Arts & Crafts

Arts & Crafts

Easy Tissue Paper Flowers

With May Day, Cinco de Mayo, and Mother’s Day all falling in this colourful month, what better craft to spotlight than these easy tissue paper flowers! What You’ll Need: • Assorted tissue paper (approx. 12”x18”) • Scissors • Stapler Instructions: 1. Layer 6-10 pieces of tissue paper in desired color order. 2. Fold paper back and forth (accordion-style) starting at the shorter edge. 3. Find the center point. 4. Staple the center point. 5. Round the sharp corners on both

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Arts & Crafts

Cardboard Castanets

In honor of Earth Day 2021, I embarked on a special project for my kodomo kiddos to incorporate the three R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. If 2020 brought anything, it was a plethora of cardboard boxes (thanks Amazon!) and bottle caps…..don’t ask. But this meant an opportunity for multicultural learning and instrument-making. The results were delightful and well worth the hoarding! Things you’ll need: Cardboard (cut into strips approx. 1.5″ x 4″) Glue Gun (used with adult supervision) Bottle Caps Paint

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