Since, the groundhogs are predicting an early spring around here, I thought we better hurry up, and get to a few last winter crafts, like the
funny spiral snowman craft we found, while looking for ideas for this month's
Unplugged Project.
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My youngest two have been in perpetual craft mode, and are always wanting something to cut, and glue. Cutting a spiral was too big a challenge for my three year old, of course, but was great practice for her five year old sister. The link above, has a printable template for the spiral snowman, which they suggest printing on card stock. I just went ahead and freehanded it, on typing paper, so it would be easier for little hands to cut, even though it meant slightly droopier snowmen.
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After we cut the spirals, the girls drew on faces in the middle, and glued on construction paper hats, and noses. I cut the hats for them, with the top of the hat on a fold, so there was a hat on both sides, with the head in the middle. Then, I bent the heads forward, and they drew, and glued, matching faces on the back.
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Finally, they glued on construction paper arms.
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And, I punched a hole in the top of the hats, and threaded through some string for hanging.
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Once the spirals are cut, the craft goes together pretty quickly. They make for an interesting display too, looking something like a cross between a snowman and an icicle, twirling above the table.
It's great to be a homeschooler.
8 comments:
That looks like a great project!!
This looks like such a great craft!
Oh, I really, really like this! We are far from spring here, so I'll try to do this with my little one here sometime this winter. Thanks for the inspiration - such cute pictures!
Oh these look so cute! I will have to remember this when Selena gets a little better with her cutting skills.
Very cute! I see that you found some great idea for Spiral theme on Unplug Your Kids. I am still undecided on whether we participate - spirals are a little advanced for my 3 year old.
You always have the most awesome ideas, always practical, creative and a fun way for kiddies to learn. Thank you for sharing!
I should have chose your spiral project, I have been working more than 30 years on mine.
http://my4spiral.com
All things are possible with patience and tenacity, Daniel Morton
These are adorable! You make school look so fun.
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