Overview of Activities
- Angelfish Origami
- Animal Charades
- Animal Masks
- Animal Spinning Tops
- Ball and Cup
- Bubbling Brew Finger Paint
- Cat Origami
- Coffee ground Fossils
- Duck Paper Plate
- Frog Origami
- Swan Origami
- Owl and Crow
- Zoo Animals
- Zoo Game
Angelfish Origami
Materials
- Square paper
Directions
- Fold square in half like hotdog, crease, and unfold
- Fold in half from bottom to top and crease well
- Fold the paper in half again, bringing the right side to left forming a small square
- Bring top flap over to the right, open the paper, and squash down to form a triangle
- Flip it over and do the same exact fold on this side to form a triangle
- Rotate paper clockwise 90 degrees fold top flap a little before the center
- Bring the bottom flap up and fold it over the top
- Flip the paper over and the angelfish is complete
Materials
- Slips of paper
- Bag
Directions
- Prior to the game, someone writes names of animals on slips of paper and place them into a bag
- One person goes and picks out a slip of paper and has to act the animal out
- The other people are trying to guess
- The person who guesses the animal first is next and goes to pick out another animal
Animal Paper Plate Masks
Materials- Paper plate
- Scissors
- Paper
- Popsicle stick
- Tape
- Cut out two eye holes in the center of the mask
- Decorate mask to represent the animal you want to create, using additional paper to make ears if necessary
- At the bottom of the plate, tape a Popsicle stick to it
Animal Spinning Top
Materials
- Cardboard or sturdy paper
- Wooden pole
- Markers and crayons
- Stamps
Directions
- Draw a circle; you can either trace a circle or use a protractor
- Cut the circle out
- Decorate it with Animal Stickers and draw animals
- File down a tip of the wooden pole
- Poke a hole through the circle and insert the pole
- You have your top!
Ball and Cup
Materials
- Square piece of paper
- String
- Tin foil
Directions
- Fold paper diagonally so you have a triangle
- Turn the triangle around so the long side is in front of you and take on of the sides and fold in; you will make it parallel with the long side and folded corner (repeat on other side)
- Fold down one sheet of top triangle and repeat on the other side
- To make the ball scrunch up tin foil around a string and make it nice and round
- Make a small hole in the side of your cup and either knot it or tape it down
- Now you can play! Try to get the ball in the cup!
Link:
http://prekandksharing.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/introduction-to-paper-folding-crafts.html
Bubbling Brew Finger Paints
Materials
Bowl 1
- 1 tablespoon of vinegar
- 1 tablespoon of liquid dish soap
- 4 drops food coloring
Bowl 2
- 1 tablespoon of baking soda
- 1 tablespoon of water
Directions
- Mix vinegar, dish soap and food coloring together in Bowl 1
- In the other bowl, mix baking soda and water together
- Pour the second solution into the first and instantly the paint will start to bubble and foam
- Stir it until the color is even and then paint
Origami Cat
Materials
- Square paper
Directions
Head
- Take a square paper and fold on one diagonal axis, crease, and unfold
- Fold on the other diagonal but only crease in the center point
- Fold the top tip down to meet the center point then fold it over the center crease
- For the right tip to meet the bottom point and also fold the left tip to meet the bottom tip
- Fold bot the right and left tips upwards to form the ears
- Fold the top tip downwards
- Flip over and fold the bottom tip upwards
- Fold down the tip a little to make a noise
Coffee Ground Fossils
Materials
- 1 cup of used coffee grounds
- ½ cup of cold coffee
- 1 cup of flour
- ½ cup of salt
- Wax Paper
- Bowl
- Small objects to make impressions
- Empty can or a butter knife
Directions
- Stir together coffee grounds, cold coffee, flour, and slat until well mixed
- If it is very sticky, add more flour
- Knead dough together and then flatten it out onto the waxed paper
- Use can to cut out circles of dough
- Press object firmly into the dough
- When you take the object out you will have the fossil
- Let it dry overnight (potentially up to two days) then you have your fossil
Link: http://spoonful.com/crafts/coffee-ground-fossils
Duck Paper Plate
Materials
- Paper
- Paper plate
- Stapler or glue
- Crayon
Directions
- On a piece of paper, trace hands and cut them out
- Fold a paper plate in half
- Staple hands near the fold on one end for the tail
- Cut out a circle on paper for the duck's head
- On paper, cut out a rounded triangle for the bill
- Staple or glue the bill onto the circle and draw eyes above it
- Cut out the duck’s feet using the paper
- Staple the feet to the bottom of the plate
- Staple the head to the fold on the other end
Link:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/animals/duck/
Frog Origami
Materials
- Square paper
Directions- Take paper and fold in half down the middle
- Fold two sides into the center
- Take two corners next to each other and fold into the top to make a small triangle at the top
- Take two sides and fold them in again
- starting from the rectangular bottom, start folding like an accordian back and forth about three times
- Then you have your frog!
Swan Origami
Materials
- Square piece of paper
Directions
- Start with a square paper and fold it along one diagonal and unfold it
- Fold the lower edges of the square into the center line making a kite shape. Flip it over
- Make a double fold and repeat on the other side
- Fold the point of the piece upwards then fold the head of the swan downwards
- Fold swan in half and pull neck away from body
Paper Kites
Materials
- Paper
- Stapler
- Stamps
- String
- Hole Punch
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Tape
- Optional: Streamers
Directions
Sail
- Decorate Paper
- Take paper and make about a 1 centimeter double fold along the horizontal side to strengthen it (make good creases)
- Fold it in half with turned edge inside or out and crease in center to ensure it is even
- Bring one corner of the folded edge across and place it about 1/4 of the way down from the end of the center fold and hold it
- Do the same thing for the other corner
- When you make them even, staple them in place
- Make Hole for the string by punching a hole right were you stapled
- Place tape on both sides and punch a hole through the middle
Making tail
- With a pencil and ruler make 2 or three lines along the length of the paper strip but stop a little from the end
- Cut the lines stopping at where you stopped drawing the line
- Attach tail to paper kite by inserting it into the end of the center fold and staple, glue or tape
- Attach string
- Take lots of string
- Thread one end through the hole and tie it securely so it will not break
- You are all ready to fly!!
Zoo Animals
Materials
- Colored paper
- Scissors
- Tape
Directions
- Fold paper in half
- Keep corners together and do not cut the fold
- Cut the side that is not folded
- Cut through both pieces of paper
- When you cut make it rainbow shaped
- Decorate the body
- Take a second piece of paper and draw the animal’s head
- Cut it out carefully and tape it onto the body
- You have an animal
Zoo Game
Directions
- Children gather in a circle
- Each one thinks of a different animal and makes a hand motion to represent the animal
- Moving in a circle, each child shares their hand motion with the entire group so the group knows the animal and its related hand motion
- Next, the children clap a rhythm -- two beats on their legs then clap once. This is repeated.
- The children begin singing together “One, Two, let’s play zoo” to the rhythm they are clapping
- The first child, after the beats on their leg, instead of clapping, does the hand motions for their animal. Then, the same child after the next two beats on their legs performs the hand motions of another child's animal (instead of clapping).
- The child with the next animal is now the leader and add another animal to the sequence.
- This repeats until everyone in the circle has participated.
- Example with 3 children playing:
- Child 1:
- "One" (two beats on leg) -- Eveyone all together
- "Two" (clap) -- Eveyone all together
- "Let's play" (two beats on leg) - - Eveyone all together
- "Zoo" (clap) - - Eveyone all together
- two beats on leg - - Eveyone all together
- animal motion - Child One does animal motion while group claps
- two beats on leg - - Eveyone all together
- another child's animal motion -- Child One does another child's animal motion while group claps
- Child 2
- two beats on leg - - Eveyone all together
- Child Two repeats sequence above and adds another child's animal motion while group claps
- Child 3
- two beats on leg - - Eveyone all together
- Child Three repeats sequence above and adds another child's animal motion while group claps
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