Catching up a bit...during our rabbit studies in March we learned a lot about rabbits. Here is some of the artwork/crafts my kids did.
This was a simple one--the goal was for my daughter to practice using a glue bottle and apply controlled amounts of glue by squeezing appropriately. This is a hard task for little hands! Great fine motor skill. I cut out a rabbit template from black cardstock and then set out a basket of different choices of rabbit "fur"--felt, faux fur, fleece, etc. She glued them on. This was a task she was able to do all on her own and she was very proud of her work! I had planned for Beck to do this, as well, but it just didn't work out this week with our schedule and he didn't end up completeing it. With him I was going to put the glue dots on and let him stick on the fur. Also he could apply glue with a paintbrush.
Quinn and I made the below rabbits. We talked about the parts of rabbits and then I drew them on brown paper. We both cut out and glued our own pieces and the results are sweet! Love how different they look! The goal here was for Q to practice cutting precisely and also to glue things together--a tricky task--knowing which piece to put the glue on and how to attach the papers in the correct order is a big job! We adults sometimes forget about all the little processes that make up a larger task! It's great to take moments to sit with children and work through art skills such as this.
This was a simple one--the goal was for my daughter to practice using a glue bottle and apply controlled amounts of glue by squeezing appropriately. This is a hard task for little hands! Great fine motor skill. I cut out a rabbit template from black cardstock and then set out a basket of different choices of rabbit "fur"--felt, faux fur, fleece, etc. She glued them on. This was a task she was able to do all on her own and she was very proud of her work! I had planned for Beck to do this, as well, but it just didn't work out this week with our schedule and he didn't end up completeing it. With him I was going to put the glue dots on and let him stick on the fur. Also he could apply glue with a paintbrush.
Quinn and I made the below rabbits. We talked about the parts of rabbits and then I drew them on brown paper. We both cut out and glued our own pieces and the results are sweet! Love how different they look! The goal here was for Q to practice cutting precisely and also to glue things together--a tricky task--knowing which piece to put the glue on and how to attach the papers in the correct order is a big job! We adults sometimes forget about all the little processes that make up a larger task! It's great to take moments to sit with children and work through art skills such as this.
We love the book RABBITYNESS. After we read the book I printed out 3 different rabbit templates and gave each of us one and we painted them with all different colors. Wish I could have taken a pic of the kids'--they were so bright and fun--but Q quickly gave them away, so they are bedecking another fridge these days. We had a lot of fun with this simple, low maintnance art activity and my kids loved having so many paint colors to choose from. I used muffin tins--squirted a bit in each compartment. Beck, of course, mixed em all up, but Quinn used a cup of water to rinse between each color and hers stayed "unbrown."
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