Suncatchers are a colorful art project that your preschooler will take pleasure in looking at when hung in a window. This activity is quick and easy to make. You will need to have clear contact paper, colored tissue paper, and scissors. Provide your child with precut squares of colored tissue paper in your choice of colors. Peel off the backing from one sheet of contact paper and place it sticky side up. Have the children place the squares all over the contact paper, covering it completely. When they are finished, you will cover the top of it with another sheet of contact paper. Giving the children child safety scissors, have them cut out their suncatcher in a shape that pleases them. Use holiday colored tissue paper if you are working with a holiday theme.
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Your child will take joy in this vibrantly colored and textural creation. Cut out a starfish shape from colored cardstock. Place each starfish on a large sheet of waxed paper. Provide the students with plastic bowls of glue and have them paint the glue all over the surface of the fish, using their fingers. Have some wet wipes handy, as little fingers can get quite sticky. Using large colored crystals, colored sugar or dry colored rice, cover the entire glued surface of the fish. Save any remaining crystals, sugar or rice. Once they are dry, glue them onto a piece of sandpaper. Personalize their piece with their name on the sandpaper for an added touch, and each child will have artwork they will be proud to show their parents.
Children love to explore nature and have a natural fascination with butterflies. Stick puppet butterflies provide hours of fun. Each child should cut out two small hearts from any color construction paper. If they need help with the cutting, these can be precut for them. At this point, color the wings with crayons or markers. For extra dimension, glue on tiny beads, and outline the wings with glitter glue. Allow the glue to dry before attaching the wings. Have your children glue the hearts on a craft stick with the points meeting toward the middle of the stick. After completely drying, the butterflies are ready to use.
Preschoolers enjoy things that make motions in the wind, and this windsock project is one they will be sure to cherish. The children will need empty toilet paper or paper towel tubes. Paint the tubes with acrylic paint and allow to dry. Add some glitter or stickers, for decoration. Any color streamer or ribbon will work for the streamers. Longer streamers look the best in the wind. Cut the ribbon or streamer 26 inches long. Have them glue the ends of the streamer inside the tube. Punch two holes in the top of the tube. Thread a long piece of string through it and tie the ends together making a hanger for the windsock. The windsock is ready to play with or hang near a window or tree.