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Stained-Glass Star Ornaments

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These “Stained-Glass” Star Ornaments are the perfect craft to send home during the holidays!

star stained glass craft
The sunlight shining through creates a nice stained-glass effect.

popsicle stick star craft

Star of David Craft Materials:

Assemble The Star Frames 

Create the star frames by gluing three popsicle sticks together to make an equilateral triangle. Make two triangles for each ornament.

Let the triangles dry separately for about 10-15 minutes. Once they are dry, place the triangles on top of one another facing opposite directions to see where they will connect. Add a few dots of glue and press the triangles together until they stick on their own. Set the star frame(s) aside to dry.

Place the tissue paper pieces in a bowl and set out on tables along with the star frames.

In another bowl, add some water and a small amount of glue. You only need a little bit of glue and mostly water to make the tissue paper stick to the star frame.

For The Craft:

Lay pieces of tissue paper over the popsicle sticks and paint the glue mixture on, starting where the paper touches the popsicle sticks. The glue mixture will soak through the tissue paper and, when it dries, all the tissue paper pieces will be permanently attached to the star frame!

The Final Steps

Use a paintbrush dipped in the water/glue solution and smooth out the edges of the tissue paper pieces. Fill in any gaps with a little extra tissue paper and touch them up a little bit.

Place the completed Star of David ornaments aside and let them dry for 30 minutes to an hour.  Some kids may go overboard with the glue water so those may take a little bit longer to dry!

Once the tissue paper is dry,  you can write each student’s name and the year on the ornament with a Sharpie.

Poke a little hole through the tissue paper near the inside of the top point on the star using a well-sharpened pencil.

Thread a piece of ribbon or string through the hole and tie it in a loop so it can hang in a window, or anywhere the sunlight can shine through!

Did You Know?

The Star of David is a six-pointed figure consisting of two interlaced equilateral triangles. It is used as a Jewish and Israeli symbol and appears on the flag of Israel.

Books About Hanukkah for Kids

Here are a few books, available on Amazon, that you can use to help teach your students about  Hanukkah, and the common symbols and traditions associated with this holiday.


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Construction Paper Worm Craft

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This construction paper worm craft includes a moveable pebble that hides in the grass!

construction paper worm craft

Here is what you’ll need:

  • glue sticks
  • scissors
  • construction paper
  • markers

Directions:

  1. First, draw an outline of the worm on a piece of pink construction paper. You can use the picture above as a guide if you want. Cut out the worm’s body.
  2. On another piece of pink construction paper, draw an outline of the neck. This piece makes it look more worm-like, and less like a snake. Cut out the neck piece and glue it onto the worm’s body. Set the worm aside.
  3. On the brown construction paper for the background. Draw dots and speckles on the brown construction paper with a marker to make it look like dirt.
  4. Cut a 3-inch strip of blue construction paper for the sky and glue it to the top of your paper.
  5. Next cut a 1.5-inch strip of green paper and snip it along the side to make grass.  Line it up and glue the bottom of the grass to where the brown construction paper meets the blue construction paper.
  6. Glue the worm over the dirt area.
  7. Cut out small gray ovals and glue them onto the brown background to make pebbles. Draw dots and lines to make them look more realistic.  Make a bigger pebble and tuck it into the grass – no need to glue it down, and it’s fun to move around!

Printable Cat Template – Cute, Fat, and Rolly

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This cat craft is super easy to make and is a fun cutting and gluing activity for kids in pre-school and kindergarten. Just download and print the free printable cat template. Then color, cut and paste!

Materials:

Instructions:

1. Download and print the Cat Craft Template PDF. 

Cat Craft Template

 2. Cut out the different shapes.

3. Color the pieces with markers or crayons.

3. Glue the pieces together to finish their unique and awesome fat cat! Every student will put their cat template together differently.  I love doing this activity with my students because its so easy, and at the same time it reinforces cutting skills!

 After we are done, I display each child’s work around the classroom. You can attach a straw or a popsicle stick to the back of the cat with tape to make a cute cat puppet that kids will love!

You might also like:

Black Cat Craft – A 3D paper cat that can be a puppet or hang on the wall.

Cat Puppet – An easy printable cat template craft.  Just print out, cut, and color, then add a straw or popsicle stick to make a puppet.

Cat House Drawing – An easy drawing of a house filled with cats! 

Draw A Funky And Fun Clown House

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Bubbles, Bozo, Balloons and Pies! A fun clown house to make that’s full of surprises! For this clown house craft, a piece of paper is divided into sections and you can draw a different picture in each “room”. Use a ruler to draw lines and divide the paper or fold the paper into even sections.

clown house craft

You will need markers, white copy paper, and a ruler (optional) for this activity.

To make this clown house drawing, first fold a piece of paper into 4 or 6 sections.  You can also use a ruler to divide the paper into sections if you prefer.
Draw a different room in each section of your paper.  You can add a living and dining room, bathroom, closets, basement, laundry room, and bedroom to start.

Make sure to add lots of colors and clowns!  The trick to drawing clowns is give them big shoes and wild, colorful hair and outfits.  Use lots of polka-dots, swirls, and curly-Q’s when decorating their costumes.  You can make them look like they are wearing clown makeup by drawing x’s as their eyes, and a red dot as their noses.  I like to make them look like they are pouting, so I give them heart-shaped lips.

You can draw some stairs and add windows to make your drawing look more like a home.

Add more clowns, pets, robots, and anything else you can think of to make your drawing more colorful and interesting!]]>

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