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Patchwork Paper Stockings

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Youngsters create holiday stockings from construction paper and pieces of wrapping paper cut into squares. It's always nice to have a holiday craft, or two, up your sleeve during December. This craft is easy to implement, and the...
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Heart Collage

For Teachers K - 2nd
Explore the visual arts by creating a construction paper art project. In this collage lesson plan, young artists research the Internet to examine styles of famous artists including Keith Haring. They create cut-outs of hearts using...
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Standing Snowmen

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students practice their arts and crafts by creating Christmas projects.  In this holiday lesson, students utilize construction paper, glue and scissors to create a 2-D image of a snowman.  Students create 2 more snowmen and...
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Thanksgiving

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Introduce the basics of Thanksgiving with a language arts instructional activity. As pupils practice observation skills, vocabulary, and reading comprehension, they design paper turkeys by outlining their hands and feet and by...
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Crafty Literature Projects to Lure Language Arts Learners

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Recognize National Arts and Crafts Month with language arts project ideas to inspire creative learning.
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Primates

For Teachers K - 6th
Students explore different primates. In this primate instructional activity, students examine the various primates by engaging in crafts, dramatic play, singing songs, and games. 
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Clown Accordion Book

For Teachers K
Pupils investigate the letters that form the word "clown". They draw the pictures that coincide with each letter. Students use construction paper for a background and then insert the pictures. Then they write the dialogue for the book.
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Am I Taller than an Antelope

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate biology by examining body sizes of different animals. In this antelope measurement activity, students research the physicality of Antelopes and other large animals that inhabit Earth. Students create a model Antelope...
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Make Your Own Paper Bag Manatee Puppet

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this science craft worksheet, learners learn about the Florida manatee by constructing a paper bag puppet with extra pattern pieces for the head and flippers. Students read the information and study the drawings about manatees, then...
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Parade of Colors

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this American holidays worksheet, students follow directions to make a wand using construction paper and crepe paper streamers. Background information on Memorial Day and Independence Day is provided for teachers.
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Elmer's Glue Crew

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students practice cleaning up the environment by identifying wasteful behaviors in their school. In this arts and crafts activity, students create "eco-inspector" binoculars using Elmer's glue, plastic wrap, and construction paper....
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Paper Making and Stories

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create a handmade paper using pre-soaked paper pulp and a screen. They then decorate the paper using water color paint and brushes in a style that expresses ideas from a reading of, "Miss Rumphius" by Barbara Cooney.
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Alligator Craft Paper Bag Puppet

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students make paper bag puppets. They use the puppets as a story teller and reader. Students use the puppets to ask questions during and after reading. They assemble their own puppet. Students use the puppets to introduce new themes,...
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"I'm Thankful For..." Placemat

For Teachers K
Pupils discover the story behind Thanksgiving through comparing and contrasting what pilgrims were thankful for, memorizing Thanksgiving poems, and creating a placemat that depicts the poem.
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New Zealand Subduction Zone Model

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore world geography by creating a model in class. In this tectonic plate lesson, students identify diagrams which discuss the tectonic plates in New Zealand and how they affect everyday life. Students utilize cardboard,...
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It's Thanksgiving

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete a variety of activities related to poems from the book "It's Thanksgiving" by Jack Prelutsky. They create a Thanksgiving turkey using construction paper, identify what they are grateful for, and create a Thank You...
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Place Value for Primary Grades- A Place for Everything

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Here is a phenomenal lesson on place value to the thousands place.  Learners construct numbers and identify the value of each digit, investigate building numbers using craft sticks and paper plates, and complete other meaningful...
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Sand Paper Rubbings

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students discover the alphabet and the sounds the letters make. In this alphabet lesson, letters are cut out of sandpaper and the sound the letter makes is discussed. Students then color over the letter with crayons.
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How to Make a Paper Plate Loggerhead Turtle

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this ocean science craft worksheet, students construct a loggerhead turtle out of a paper plate and some additional pattern pieces for flippers and head. Students follow detailed instructions and pictures to create this turtle craft.
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Toilet Paper Roll Nativity Scene

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this Christmas craft worksheet, students gather materials and follow directions to construct a Nativity scene out of toilet paper tubes.
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Reindeer Antlers Headband

For Teachers K - 1st
In this Christmas craft worksheet, learners cut out and decorate a pattern which makes a reindeer antlers headband. Detailed instructions are included.
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Aboriginal Quilting Activity

For Teachers K
Students explore Aboriginal culture by participating in an art activity. In this First Nation history lesson, students utilize the Internet to research images and designs from Native American culture. Students create images on quilting...
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Something From Nothing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to story Joseph Had A Little Overcoat to explore people from another culture and how one item can be used to make other items; students use scraps of fabric and other knickknacks to create pictures or toys.
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Easter Lesson

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Get your young bunnies crafting and designing cards for Easter as they hunt for eggs, sing songs, and learn prepositions with a sweet activity.