30 دقيقة
Paint a Pebble
Find a smooth stone, paint it, leave it somewhere for a stranger.
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Make Celebration Decorations
Paper chains, lanterns and bunting made from what is in the recycling.
A long, calm making session ahead of any celebration, and the house looks different afterwards.
ما تحتاجه
- coloured paper
- scissors
- glue or tape
- string
طريقة التنفيذ
- Decide together where the decorations will hang before making anything.
- Measure roughly how long a chain needs to be and work out how many links.
- Cut strips and build the chains, taking turns.
- Make two or three paper lanterns by folding and cutting.
- Hang everything together and leave it up for the whole celebration.
لماذا هذا مفيد لهم
Working out how many links a chain needs is real estimation with a consequence, and children quickly discover they underestimated. Making the decorations rather than buying them also gives a child a genuine stake in the occasion.
التعديل حسب العمر
3 to 4 yearsPre-cut the strips and let them do the looping and sticking.
10 to 12 yearsDesign a repeating colour pattern and calculate how many of each colour.
السلامة
Adult supervises scissors. Hang nothing near lamps, heaters or candles.
نصيحة للترتيب
One bag for offcuts, kept for the next project.
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