Saturday, September 18, 2010

Halloween Fun 2 projects for small hands in class

The new school year offers opportunities for fun projects for teaching about Halloween decorations. While it may be impractical, decorate your students in all aspects of the class are seasonal and holiday, also doing some interesting projects for them to spread the mission and promotes a sense of pride and ownership of the class.

Origami flying bats

The traditional Japanese art of paper folding, or origami, is a fun way to build on lessonsDecorations, and a lesson for students following directions, reading comprehension and motor skills. The key is that to understand simple instructions and students to find one with a visual example. You can find a good, clear instructions show how to make an easy origami bat on a YouTube video. The link for the video is listed at end of article.

For Halloween this project, start with a square of paper of various sizes and models. Useto make great black and orange construction paper bats. If you use wrapping paper or scrapbooking paper fantasy, make smaller bats. The contrast between solid and patterned will make the finished project dynamically Halloween. Although the work is any type of paper, keep in mind that bend the thicker paper makes it more difficult for small hands.

Once the bats are in origami, it's time to hang it. Attach the fishing line, which gives the appearance of batsto fly to the bats with clear tape and then hang out of the ceiling or the top class of a window.

Packed Lunches Jack-O-Lanterns

Packed Lunches Jack-o-lanterns are a simple Halloween project for students of all ages. This simple and fun Halloween project requires lunch bags, orange, green paper tape or pipe cleaners and construction paper.

Start by painting the lunch bag with bright orange color. While they are drying, cut out simple shapesfor the green leaves of colored paper. Use a drilling a single hole at one end of each leaf punch.

When the paint dries, students can order any lunch box with newspaper and then rolling a piece of brown construction paper as a root and secure the roll of adhesive tape used. Place the handle so the top part of the lunch box and attach the top of the bag tightly with a green ribbon or a green pipe cleaner.

Show your students more pipe cleaners can be movedpencils to create curling screws at the top of the pumpkin. Push the green leaves with holes at one end and the end of the band or brush. Then tighten the screws curling to arrange lunch box and leaves.

The final step is to create a Jack-O-Lantern to create face. black or yellow cardboard cut out shapes with eyes, nose, mouth and other facial features students want, and glue to the front of the lunch of pumpkinPocket.

Classroom decoration tends to revolve around the holiday celebrations and seasonal changes. These projects are not only fun, but the classroom is proud of all your students to create.

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