We learned from Paul Showers' Hear Your Heart, a "Stage 2 Let's-Read-And-Find-Out About" book, that an empty toilet paper roll makes a pretty good stethoscope.
Of course, my youngest two, thought they needed to decorate the tubes. I suggested covering them in tissue paper. C, wanted purple, but settled for overlapping the red, and blue we had in the cupboard (which sort of gives you purple).I had them brush on watered down glue, and then stick tissue paper squares to the tubes.
They had a great time brushing on the glue. In fact, it may be several days, before their stethoscopes are dry enough to use.
Be sure to check out the other story stretching arts and craft, at this week's stART (story + ART) link-up, at A Mommy's Adventures.
It's great to be a homeschooler.
Sometimes it's fun to improvise colors...at least for the grownups! I hope they dry soon!
ReplyDeleteMaybe my kids would be more receptive of doctor visits if the stethoscopes looked like that.
ReplyDeleteOur projects often take several days to dry as well.
ReplyDeleteHurray! Another fabulous Loo Roll craft. We love loo rolls over our way and make lots of things out of them!
ReplyDeleteFabulous!!!
Maggy
You may notice that in most of my pictures of crafts made by my children the crafts are dripping with glue! I don't even have the patience to wait for them to dry before photographing and blogging about them! Actually, I am afraid of what might happen to them while they are drying (child, dog, husband, who knows!).
ReplyDeleteI like the stethoscopes!
Such a neat idea!
ReplyDeleteWhat a simple and great idea!! I love how they decorated them! :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is fun! I admit though that I was never able to hear a heartbeat through this paper tube stethoscope. I wonder if I am hard of hearing or if it's because Anna cannot stop talking when I do that :)
ReplyDeleteRaising a Happy Child - Maybe you're not getting it in quite the right spot - it was quite loud for us.
ReplyDeleteThey came out so well. What a great way to reuse the rolls.
ReplyDeleteNathan LOVES glue too LOL! Cute, now I have to try it myself to see if it works haha!
ReplyDeleteNever would have thought of using a toilet paper tube in such a medicinal manner...
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