Teaching Choral Concepts

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     Parents and child-care institutions will find these creative, do-it-yourself projects to be valuable aids in entertaining and teaching young preschool-aged children. More than 240 imaginative craft ideas are packed into this fun-filled book-ideas that are perfect for when children chime that familiar refrain, "I'm bored. There's nothing to do!" They are simple, quick to make and inexpensive, but filled with real child appeal. 

These projects are carefully organized and listed in eighteen sections, which include dolls and figures, food projects, jewelry, paper and wood construction projects, toys, musical instruments, outside fun and games, painting, papercrafts, paper plates, puppets,  and  recipes. 

Delightful illustrations, included for many of the projects, help parents and teachers visualize and plan the end result. 

Play with Me is an ideal resource for holidays, too. It has special crafts that give children holiday-oriented items to create throughout the year. Christmas activities include ornaments, an advent calendar, snowflakes, angels, reindeer, and more. For Easter, children can make their own bunnies, baskets, collages, and cards. And what would Halloween be without frightening masks, tissue ghosts, pumpkin decorating, and customized trick-or-treat bags? There are also fun ideas for Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Valentine's Day. 

Let Play with Me save the day! With these creative and fun-to-make craft ideas, children need never again face a dull moment. 

Table of Contents

I. Dolls and Figures, 13
1. Clothespin Dolls, 13
2. Styrofoam Cup Creatures, 13
3. Pincushion Dolls, 13
4. Body Outline Pictures, 14
5. Anatomy Bag, 14
6. Flowerpot Bugs, 14
7. Sock Creatures, 14
8. Packing Foam Figures, 15
9. Shell Creatures, 15

II. Food Projects, 17
1. Macaroni Jewelry, 17
2. Collages, 17
3. Marshmallow Snowmen, 17
4. Spice Pictures, 18
5. Butter, 18
6. Peanut Butter Pizza, 18
7. Peanut Butter Balls, 18
8. Rice Cake Faces, 19
9. Pudding Paint, 19
10. Icing Cookies, 19
11. Cone Trees, 19
12. Reindeer, 19
13. Cone Favors, 20
14. Fruit People, 20
15. Peanut Bugs, 20
16. Hedgehog, 20
17. Bread Painting, 21
18. Carrot or Potato Stamps, 21
19. Pretzels, 21
20. Face Sandwiches, 22
21. Orange Pomander, 22
22. Salt Jar, 22
23. Spaghetti Play, 22
24. Whipped Cream Painting, 22
25. Stop Lights, 23
26. Animal Cracker Creations, 23
27. Bubble Gum Fun, 23

III. Jewelry, 25
1. Cardboard Bracelets, 25
2. Earrings, 25
3. Paper Clip Bracelets, 25
4. Shell Jewelry, 26

IV. Minor Construction, 27
1. Message Pins, 27
2. Popsicle Rafts, 27
3. Bookends or Doorstops, 27
4. Jewelry Racks, 27
5. Geometric Strings, 28
6. Desk Accessory, 28
7. Plastic Vase, 28
8. Popsicle Bracelet Man, 28
9. Sailboat, 29
10. Boat, 29

V. Miscellaneous Toys, 35
1. Pull Toy, 31
2. Yarn Spiders, 31
3. Piñatas, 31
4. Zoom Balloons, 32
5. Tiles, 32
6. Binoculars, 32
7. Placemats, 32
8. Napkin Rings, 32
9. Straw Bubble Blowers, 33
10. Streamer Capes or Skirts, 33
11. Fish Game, 33

VI. Musical Instruments, 35
1. Drums, 35
2. Kazoos, 35
3. Xylophone, 35
4. Tambourine, 36
5. Maracas, 36

VII. Outside Fun, 37
1. Nature Tapes, 37
2. Sand Drawings, 37
3. Birdseed Collages, 37
4. Fence Painting, 37
5. Chalk, 37
6. Rock Painting, 38
7. Bird Feeders, 38
8. Planting, 38
9. Rock Gardens, 39
10. Rock Figures, 39
11. Shadow Drawings, 39
12. Shell Crabs, 40

VIII. Painting, 41
1 .Dry Painting, 41
2. Block Painting, 41
3. White on White, 41
4. Bleach Painting, 42
5. Tie Dyeing, 42
6. Marker Painting, 42

IX. Paper, 43
1. Weaving, 43
2. Attendance Board, 43
3. Cutouts, 43
4. Cowboy Vests, 44
5. Mobiles, 44
6. Record, 44
7. Tissue Paper Crinkles, 44
8. Octopus, 45
9. Hand-flowers, 45
10. Mittens, 45
11. Picture Puzzles, 45
12. Butterflies, 46
13. Ring the Duck, 46
14. Clown Game, 46
15. Strip Pictures, 46
16. Mural, 47
17. Newspaper Trees, 47
18. Chalk Variations, 47
19. Ice Cream Cones, 47
20. Crepe Paper Flowers, 47
21. Crepe Paper Butterflies, 47
22. Book Covers, 48
23. Book Links, 48
24. Seasons Book, 48
25. Mice, 48
26. Turtles, 49
27. Straws, 49
28. "Spring" Flowers, 49
29. Kites, 49
30. Clowns, 49
31. Eye Patch, 50
32. Brands, 50
33. Magazine Collages, 50
34. Crayons in Black, 50
35. Swords, 51
36. Crowns, 51
37. Flower Pots, 51
38. Pop-ups, 51
39. Tool Tracing, 52
40. Caterpillars, 52
41. Fireman Rolls, 52
42. Animal Books, 52
43. Handprints, 53
44. Thumbprint Animals and People, 53
45. Spider Hats, 53

X. Paper Plates, 55
1. Fish, 55
2. Faces, 55
3. Pizzas, 55
4. Clowns, 56
5. Clocks, 56
6. Butterflies, 56
7. Snowmen, 56
8. Freddie Spaghetti, 57
9. Color Wheel, 57
10. Flowers, 57
11. Hats, 57
12. Weather Gauge, 58
13. Party Plates, 58
14. Dinosaurs, 58

XI. Puppets, 59
1. Paper Bag Puppet, 59
2. Toilet Paper Roll Puppet, 59
3. Popsicle Stick Puppet, 59
4. Sock Puppets, 60
5. Accordion Puppet, 60
6. Finger Puppets, 60
7. Hand Puppet, 60
8. Paper Plate Puppets, 61

XII. Recipes, 63
1. Colored Sand, Salt or Sugar, 63
2. Colored Glue, 63
3. Paste, 63
4. Fun Dough, 63
5. Cornstarch Clay, 64
6. Super Bubbles, 64

XIII. Christmas Activities, 65
1. Advent Calendar, 65
2. Nut Ornaments, 65
3. Bell Ornaments, 65
4. Roll Ornaments, 66
5. Covered Balls, 66
6. Nut or Candy Baskets, 66
7. Candy Tree, 66
8. Cookies, 66
9. Antlers, 67
10. Angels, 67
11. Snowmen, 67
12. Tissue Tree, 68
13. Scrap Tree, 68
14. Snowflakes, 68
15. Macaroni Tree, 68
16. Paper Ornaments, 68
17. Mobile, 69
18. Collages, 69
19. Rosh Hashanah Card, 69
20. Candle Ornament, 69
21. Holly Boy, 69
22. Wreath, 70
23. Reindeer, 70

XIV. Easter Activities, 71
1. Bunny, 71
2. Egg Collages, 71
3. Baskets, 71
4. Chicken Basket, 72
5. Bunny Ears, 72
6. Collages, 72
7. Easter Egg Scramble, 72
8. Chicken, 72
9. Easter Masks, 73
10. Bag Bunny, 73
11. Cards, 73
12. Egg Headband, 74
13. Yarn Eggs, 74
14. 3-D Bunny, 74

XV. Halloween Activities, 75
1. Masks, 75
2. Kleenex Ghosts, 76
3. Crepe Paper Pumpkins, 76
4. Pumpkin Decorating, 76
5. Pumpkin Seed Spiders, 76
6. Collages, 76
7. Trick or Treat Bags, 77
8. Wand, 77
9. Pumpkin Designs, 77
10. Lantern, 77
11. Witches' Cats, 78
12. Ghost Puppets, 78

XVI. Independence Day Activities, 79
1. Statue of Liberty, 79
2. Collages, 79

XVII. Thanksgiving Activities, 81
1. Paper Bag Turkeys, 81
2. Paper Cup Pilgrims and Indians, 81
3. Hats, 81
4. Hand Figures, 82
5. Cornucopia Collage, 82
6. Potato Turkey, 82
7. Placemats, 83
8. Popper Favors, 83

XVIII. Valentine's Day Activities, 85
1. Boxes, 85
2. Envelopes, 85
3. Mobile, 86
4. Heart Masks, 86
5. Collages, 86
6. Cards, 86

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