Building 3d snowflakes!
Even though its spring we actually got a few days of light snow coincidentally this week when going over the letter S with my Little Engineer Pre-K son. He's following the Letter of the Week Curriculum from Confessions of a Homeschooler. But because I've already posted many pictures of the activities I thought I'd show off some of the extra curricular activities.
Activity 1: Making 3D Snowflakes!
Supplies:
- 2 different colors of construction paper
- scissors
- Elmer's glue
- hole punch
- string
Step 1:
Start by folding a 8.5x11 piece of construction paper into a square then cut off the remainder paper on fold crease.
Step 2: Fold the square piece of construction paper in 4 equal sized pieces. So out of the original 8.5x11 sheet you should have 4 small squares. Repeat steps one and two to end up with 6 small squares total. Take one piece and fold diagonally, then again along the diagonal crease.
Step 3: Cut 3 lines from bottom to top point approximately 1 cm apart. Make sure to not cut all the way through! Repeat with all 6 squares.
Step 4: Carefully unfold cut triangles then attach middle cuts with glue.
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| Hold down for 5 seconds . |
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| Cuts should not go through the main center crease. |
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| Attach the 2 center pieces with glue. |
Step 5: Flip over and glue second row together with same method then repeat gluing and flipping until all rows are glued together. This is one a six pieces needed to complete 3D snowflake.
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| Flip after row 1 |
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| Glue Row 3 then flip again |
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| Glue row 2 then flip again |
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| Junior gluing row 4 |
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| Little Engineer gluing row 2 |
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| A large version completed |
Step 6: Repeat step 5 six times to create six 3D flakes, then attach all six together by gluing then from one point.
Use hole puncture and attach string. Hang in classroom and enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd24LcZ0iAs
