Holiday Projects

 

Students strung beads and a paper bell to make New Year  necklaces. I used a hot glue gun to attach the jingle bell to the paper bell. Gold glitter can be as a substitute for the bell.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH

 

Children colored portraits of famous

African-Americans to create a

Black History Month quilt.

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Chinese New Year

 

Children traced and cut out their handprints to form the dragon.

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DAY OF SCHOOL

 

Starting 10 days before the big day we counted down to the 100th Day of School using a paper chain.

 

A banner proclaimed we reached our 100th day of school!

The classroom was decorated with balloons that I wrote 100 on using Sharpie markers.

 

 

Zero the Hero, wearing a crown for the 100th day of school, was our guest of honor.

 

 

After reading 100 Day Worries we shared our

own collections of 100 things. They included 100 goldfish, 100 stickers, 100 pasta noodles, 100 photos, 100 glow in the dark stars and 100 pieces of candy.

 

Stations were set up around the room. At this station, children decorated glasses that were shaped like the numeral 100.

 

At this station each child completed a chart by making 100 fingerprints.

 

At another station children made a page for our 100 Wishes on the 100th Day of School book. Some of the students' wishes were 100 dollars, 100 cars, 100 pieces of candy, and 100 scooters.

 

Here we are in our 100th Day of School crowns, glasses, and necklaces.

 

We ended our celebration with a special snack. Children used carrot sticks and cookies to form the number 100.

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VALENTINE’S DAY

 

Children used paper bags, hearts, and wiggly eyes to create these valentine mailboxes.

 

Children made the petals around the heart using their thumbprints. The saying goes "Thumbody loves you...that thumbody is ME!"

 

Children created mosaic hearts by cutting out 

    heart patterns, covering them with tissue paper,

    and then painting over the entire heart with

                            glitter glue.

 

    Children created Valentine Buddies by gluing 

    together hearts and adding facial features

    and limbs.

 

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   We created a prediction chart whether the      groundhog would or wouldn't see his shadow.

 

 

 

   Each child colored a groundhog pattern which 

   was then stapled to black paper. Children then 

   cut both pieces of paper together. I taped the

   patterns on to a popsicle stick, which was then 

   poked through a styrofoam cup that the child

   colored with a green permanent marker. When

   the child pushes the groundhog up, his "shadow"

   falls behind him.

                        

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PASSOVER

Seder plates were created by coloring, cutting, and gluing seder plate patterns on to paper plates. Glitter and beads were glued along the plate's border.

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EASTER

 

    Bunny baskets were created using pint containers. I created 

    bunny ears and a head by cutting a flap on one side of each

    container. Children covered their containers with white paintand

    cottonballs. Facial features were created with wiggly eyes, pom 

    poms, and Sharpie markers. Baskets were filled with Easter 

    grass  and treats.

 

    

 

Duck baskets were created using yellow plastic bowls; duck head, beak, and wing patterns; and wiggly eyes. The children cut out the patterns and I used a hot glue gun to attach them to the bowl.

 

        

 

Egg wreaths were created using egg patterns and plastic hoops (embroidery hoops or paper plates which have their centers cut away could be substituted). The children colored their eggs with oil pastels and I hotglued a ribbon on each wreath.

 

Easter bunnies were made using doilies.

 

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EARTH DAY

Recycle Man was created by painting a paper     plate and gluing on newspaper hair, wiggly eyes, and a condiment cup nose.

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 Mother’s Day

Children painted terra cotta pots using small sponges and planted impatients and begonias in them for Mother's Day gifts. The plant stakes were made using Ellison die-cut hearts, which  were laminated and glued on popsicle sticks.

 

These Mother Day cards were made by children coloring flower patterns, which were then folded in half. A small semicircle was cut in the top and a picture of each child was glued on. A sequin decorates each petal.

 

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  Father's Day

 

Children created paper bag statues of their fathers or a special man in their lives. The bags were stuffed with newspaper and stapled shut. Each statue is holding a letter stating why that dad or special man is special to the child.