How to make a play dough mat from construction paper to encourage working on shapes. Play dough is a great fine motor activity and you can make play dough mats for any theme or holiday. Write or type prompts to direct specific skills you want to build on. These can also be made using clip art and a word document. I get my assistants to make our play dough mats at school using construction paper since it is less time consuming and readily available.
Materials:
-scissors
-glue
-construction paper
-card stock
-laminator and laminating sheets
Preparation:
Come up with an idea for your play dough mat. It is best to mount the pictures on card stock especially if you work with young kids to make it more durable. Laminating is a must as well!
This is a really simple Halloween art idea that can easily be completed by children as young as two. We talked about fall harvest items this week such as apples, squash, and gourds. Our parents brought in gourds for the children to be able to examine and afterwards each child painted a gourd to bring home. They loved this art project! Materials: -gourd -acrylic paint (white and black) -paint brushes -newspaper to cover work area Preparation: Prepare your work space by covering it with newspaper or art mats if you have them available. Place the white acrylic paint into a container. As you will have to wait for the white paint to dry you can hold off putting out black paint until the gourd is ready. Our YouTube video demonstrating the process:
