My little Indian

Cultures are very unique in many ways. This week in my classroom we have been discussing about Native Americans. After a beginning lesson I let my studetns design their own head dresses and become Indians their selves.

Materials

1. constuction paper
2. markers, crayons, pencils
3. string or yarn
4. beads
5. construction paper feathers
6. real feathers
7. scissors
8. glue

Step-by-Step

1. With a brown piece of paper cut out two strips
2. Staple or glue the ends together. Make it big enough for the students head.
3. Have students cut out thier own feathers on red, green, yellow, orange and back paper.

1. Glue the feather on to the head band.
2. Next glue on the real feathers close to the constuction paper feathers.

1. Have students hole punch six holes in their head bands.
2. On either yearn or string have students place four beads.
3. On the string that is in the front on the right hand side have studetns place 6 beads in a pattern.
4. Tie the string on the the head band.

Now you too will have a class full of little Indians.

Busy Spider Webs by Tara Offutt

Materials:  A Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
                Craft Sticks
                Glue
                Yarn
                Glitter
                PomPom Balls

Step 1: Glue the craft sticks together in any shape you wish. And tie the yarn around one corner.

Step 2: Wind and weave the yarn around the craft sticks in random fashion. Tie the yarn around the craft sticks when the desired effect is finished.

Step 3: Squeeze glue randomly over the yarn and craft sticks.

Step 4: Sprinkle glitter over the glue.

Step 5. Shake off excess glitter and add spider (pompom ball).

Edible Fire Trucks By: Heather Gordon

1 1/2 Graham Crackers (per)

4 Pretzel Sticks (per)

Red Icing (Can also use white icing with red food coloring)

4 Mini Oreos

1 Maraschino Cherry

1. Place 1 whole Graham Cracker onto a paper plate or napkin
2. Place a spoonful of frosting onto the Graham Cracker and spread across
3. Place 1/2 of a Graham Cracker onto one half of the whole Graham Cracker-This will be the "cab" of the truck
4. Using a small amount of the icing, "glue" one Maraschino Cherry on top of the "cab"-This will be the Fire Truck's Red Light
5. Using some more icing, "glue" four Mini Oreos to the sides of the whole Graham Cracker (2 Oreos per side)=This will be the Fire Truck's Four Wheels
6. Using a little more icing, "glue" two pretzels paralell to each other on the back of the Fire Truck behind the "cab"
7. Break the other Two Pretzels in half, "glue" the broken pieces in between the paralell pretzels-This will be the Fire Truck's Ladder
8. ENJOY!!!

Q-tip Painting

Supplies

• Brown, tan, orange, red, and yellow paint (or any other desired colors)
• Paint brushes
• Q-tips
• White card stock

The students can be given a pre-made tree trunk, or paint it themselves with the brown paint and paint brush. The will be given small cups of the red, brown, tan, orange and yellow paint and 5 Q-tips. After the trunk is painted the students will then use the Q-tips to paint on the "leaves".

Crayon Art-Brittany Clark

The supplies you will need are:
1. Crayons
2. Canvas
3. Blow Dryer
4. Hot glue gun
5.Glue gun sticks

 First you unwrap all of the crayons:

 Then you glue the crayons to the top of the canvas:

 Next you blow dry the crayons:

 Final Result :)

 If you do it in a sink it causes for easy clean up. After the crayon wax dries it scrapes right up.

Twin Tower

How to make a Twin Bride out of popsicle sticks

By: Whitney Nalley

To make a twin tower you will need the following materials:

• Popsicle sticks

• Elmer's Glue

To start making a twin tower first you must glue each side of the popsicle stick and lay them beside each other one at a time until you reach your desired width of your bridge. (See picture below)













After you have your floor or foundation done, place it to the side so it may dry and begin your structure. You will need to put a small dot of glue on each end of your popsicle stick.  After that put a dot of glue on each end of the other popsicle stick and lay a popsicle stick on top of the glue going from one popsicle stick with glue to another popsicle stick where the glue is so they will connect, and start the formation of your bridge.  When you start doing this you will then alternate the spots of glue on the sticks by the way you stack them.  (See picture below). Follow this process until you reach your desired height for your tower.

After you follow these steps you will make the top for the tower roof.  Basically this is done the same way you done the floor.  When dry you will glue each of the three pieces together starting at the floor and working your way up to the top.  To get the popsicle stick to come up through the top when the glue is still wet, break a popsicle stick in half and stick it in between the two popsicle sticks on the roof and place some glue around it to help it hold itself up.

I feel this would be suitable for a Elementary level history class for grade levels 1-3.  You may want to use this idea as a craft to help aide in teaching about the twin towers and the tragic incident that happened on September 11th and how this day will be remembered and how it has affect and will continue to affect thousands of lives.

Snowy Mountain Christmas by: Josh Cook

Materials: Wax Paper; Charmin Ultra Strong Toliet Paper; Green, Red, White, Black Paint; and Paint brushes

1. Layer a rectangle of toliet paper on a piece of wax paper. This layer can be as thick as you wish for it to be. I would not go over 1/8 of an inch.

2. Paint all of the toliet paper white. After this dries, take your black paint and draw mountains on it. Be creative with your mountains! Then paint your mountains a grey (mix white and black). The white at the top of the mountains indicates snow in the background. You can have as many mountains as you wish!

3. Tear off a small piece of wax paper. Here you are going to take about 6 pieces of toliet paper and fold them up the size of one. Dip the paper in water. You will fold the corners of the toliet paper in until you make a point. This will be the top of your tree. You will do the bottom piece the same way, but larger. Then take two piece of toliet paper and fold up to make a trunk for the tree. I made two trees, but you can have students make as many trees as they wish. Paint the trees green while they are still wet.

4. Make little balls with the toliet paper. These will be your berries. Paint these red and let them dry. 

5. Once your trees have dried, place them on your mountains one piece at a time, starting with your trunk, and hot glueing them as you place them on. After placing these, hot glue the red berries onto the trees. If you wish, you can add green paint to the bottom of the mountains to illuminate vegatation.

This is a good project to complete this time of the year. It is simple, yet very fun and creative for the students to complete! It may be a three day project for younger students! Good luck!