Introduction
This week we are staying indoors due to the bad weather to create our own Spring Garden with the Art Materials provided in your craft box. We are looking at Flowers and Nature for the new season which is nearly upon us.
Activity 1 – Making a Spring Garden
Instructions:
Take a photo, upload to https://facebook.com/kickstartmanchester and https://twitter.com/wearekickstart
Resources needed:
- Paper Plate
- Colouring Pencils
- Glue Stick
- Pipe Cleaner/Straw/Stick
- Paper
- Scissors
Activity 2 – Make your own watering can
Instructions:
Clean out your empty bottle
Set out some paints that you want to use to decorate the bottle.
Decorate the bottle (rainbows, flowers, sunshine designs etc.) – make it colourful.
** Adult help needed for next step
Wait for the paint to dry and then with adult supervision and help put some holes in to the lid of the bottle (using scissors or hammer and nails)
Fill your bottle with water and go and water the flowers and plants outside
Take a photo, upload to https://facebook.com/kickstartmanchester and https://twitter.com/wearekickstart
Resources needed:
- Large plastic bottle (soda bottle or milk carton)
- Paints
- Scissors
- Adult help needed
Activity 3 – Origami Flowers – Say Thank you
Instructions:
Take a photo, upload to https://facebook.com/kickstartmanchester and https://twitter.com/wearekickstart
Resources needed:
- Small and Large pieces of paper (printable template below)
- Scissors
- Glue (optional)
Additional Activities
Instructions:
Have ago, Have fun, help each other.
Take a photo, upload to https://facebook.com/kickstartmanchester and https://twitter.com/wearekickstart
Downloads:
Resources needed:
Printed sheets
pencil
patience
Notes:
Please add comments to your photo’s – did your child enjoy it? Did you amend it? What was the best or hardest part? Any ideas. Thank you.
