Making a Paper Kite
Grade Level(s):
Preschool, K
By:
Debbie Haren, Preschool Teacher
This is nice craft to use as a bulletin board display.
Objectives:
Students will be able to
- --name different colors
- --cut and tape a string to a small paper kite.
Materials: - A story about wind: (Try The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins)
- heavy construction paper
- different color pieces of yarn
- different colored small cut squares of tissue paper
- tape
- water
- paint brushes (small)
Plan: - After reading a story about the wind, make a kite.
- Give the children a piece of construction paper with an outline of a kite (a diamond shape).
- Have the children cut out the kite shape.
- Next, the child uses a paintbrush to brush on water, and sticks pieces of tissue paper onto the kite.
- Have the child choose a piece of colored yarn to tape onto the back of the kite.
- Let the kite dry, then pick off all the pieces of tissue paper. The kite will be many colors!!
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