Happy New Year! Now that it is the winter time, you will need to bundle up! Let's enjoy learning about animals and people that live in cold climates!
Cold weather means wearing boots outside!
Paper Winter Boots!
There was a snowman created that is now melting in the sun!
Melting Snowman 3D Craft!
Polar bears are a highly studies animal in the winter time! They live in cold climates!
Bobble Head Polar Bear!
Supplies: One sheet of construction paper of any bright color, white paper, one thin strips of card stock or thick paper, glue/tape, black crayons/markers, and glitter glue or glitter and glue.
Instructions:
1. Cut out 2 big arch shapes from white paper. One arch should be slightly bigger than the other.
2. Paste the arches together onto the sheet of paper. The smaller arch should be in front of the larger arch. Now you have the body of the polar bear with the 4 paws on the bottom.
3. Take 2 strips of paper and fold them over each other in a lanyard pattern until you get a paper spring. Attach the paper spring on the top center of the smaller front arch.
4. Cut out a circle from white paper. The circle should be sizable, but not too big. Using black crayon or marker, draw a polar bear like face on the circle and attach the face onto the top of the spring. Now the face/head of the polar bear will bobble and wobble.
5. Cut out 3 semicircles from white paper. Attach 2 on top of the head for the ears and one onto the top of the big arch for the tail.
6. Adorn the background of the polar bear with glitter glue or glitter. If you wish, you may decorate the polar bear with glitter itself.
Enjoy the bobble head polar bears below created by the children at the library!
Penguins and polar bears slide down snow hills. Perhaps we can imagine them sliding down together on a sled!
Penguin and Bear on Sled!
Supplies: One thick, long strip of card stock, an image of a polar bear, an image of a penguin, 2 smaller pieces of card stock, 2 long narrow strips of cardboard, crayons/markers, glue/tape and string.
Instructions:
1. Fold up and curl both ends of the long, thick strip of card stock to resemble a sled.
2. Attach the 2 thin strips of cardboard under the sled. Make sure they are sticking out in the front to resemble the skis of the sled.
3. Color in and decorate an image of a polar bear. Do the same thing to the image of the penguin.
4. Attach each animal to a smaller strip of card stock and fold the bottom of each strip of card stock so that each strip of card stock is in an "L" shape.
5. Attach each animal on the card stock onto the sled. Attach each one from the folded bottom part of the "L" shape so that they stand up on the sled or sit up on the sled. One animal should be behind the other and each facing the front of the sled.
6. Attach a string on the front of the sled by each end. Now the sled can be pulled with the polar bear and penguin on it.
Enjoy the arctic sleds below created by the children at the library!
Watching polar animals play in the snow and ice makes me want to play in the snow outside and make snow angels!
Paper Plate Snow Angels!
Supplies: One Paper Plate, light colored card stock, fabric, glitter, one small pom pom, glue, scissors, crayons/markers and snow flake stickers or foam shapes.
Directions:
1. Using scissors, cut out a snow angel shape from card stock of a light pale blue color or any pale color.
2. Attach the snow angel shape onto the center of the paper plate.
3. Cut out 4 strips of fabric. These will be the arms and legs of the child making the snow angel. Cut out a square shape from fabric for the jacket and a hat shape from fabric. Cut out 2 sock or shoe shapes from fabric.
4. Attach each strip of fabric, arms and legs inside the parts of the snow angel. Cut a small V on top of the square shaped fabric so that it looks like a jacket or heavy vest. Attach onto the center of the snow angel. Attach the sock shapes onto the bottom of each fabric leg.
5. Cut out a small circle from paper and drawer a face on it. Attach onto the top of the snow angel. Attach the hat shaped fabric on top of the head and a small pom pom on top of the hat.
6. Adorn the snow angel and the background with glitter and snow flake stickers.
Enjoy the snow angels below created by the children at the library!
Penguins are widely studied in the winter time!
It's fun to see them waddle! Penguins rock and roll!
Rock and Roll Penguins!
Supplies: One paper plate, black paper, white paper, small pieces of paper in a bright color, google eyes, crayons/markers, glue/tape and star stickers.
Directions:
1. Cut out a penguin shape from black paper. Cut out a belly shape and face outline for the penguin from white paper. Attach the white belly onto the front center of the penguin's body. Attach the white face outline onto the bottom center head of the penguin.
2. Attach the google eyes onto the penguin's face and color in a beak and other facial features on the penguin.
3. Cut out feet for the penguin from paper of bright color. Attach the feet onto the bottom of the penguin.
4. Cut out a guitar shape from brightly colored paper. Attach the guitar in a slanted position onto the middle of the penguin in front of the belly and between the wings/flippers. Fold the tips of the flippers or wings inward to make it seem as if the penguin is holding the guitar.
5. If you wish, draw strings on the guitar and attach a star sticker on the guitar for decoration.
6. Cut out the center of a paper plate and discard the paper plate edges. Now you have a circle. Fold the paper plate circle in half and stand it up along the edges so that it rocks side by side.
7. Attach the penguin on one side of the folded paper plate center. And now if you rock the circle, the penguin will appear to waddle and rock and roll with the guitar.
Enjoy the rock and roll penguins below created by the children at the library!
3D Penguin!
Supplies: Dark card stock, white construction paper, yellow paper, scissors, glitter glue, glue/tape, google eye and anything else you wish to use for decoration.
Instructions:
1. Cut out a penguin shape from dark card stock
2. Cut out a pear shape from white construction paper and attach onto the front of the penguin shape.
3. Cut out 4 medium circles from white paper. The circles should be 3-4 inches in height and width.
4. Fold the circles in half. Attach the circles together by gluing one side of each circle to the other side of the next circle. Once all the circles are attached, then attach to the belly of the penguin.
5. Cut out 2 feet from orange or yellow paper. Attach the feet onto the bottom of the penguin.
6. Cut out a small triangle shape from the orange or yellow paper and attach onto the beak of the penguin.
7. Attach a google eye onto the face near the beak.
8. Adorn the penguin with stickers and glitter glue.
Enjoy the 3D penguins below created by the children at the library!
Seeing penguins waddle in the snow makes me want to go snowboarding!
Snowman on Snowboard!
Supplies: One paper plate, white paper, card stock, pipe cleaner, one ice cream stick, crayons/markers, glue/tape, glitter glue or glitter and scissors.
Instructions:
1. Cut a line in the lower center of the paper plate using scissors.
2. Using crayons/markers and glitter glue, drawer a background onto the plate, (ex. sky, trees, sun, sparkles, etc.)
3. Cut out a snowman shape from white paper.
4. Draw a face onto the snowman and decorate the snowman with a paper hat, stickers and a fabric scarf. Attach a piece of pipe cleaner onto the back center of the snowman in a horizontal direction. Make sure the two ends of the pipe cleaner are sticking out. Now you have the arms for the snowman.
5. Cut out a snowboard shape from card stock and attach the snowboard onto the bottom of the snowman to make it seem as if the snowman is riding on the snowboard.
6. Attach the snowman with the snowboard onto the top of an ice cream stick. Now you have the full snowman on snowboard puppet.
7. Place the puppet upwards through the slit in the plate and move the puppet around and back and forth in front of the background.
Enjoy the snowmen on snowboards below created by the children at the library.
1. Cut a line in the lower center of the paper plate using scissors.
2. Using crayons/markers and glitter glue, drawer a background onto the plate, (ex. sky, trees, sun, sparkles, etc.)
3. Cut out a snowman shape from white paper.
4. Draw a face onto the snowman and decorate the snowman with a paper hat, stickers and a fabric scarf. Attach a piece of pipe cleaner onto the back center of the snowman in a horizontal direction. Make sure the two ends of the pipe cleaner are sticking out. Now you have the arms for the snowman.
5. Cut out a snowboard shape from card stock and attach the snowboard onto the bottom of the snowman to make it seem as if the snowman is riding on the snowboard.
6. Attach the snowman with the snowboard onto the top of an ice cream stick. Now you have the full snowman on snowboard puppet.
7. Place the puppet upwards through the slit in the plate and move the puppet around and back and forth in front of the background.
Enjoy the snowmen on snowboards below created by the children at the library.
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