FROG CRAFT -- EASY VERSION
(his mouth opens and you can put things inside!)
WHAT TO DO WITH THIS CRAFT:
There are lots of uses for the craft:
make a Five Green and Speckled Frogs game
use the craft to store small toys, small books or
keep treasures safe (who'd dare try to steal your prized possessions from this nasty
critter!) Do not store food inside it.
give it as a gift to a sibling or a grandparent
There are two versions for this craft. This, easy
version provides a nice short-cut option for younger children or large groups. The
paper mache version is a bigger project and is appropriate for
older children (and daddies *grin*)
MATERIALS:
Tide (laundry detergent) box. Doesn't really
matter what size you use, as long as it's the standard type with the flip up lid.
glue or tape
2 egg carton cups
construction paper or poster board (for the limbs...
we used green, but use what you have).
OPTIONAL: markers
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Cut plastic handle off the box. (adult help required)
- Cover the Tide box with construction paper . Or use white paper
and color or paint it green (it takes about 6 to 8 sheets to cover the box).
- Tape or glue the egg carton cups into the center of the head.
Color on black pupils with a marker or glue on black pupils cut from construction paper.
- Cut legs and arms out of construction paper or poster board/old
cereal boxes. (you can even use the cardboard backing from your pad of construction
paper!)
- Let the kids chose the colors they want to make things
- OPTIONAL: Glue eyelashes onto the eyeballs. Take a strip
of construction paper and fold a 1/2 inch tab. Slit the strip every 1/4 inch or so
all the way down to the tab. Curl around a pencil and glue to the eye.
- Tape on a red construction paper tongue. Curl around a pencil
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