Heart Hands

This is a lovely birthday, Mothers or Father's Day card idea that is really simple to make!




1. Chose two different coloured pieces of paper, and fold one in half.

2. Trace hand , ensuring the index finger and thumb touch the centre crease.

3. Carefully cut out the hand print.

4. Open - you should see a heart shape between the two hands.

5. Paste onto the other piece of paper. Decorate and write message!

Cool Cursive

Check out these cool cursive classroom displays!

To create, fold a piece of paper in half. Write your name next to the centre fold.

 

Cut around the lettering as shown:

Open, and paste onto a different coloured piece of cardboard for classroom display.

 

Butterfly Lifecycle

 

To create these (delicious!) butterflies, simple chose a desirable template from google images:

 

I selected this one and copied it onto cardboard. Students coloured and decorated their butterfly and I poked holes in them for the lollipop.

 

 

Jewelry Boxes

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

For a simple Valentine's Day gift, have your students make these jewelry boxes.
All you need is some cheap cardboard boxes, plastic jewels and wood glue.

Spiders

 

Make these scary hanging spiders by cutting up egg cartons, painting their bodies, gluing on googly eyes, poking through pipe cleaners for legs, and hanging from string.

Valentine's Gift

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

 

Next months is Valentine's Day, and here's a little gift my Year 2 kids made last year for a friend or family member. 

Students coloured and decorated the following template:

Then they poked holes in the heart and attached a glow stick:

 

Japanese Theme Ideas

 

Here is a range of visual art ideas for integrated Science/HSIE Japanese unit with Stage 1 students:

Hand-held fans:

 

Ikebana straw paintings:

  

Kimono kids paintings:

 

Zen gardens:

  

Lantern paintings:

 

Calligraphy:

 

 Kimono dolls:

 

Kabuki Masks:

 Fish lanterns:

 Volcanoes:

Bubbles Paintings

Kindy had a great time making paintings out of coloured bubbles.

We made bubble solution using water and detergent, and added food colouring.

The children then used a straw to blow bubbles from the solution and placed their paper over the top to create a bubble pattern on it.

Hanging Butterflies

Subject:     Science
Unit:          Life Cycles
Grade:       2

 

How to Make

1. Bend a pipe cleaner in half and curl the ends to make the antennae.


2. Thread beads onto the pipe cleaner from the base, to form the body.

3.  Bend two more pipe cleaners as shown in the image to make the wings.














4. Attach the wings to the body of the butterfly.


5. Attach fishing line to the antennae and hang from a window.

Personalised Keyrings

We made these keyrings for Christmas gifts for someone significant in our lives: