Crayola® Air-Dry Ornamentsby Shelia Kearney
Help your students make and decorate ornaments to give as gifts. This is the fourth activity in the Gifts from the Hearts of Your Students series. Look for more activities in the coming days.
Dec 07
Gifts from the Heart and Hands of Your Students
Crayola® Air-Dry Ornamentsby Shelia Kearney
Help your students make and decorate ornaments to give as gifts. This is the fourth activity in the Gifts from the Hearts of Your Students series. Look for more activities in the coming days.
For a suggested lesson, resources for crafts supplies and additional craft ideas, click here.
Materials
Sheila Kearney has nearly 30 years of experience teaching in Catholic schools. She currently teaches pre-K at St. Raphael’s Catholic School in Crystal, MN.
Source: CATECHIST Magazine, November/December 2009
Copyright 2009, Peter Li, Inc. All rights reserved. This article is protected by United States copyright and other intellectual property laws and may not be reproduced, rewritten, distributed, redisseminated, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast, directly or indirectly, in any medium without the prior written permission of Peter Li, Inc.
Materials
- a container of Crayola® Air-Dry Clay (crayola.com)
- cookie cutters in holiday shapes
- variety of craft paint and various sizes of brushes
- holiday ribbon trim for hanging ornaments
- glitter
- pencil or narrow-tipped object
Procedures
- Provide each student with a desired amount of Crayola® Air-Dry Clay (I have found that approximately 20 small ornaments can be made from a single container.)
- Roll and knead clay to shape and thickness preferred or needed to fit a selected cookie cutter design.
- Use the cookie cutter to cut out the selected shape from the dough.
- Using a pencil or other narrow-tipped and safe object, carefully punch a hole through the top of the shape.
- Set the ornament aside to dry for at least 24 hours.
- Paint dried ornament with selected colored paint.
- Sprinkle on glitter before paint dries (optional).
Sheila Kearney has nearly 30 years of experience teaching in Catholic schools. She currently teaches pre-K at St. Raphael’s Catholic School in Crystal, MN.
Source: CATECHIST Magazine, November/December 2009
Copyright 2009, Peter Li, Inc. All rights reserved. This article is protected by United States copyright and other intellectual property laws and may not be reproduced, rewritten, distributed, redisseminated, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast, directly or indirectly, in any medium without the prior written permission of Peter Li, Inc.
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