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Construction Paper Collages

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Use your imagination to create a pretty collage, made out of whatever materials you have around.  You might want to create an example to show your kids what you will be doing before they start, or you can just give them the materials and let their creative spirits run free!

scrap paper collage

Use black construction paper as a background to make the colors in your collage really stand out.  Crayons and colored pencils will still show up over the black paper and you can also color on lighter paper that you have added to your craft.

flower collage

Big flowers, rainbows, and hearts are a few ideas to get you started, but with a little imagination, you will be coming up with all sorts of pretty pictures!

Materials:

  • glue bottles
  • glue sticks
  • scissors
  • construction paper
  • sequins
  • hole punchers (different shapes)
  • crayons
  • plastic buttons
  • google eyes
  • other craft materials or scraps

For The Craft:

Results will vary based on the materials you use.  I had a bunch of extra die cuts lying around so I used them to make one of the collages shown above. I added plastic buttons and googly eyes to my collages.  Check your local art store for more ideas!

 

Construction Paper Handprint Chicken Craft

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Handprint Chicken Craft

Supplies

  • construction paper – a variety of colors, cut in half (hamburger style)
  • glue sticks
  • crayons
  • scissors

Directions

  1. On a piece of halved construction paper outline your hand without going in between your fingers.
  2. Cut out the outline of your hand and glue it onto the half piece of construction paper.
  3. Cut out an orange beak and a red comb and glue it onto the thumb area.
  4. Draw on the eyes and other details. 

3D Pig Craft – A Construction Paper Creation

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Instructions to make a 3D pig craft that you can hang on the wall or use as a puppet!

3 D pig craft
Make three and have a Three Little Pigs puppet show. Need a big bad wolf? Modify the black cat template.

Materials:

  • construction paper
  • a bottle of glue
  • a stapler
  • a wooden cylinder-shaped block
  • a pencil

Directions:

Start by making a fortune teller out of construction paper. Click here for some directions on making a fortune teller (sometimes also called a “Cootie Catcher”).

Staple the top and bottom sections together to create a mouth that only opens in one direction.

To make the pig’s nose: Glue a piece of construction paper around a cylinder-shaped block.  Hold the paper around the block until the glue dries.

Cut a triangle shape out of the end of the nose piece and attach it to the fortune teller with some glue. Hold the construction paper in place until the glue dries.

Your pig is going to look like an elephant at this point.  Trim the nose to make it shorter like a pig’s nose would be.

Trace around the end of the wooden cylinder block to make a circle that is the same width as the opening on the nose.  Add two small tabs to either side of the circle and cut this shape out. The tabs can be bent and dotted with glue and then carefully placed inside the nose to help it stick.  Glue on two small black construction paper nostrils.

Cut out triangles from red construction paper and glue them on the inside of the mouth as shown in the picture. This part can be a little tricky as you need four triangles to fit nicely in each section of the mouth. When you make one that fits you can use it as a template and cut three more in the same shape. Glue these pieces inside the mouth.

Cut two triangles to make ears and add smaller triangles to those to complete the ears. Glue the ears onto the back of your pig’s head.

Cut out two pink squares and glue them to the back of the fortune teller to make cheeks. Trim off the excess paper with scissors.

Create eyes by cutting out two small circles of white construction paper.  Cut two smaller black circles to make pupils.  Make eyelids with half circles of construction paper. Glue the pupils onto the eyeballs and then glue the eyelids on.

Make the eyelashes by cutting out a small black rectangle and snipping very thin strips almost all the way down. Curl them by rolling them around a pencil. Cut them in half so you have two sets of eyelashes and then carefully glue them onto the eyelids.

Finally,  push a small nail through one of the folds on the back of the fortune teller to create an anchor. Place a loop of string or floss on the nail and attach it to the wall with a tack.

Construction Paper Self-Portraits

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Make this construction paper portrait completely out of scrap paper!

construction-paper-portrait

Materials

  • Glue sticks
  • Construction Paper
  • Scissors

Directions

  1. Cut out an oval for the face and a rectangle for the neck and glue it onto the background (I used black paper because I like the contrast).
  2. Cut pieces of paper for hair and layer them over each other to create a hair-like texture.
  3. Add a shirt and any accessories
  4. Add facial features including the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears
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