Seasonal Activities
Spring
Nature Easter Eggs
Materials:
Cardboard
Hot glue gun
Nature items
Scissors
Pen/Pencil
Instructions:
Use a pen or pencil to draw egg shapes on your cardboard. You can trace them or do freehand. You can make them as big or little as you like.
Cut out the shapes.
Gather nature items (sticks, leaves, grass, rocks, flowers, etc.).
Use the hot glue gun to place the items on the eggs.
Cardboard Vase
Materials:
Small piece of cardboard (You can use a cereal box panel or cut it in half)
Marker
Hold punch or anything to make holes
Instructions:
Draw a vase on a piece of cardboard and let the child decorate it
Punch holes above the vase
Go on a walk and place flowers, leaves, grass, etc. in the holes
Summer
Nature Color Collecting
Materials:
Egg Carton
Paints or markers
A fun place for a nature walk
Instructions:
Color each compartment of the egg carton. Use colors you can find in nature. Use different shades of greens, browns, pinks, greys, purple, red, orange, black and white.
Get your walking shoes on and grab a bottle of water and head to your walking spot.
Along your walk collect items that match the colors you colored your egg carton. Make sure to follow any rules or laws about collecting in your area.
When you return home you can use your collected items to make a fun art project!
Paper Ice Cream Cone
Materials:
2 sheets of paper
tape or glue
crayons, markers, or colored pencils
scissors
ruler
pencil
Instructions:
Measure and mark 5" from both corners of paper for cone. Connect marks with an arc to get shape shown in 1st photo.
Cut out cone and color or add details.
Glue or tape the edges of the cone together. Set cone aside.
Using second sheet fold top edge to side edge to form a square sheet of paper, cutting off the excess.
With sheet still folded into a triangle, fold triangle in half forming a smaller triangle.
Decorate your ice cream, notice you have 3 triangles front and back to decorate.
With glue or tape attach the loose corner of each triangle to the bottom edge of the triangle ahead of it, about half way. As you attach them, the ice cream will become 3 dimensional. See 4th photo for reference.
Place ice cream into cone. Look for 3 or 4 spots to add a dot of glue or double sided tape to attach ice cream to the cone.
Enjoy your ice cream!!
Fall
Leaf Stamping
Materials:
Paper
Acrylic paint
Leaves
Instructions:
Collect leaves of various sizes and shapes from your yard (or go on a nature hike!) make sure they are not to dry
You can wipe the leaves down with a wet wipe if needed
Apply paint to a leaf, make sure to cover the leaf evenly with a thin layer of paint
Press the leaf to the paper, make sure to press straight down and all over the leaf
Repeat using the various leaves until you are happy with your artwork!
Leaf Paintings
Materials:
Acrylic paint
Paint brushes
Leaves
Instructions:
Collect leaves of various sizes and shapes from your yard (or go on a nature hike!) make sure they are not to dry
You can wipe the leaves down with a wet wipe if needed
Paint a background color on one side of the leaves, let dry.
Add patterns, designs, or pictures to the painted background.
Once dry think of creative ways to display your artwork!
Winter
Play snow!
Materials:
1/2 cup of white conditioner
2 cups of baking soda
Bin and/or tarp/garbage bag
Instructions:
Mix the ingredients until they stick and have a fluffy texture.
Play!
Clean Up Tip:
Put in a large tin pan or place a tarp/large garbage bag under the play area for easier clean up.
Snowman Sensory Bin
Materials:
Empty clear bottle
Small red puffs, googly eyes, small piece of orange pipe cleaner, or markers to make features.
Glue
Small Red Solo cups or red construction paper for hat
Rice, white beads, marshmallows - anything small, white, and has large amount.
Spoon
Funnel
Bin/Some sort of container to keep rice in
Instructions:
Collect clear empty bottles and remove any labels
Use glue and paste red puffs, an orange pipe cleaner, and googly eyes to the bottle to make features: red puffs-buttons, orange pipe cleaner-nose, googly eyes-eyes. Use a marker to make a smile.
You can also use colored markers to make the features if you do not have the other supplies.
Make a hat with a small Red Solo cup and/or red construction paper.
Fill bin/container with rice, beads, marshmallows, etc. Place a spoon and a funnel in the bin.
Play!
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