WEEK 4 - CRAFTS Bean Art < MATERIALS: Several varieties of dried beans, glue, and heavy paper. Begin craft time by telling the children that this craft will take lots of patience since the things that they are working with are small and can be difficult to work with. Show them some ideas of what they can make. They can cut their paper into a wreath shape and decorate their paper like a wreath with the beans. Show them how they can draw a picture on their paper first and then fill it in with beans. Let the children be as free as possible to think up their own creative design to make with the beans. Save time for cleaning up after this craft. The beans will seem to travel everywhere. A good way to help your children practice patience is to try to clean their area up afterwards! GUIDED CONVERSATION Why do you think that you need patience to do this craft? You have to do a tedious job of selecting beans and gluing them on the paper. It takes a great deal of beans to fill up a small space. How does having patience make this a better craft? If you just throw things on the paper it won’t look as good as if you take your time and place the beans on neatly. How can you show patience to others during this craft? You can help them look for a bean if they need one.
WEEK 4 - CRAFTS < Bean Art MATERIALS: Several varieties of dried beans, glue, and heavy paper. Begin craft time by telling the children that this craft will take lots of patience since the things that they are working with are small and can be difficult to work with. Show them some ideas of what they can make. They can cut their paper into a wreath shape and decorate their paper like a wreath with the beans. Show them how they can draw a picture on their paper first and then fill it in with beans. Let the children be as free as possible to think up their own creative design to make with the beans. Save time for cleaning up after this craft. The beans will seem to travel everywhere. A good way to help your children practice patience is to try to clean their area up afterwards! GUIDED CONVERSATION Why do you think that you need patience to do this craft? You have to do a tedious job of selecting beans and gluing them on the paper. It takes a great deal of beans to fill up a small space. How does having patience make this a better craft? If you just throw things on the paper it won’t look as good as if you take your time and place the beans on neatly. How can you show patience to others during this craft? You can help them look for a bean if they need one.
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