*Make a wreath,???? using a syrofoam wreath thing (cant think of a better term) Using a glue gun or for the kids glue?? it would be nice for the fall and hang it on your door for decoration. *************************************************************** *we have used them for paint projects, in a box lid lay a piece of black (really any color) paper, dip the acorn in white paint and roll all around, to make a spider web effect. We did this when we where doing out door bug unit!! Fun for all ages. *************************************************************** *How about painting with them..ya know..like everyone does with the marbles..dip the acorns in different color paint (one acorn per color) and put them on a piece of paper that has been placed in a box (like the lid to a shoe box) and move the box back and forth and let the acorns roll around and paint the paper... *************************************************************** *My grandmother made little critters out of them with felt and pipe cleaners. It has been long enough that I can't help with the how. *************************************************************** *Perhaps use them in a unit about squirrels. (Read Nuts To You by Lois Ehlert) *************************************************************** *Bury them in the sand table. *************************************************************** *Painting with acorns- Used acorns to paint with--like marble painting. Dip the acorns in fall colored tempera paint and roll around in a shallow box with a piece of construction paper in it. *************************************************************** *Squirrel and Nut (game) One child is chosen to be "it" & is given a nut to hold. The other children form a circle, sitting on the floor. They extend one hand & close their eyes. "It" tiptoes around the inside of the circle & puts the nut into one of the outstretched hands. The one who receives it jumps up & chases after the other until he catches "it". He/she then becomes "it" & the games proceeds as before. The children open their eyes as the chase begins. *************************************************************** *We glue the acorns on construction paper to make upper and lower case A's. I will draw the letter on the paper for them and off they go trying to follow the lines. They all love it. We also make trees on the construction paper using real bark and leaves (again, more gluing) and added the acorns on the top of the leaves. Of course that would be for the week of the letter T. The acorns were used more for decoration and I was tired of having them in my yard getting squished by the kids! LOL Suppose you could outline a squirrel too and use them up. *************************************************************** Acorn Paint: Crack several acorns (at least 12) and collect the yellow meal from inside. Mix with 1/2 teaspoon of cooking oil to create a paste. Let children paint a self portrait with acorn paint. *********************************************************************** Nut Problems: Teacher reproduces 3 squirrel cutouts on brown construction paper. Have the children choose a partner. Give each pair of children two paper cups, one containing 5 acorns and the other containing five peanuts. Explain that the children are going to count nuts for the squirrel. As you tell them how many of each kind of nut the squirrel wants, they will place the nuts on the squirrel and count the total number. After each problem, ask how many nuts the squirrel has and wait for the answer. Then have the children replace the nuts in the appropriate cups. *********************************************************************** Nut Problems: Give the squirrel one acorn and one peanut. Give the squirrel one acorn and two peanuts. Give the ssquirrel two acorns and one peanut. Give the squirrel two acorns and two peanuts. Give the squirrel one acorn and three peanuts. Give the squirrel two acorns and three peanuts. Give the squirrel three acorns and one peanut. Give the squirrel three acorns and two peanuts. Give the squirrel three acorns and three peanuts. *********************************************************************** For co-ordination: Acorn Transfer: Put acorns in a box. Children take off shoes and socks, then transfer the acorns from one box to the next using their toes. *********************************************************************** Counting Acorns: Ten 6-inch squirrels cut from construction paper. Staple a cup to each squirrel so the squirrel stands up. Number the squirrels from 1-10. Children count the appropriate number of acorns into each cup. *********************************************************************** "I'm A Little Acorn, Brown" I'm a little acorn, brown lying on the cold, cold ground Everybody stepped on me That is why I'm cracked you see, I'm a nut (2 tounge clicks) I'm a nut (2 tounge clicks) I'm a nut, I'm a nut, I'm a nut (2 tounge clicks) *********************************************************************** Acorn Designs: Put a piece of white paper in a shoe box and drop an acorn in paint. Use tongs to pick up acorn and place on white paper and roll around. *********************************************************************** *Make a wreath,???? using a syrofoam wreath thing (cant think of a better term) Using a glue gun or for the kids glue?? it would be nice for the fall and hang it on your door for decoration. *********************************************************************** *we have used them for paint projects, in a box lid lay a piece of black (really any color) paper, dip the acorn in white paint and roll all around, to make a spider web effect. We did this when we where doing out door bug unit!! Fun for all ages. *********************************************************************** *How about painting with them..ya know..like everyone does with the marbles..dip the acorns in different color paint (one acorn per color) and put them on a piece of paper that has been placed in a box (like the lid to a shoe box) and move the box back and forth and let the acorns roll around and paint the paper... *********************************************************************** *My grandmother made little critters out of them with felt and pipe cleaners. It has been long enough that I can't help with the how. *********************************************************************** *Perhaps use them in a unit about squirrels. (Read Nuts To You by Lois Ehlert) *********************************************************************** *Bury them in the sand table. *********************************************************************** *Painting with acorns- Used acorns to paint with--like marble painting. Dip the acorns in fall colored tempera paint and roll around in a shallow box with a piece of construction paper in it. *********************************************************************** *Squirrel and Nut (game) One child is chosen to be "it" & is given a nut to hold. The other children form a circle, sitting on the floor. They extend one hand & close their eyes. "It" tiptoes around the inside of the circle & puts the nut into one of the outstretched hands. The one who receives it jumps up & chases after the other until he catches "it". He/she then becomes "it" & the games proceeds as before. The children open their eyes as the chase begins. *********************************************************************** *We glue the acorns on construction paper to make upper and lower case A's. I will draw the letter on the paper for them and off they go trying to follow the lines. They all love it. We also make trees on the construction paper using real bark and leaves (again, more gluing) and added the acorns on the top of the leaves. Of course that would be for the week of the letter T. The acorns were used more for decoration and I was tired of having them in my yard getting squished by the kids! LOL Suppose you could outline a squirrel too and use them up.