How to Make Cool Stuff
Here is a fun craft for younger kids who can’t stay up to 12:00 yet. You can make a countdown to 12 and have a pre-party with your young children, counting down to 12. This way your children don’t feel like they missed out on any of the New Year celebrations.
Today is 3/14….. do you know what that means? It’s Pi Day. π (or Pi) is a mathematical constant that is the ratio of any circle’s circumference to its diameter. π is approximately equal to 3.14. I know it sounds confusing, but in mathematics it is one of the most important mathematical constants. So, since today is March 14th or 3-14 it is considered Pi Day. With that being said we are going to work on a collage surrounding all the numbers in Pi. So, grab the materials needed and let’s get started.
It is hard to believe, but our children have been in school almost 100 days now. And, if your school is anything like mine they have a big party celebrating the 100th day of school. For the younger kids it is sometimes difficult for them to grasp just how long 100 days are. A great way to teach them how large 100 of something is….. is to actually show them 100 of something. That is what today’s craft is all about. I’m going to show you how to make Paper Chains for the 100th Day of School. Ideally, this craft should be started on the first day of school and add a chain piece to each other each day of school until you reach 100. But, if you haven’t started that already you can do this craft on the 100th day of school as well. So, grab the materials needed and let’s get started.
Depending on when your school district started school the 100th Day of School will be coming up quickly. Now, is the time to start planning what kind of crafts you are going to do to celebrate the 100th Day of School. I’m going to show you an easy, and tasty, craft for you to do… Today I’m going to show you how to make a Fruit Loop Necklace perfect for the 100th Day of School. Each child will get 100 of these colorful circles of cereal and they will string them to make a necklace. The kids will love making it almost as much as they will love eating it. So, let’s get started.
This activity starts as a coloring page, then a craft, and finally a board game to play with friends or family. We have provided you with two templates to print out: a game board and a sheet of six movers.
I noticed that there are 2 holidays / events coming up – The Chinese New Year and The 100th Day of School. I think that the Chinese Abacus could be a craft to tie both of these 2 celebrations together. The Abacus uses 100 beads and was created by the Chinese people who called this calculating instrument a Swan-Pan.
Here’s a fun game to learn counting this Easter. This craft can also be done as a group activity, every child makes one basket and in the end the kids can play a game of putting the right number of Easter bunnies in each basket.
