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Eric Carle Art
Contact_FullName: Donna Contact_FullName: rasbill Contact_Email: rasbill@earthlink.net date:: 006-03 Area: caterpillars-Art: Idea: Read the Book by Eric Carle the Very Hungry Caterpillar. Then for an art activity, cut an orange in half. Dip one half in red paint and print the head of the caterpillar, then using the other half, print the body with green paint and they will look similar to the picture on the cover of the book. My kindergarteners LOVED this activity! Contact_FullName: Christine Contact_Email: Purplestar143@hotmail.com date:: 10/17/01 Area: Eric Carle Art Idea: In my class of 12 Preschoolers, we had Eric Carle week. I took large sheets of butcher paper and poured lots of different colors of tempera paint onto it. I let the children use there fingers to paint and when it dried it looked like an Eric Carle mural. We then cut the all the painted paper out and made props and reenacted the Very Hungry Caterpillar.
ideaVery Hungry Caterpillar necklaces: Use green yarn as the caterpillar. Attach a needle, or use tape to make it easier for the children to thread... Cut out fruits and foods that the caterpillar ate through. Have each child "eat" each fruit or food by lacing each food on the necklace. It comes out so cute!
10-8-00Paper plate lady bugs: Take two small paper plates. Have child paint one paper plate. Take the second paper plate and cut in half. Have the child paint these two halves then fasten them onto the one paper plate. With the fastener the two halves should be able to move. These are the ladybugs wings. You can have children add any eyes you choose.
9-14-00After reading "The Very Busy Spider" we made spiders. I cut from cardboard egg cartons the body which consisted of two sections. The children then painted the spider bodies. We attached legs using pipe cleaners and then glued on eyes and hung them from the ceiling!
8-27-00After reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", the children painted caterpillars from egg cartons (4 sections works best). After they dried they attached pipe cleaners for antennas and drew on a face. We put the caterpillars on our tree on our bulletin board. After a week or two, the teachers taped on tissue paper wings, and put them into brown lunch bags after the children went home. When the children arrived the next day, the caterpillars had spun cocoons around themselves. "They stayed inside for more than two weeks." We then let the children open their bags to discover a beautiful butterfly!
4-30-00After reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", I did this art project with my kids. First have the kids cut out a large leaf shape from green const. paper, or pre-cut one for them. Punch a few wholes in the leaves with a hole puncher. Then color some cotton balls with powered tempera paint, shaking them in a baggie with the paint in it. Then glue them in a line on the leaf, making a caterpillar. It turns out to be very cute.
4-19-00"The Grouchy Ladybug" Telling Time Materials 1 large red paper circle 1 smaller black paper circle 6 black paper strips a brass fastener 2 paper "arms" with points on the end. Black crayon or marker On one side of the red paper draw numbers as they appear on a clock. On the other draw ladybug spots. Attach the black strips for legs and the black circle for a head. Attach the "arms" of the clock with the brass fastener. As you read the story have the children adjust their grouchy ladybug clocks to the time in the story. This works best if you model it or have a big book where the children can see the clock better.
4-18-00After reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", we created the very long caterpillar. Using a long rolled sheet of paper, we painted both hands of every child in class. The fingers pointed down are the caterpillars legs. Use many bright colors. Have one child draw a head for the caterpillar. Before beginning, have the children estimate just how long they think the caterpillar will be!
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