Saturday, May 14, 2011

Egg carton crafts

Very easy to make!

Help your preschooler decorate an egg carton with paint and crayons.  Cut out and glue on rounds for wheels from coloured felt or cardboard.

Let your little one search through magazines for pictures of people to glue on, as passengers on the bus.

Sing along to The Wheels on the Bus go round and round.  Encourage your child to make up the moves as you go along ... the people on the bus go UP and DOWN, the driver on the bus says MOVE ALONG PLEASE, the mummies on the bus say Shhh! Shhh! Shhh! ... the babies on the bus go Waaah! Waaah! Waaah!  

'Little People' make great passengers on your bus or boat (below)  To make the boat - take a small egg carton, cut off the lid and paint the exterior (flip it upside down, and this becomes the bottom of the boat).  Fold a piece of paper into a triangle, to form the sail and colour with your preschooler's help. Slit the egg holders into a cross (to hold the sail in place). 


For our imaginary dinosaur or dragon we used an paper egg carton.




Plastic egg cartons make a great painting palette too - just squirt a small amount of paint into each hole!


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