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HOLIDAY SHAPES
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Cut out cardboard shapes. |
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Give your children uncooked, uncolored pasta to glue onto the shapes. |
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When dry, have children paint their pasta shapes and add glitter. |
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Punch a hole in the cardboard and hand the shapes up in your room. |
Variations: Shapes could be hearts, shamrocks, flowers, trees, etc.
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PASTA NAMES
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Write children’s names on a large sheet of construction paper. |
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Give them some cooked spaghetti noodles. |
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Have them lay the noodles along the lines of their name. |
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Supply small butter knieves for cutting pasta to desired lengths. |
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CUTTING SPAGETTI
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Cook up some spaghetti noodles for your children. |
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Add some oil to the water, so that the noodles will not stick together. |
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Give your child a pair of child scissors and have her cut the noodles into small pieces. |
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These small pieces could be glued to construction paper to make objects or designs.
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COLORING PASTA
Here are a few different ways to color uncooked pasta.
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The most common way, is to mix some food coloring with rubbing alcohol. |
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Another way is to add ½ cup water with 1 Tbs. cider vinegar and some food coloring. |
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Or you can mix 1 tbs. water with 1 tsp. tempera. |
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And finally you can just use food coloring. |
| Place in a plastic container or zip-lock bag with 1 cup uncooked pasta and shake. Then spread the pasta out on waxed paper to dry. |
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SEWING LETTERS |
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Using letter patterns, cut out large letter shapes from cardboard. |
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Then using a hole punch, punch holes around the outside edge of the letter shape, approximately 1” apart. |
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Give your child a shape and some yarn and have her sew around the letter. |
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Place some tape around one end of the yarn to create a stiff needle.
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FINGER PAINTING LETTERS
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Give your child some plain paper and some finger paint. |
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After spreading the paint across her paper, have her draw specific letters in the paint. |
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PAINTERS TAPE LETTERS
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Tape a painter’s tape letter onto a plain piece of paper. |
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Then give the paper to your child along with some paint and a paint brush. |
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Have your child paint across the paper however he wishes. |
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When the paint is dry, help your child remove the tape to reveal a white letter.
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MYSTERY LETTERS
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Using a white crayon, draw two or three letters on a piece of white paper. |
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Then give your child a paint brush and some water colors or a paint wash to spread paint across the paper. |
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The letters will pop out when they are covered with paint. |
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CLAY LETTERS
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Give your child some play dough. |
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Show her how to make long ropes with the dough. |
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Then encourage her to make rope letters.
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LETTER STAMPS
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Purchase some letter stamps or sponges at the craft store. |
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Give your child an ink pad or paint pad and some paper. |
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Let your child stamp any letter he wishes on the paper or a specific one you would like him to concentrate on. |
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