Square Peg board, 92 red, 20 white follow design – For guides & senior section Use seed beads and safety pins Materials Needed: 10 - 1 1/16 inch Safety Pins 1 - 1 3/4 inch Safety Pin Seed Beads (see picture below for colours needed) Instructions: Follow this pattern to complete this project. The Edelweiss the unofficial flower of Switzerland – A white flower found high in the Alps. Learn the song and then try with the actions: Edelweiss Edelweiss, Edelweiss. Every morning you greet me. Small and white, clean and bright, You look happy to greet me. Blossoms of snow, may you bloom and grow, Bloom and grow forever, Edelweiss, Edelweiss. Bless my homeland forever Directions: Sit or stand in a circle with your left hand palm side up and right hand palm side down, above the hand of the person to your right As you sing move your right hand as follows, but keeping you left hand still: 1. Tap the person to your left hand. right’s 2. Tap your right thigh. 3. Tap your left thigh. 4. Tap underneath your left hand so your right palm touches the back of your left hand. 5&6. Tap the palm of your left hand twice with your right palm. All action above would be done during one then again for the second and ‘Edelweiss’, repeated though ‘every morning’ To make it more fun, once everyone thinks they have it, shout CHANGE and the whole process is reversed (holding out right hand and moving your left). Make a traditional hat and decorate with the edelweiss flower Fold large sheet of construction paper in half. Fold both top corners in towards the middle evenly, leaving 2-3 inch border along the bottom.
Square Peg board, 92 red, 20 white – follow design For guides & senior section Use seed beads and safety pins Materials Needed: 10 - 1 1/16 inch Safety Pins 1 - 1 3/4 inch Safety Pin Seed Beads (see picture below for colours needed) Instructions: Follow this pattern to complete this project. The Edelweiss – the unofficial flower of Switzerland A white flower found high in the Alps. Learn the song and then try with the actions: Edelweiss Edelweiss, Edelweiss. Every morning you greet me. Small and white, clean and bright, You look happy to greet me. Blossoms of snow, may you bloom and grow, Bloom and grow forever, Edelweiss, Edelweiss. Bless my homeland forever Directions: Sit or stand in a circle with your left hand palm side up and right hand palm side down, above the hand of the person to your right As you sing move your right hand as follows, but keeping you left hand still: 1. Tap the person to your right’s left hand. 2. Tap your right thigh. 3. Tap your left thigh. 4. Tap underneath your left hand so your right palm touches the back of your left hand. 5&6. Tap the palm of your left hand twice with your right palm. All action above would be done during one ‘Edelweiss’, then again for the second and repeated though ‘every morning’ To make it more fun, once everyone thinks they have it, shout CHANGE and the whole process is reversed (holding out right hand and moving your left). Make a traditional hat and decorate with the edelweiss flower Fold large sheet of construction paper in half. Fold both top corners in towards the middle evenly, leaving 2-3 inch border along the bottom.
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