmen don't have shoes, right? And I made a hat instead)  Glue or staple all the pieces to the body of the snowman, as shown above  Glue the two wiggly eyes  Draw a smile with a marker

Popsicle Stick Snowflake

Materials  3 popsicle sticks  Glitter  Cotton balls  Ribbon or string  Glue  Tape Instructions  First, grab the 3 popsicle sticks and form a star; glue the sticks together in the center  Next, put glue on each part of the star and spread glitter on the glue  Place one cotton ball on each end of the star and the center, as shown above  Finally, grab a small piece of ribbon and tape both ends to one of the popsicle sticks to make a hanging ornament

Paper Plate Ornaments

Materials  Paper plates (small or regular size)  Paper mache or construction paper (assorted colors)  Ribbon or string  Glue  Scissors  Stapler Instructions  Start by drawing circles on different colored paper mache or construction paper  Cut out the circles  Next, glue all the circles all over the paper plate  Draw and cut a rectangle from the construction paper; glue it to the back of the paper plate with half of it peeking out (black square of the picture above)  Finally, staple two ends of a ribbon or string onto the rectangle to finish the hanging ornament.

Reindeer Hat

Materials  Brown and red construction paper  Wiggly eyes  Two popsicle sticks  Black marker  Scissors  Glue, tape, or a stapler Instructions  Start by cutting a brown piece of construction paper in half and glue/tape/staple the two pieces together to fit the child's head  Next, trace the child's hands onto a brown construction paper and cut them out  Glue the hands onto one popsicle stick each and tape to the inside of the head piece  Glue the wiggly eyes onto the front of the head piece  Draw a circle on the red construction paper and cut it out to make the nose  Finally, draw a smile on the reindeer with the black marker

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