1) BAT
Cut two cups from an egg carton for each bat.  Glue these to each side of
wings cut from black paper.  Cut pointed ears and glue in place.  Use
paper-punch dot eyes and a mouth cut from red paper.  Glue a string to  the
back and hang up.

2) BABY OWL
Cut a moon shape from construction paper to make a baby owl.  Cut two black
circles and paste them in the center of two larger white circles to make
eyes.  Cut a diamond from construction paper, fold in half to form a triangle
for the beak, and paste in place.  Cut two orange feet - rectangles will
work.  Past all shapes on a piece of brightly colored construction paper.  

3) TURTLE
Using paper-plate scraps, cut out turtles head and tail.  Leave a tab on
each.  Draw in features.  Cut two strips about 1" by 5" from around the rim
of a plate.  Fold in half and color to form legs and feet.  Color the bottom
of a plate to look like a turtle shell.  Fold the plate in half.  Cut two 1"
slits along the fold, just inside  the rim.  Glue or staple folded shell
closed at top.  Insert head and tail into folded shell and secure in place.
Insert folded ends of legs into slits.  The ridges on the legs will keep
them in place.  Bend legs slightly to stand.

4) PAPER LION
Cut a "hill" from the bottom of a rectangular piece of yellow construction
paper.  The hill will be the lions head (its like half a circle); the
remaining part of the yellow paper will be his body.  Paste the head in the
center of a square piece of brown construction paper.  Cut the edges of the
brown square fringed to represent the loin's mane.  Paste the mane and head
to the upper left-hand corner of the body shape.  Cut ears from another piece
of yellow paper, and paste in place.  Make the eyes, nose, tongue, whishers,
and tail from different colors of paper.

5) BERRY BASKET SHOWFLAKES
Cut snowflakes from the bottom of plastic berry or tomato baskets.  Leame
them the color of the plastic or paint with white paint.  Add a thread-loop
hanger.  For a more complicated design, glue two snowflakes together
catercorner before painting.  You can also dip them in glitter while the
paint is still wet.

6) Sticky Unit - Magnets
  DAY 1:
  
  1.  STICKY BUBBLEGUM SONG  (heard on Hugh Hanley's tape)
           We learned this song to open our Unit.  It is not a known tune 
 but an easy one.  I'll try to notate it for those of you that can read 
 music below.  If not...you can make up your own music or buy Hugh 
 Hanley's tape.  Here goes:
    Begin by asking the children to pat their knees/ and then bring their 
 hands up and out (so their palms are turned up) Establish this down / up 
 pattern to the beat.  Once they are comfortable begin the song as you pat 
 your knees.
  
  The song begins on the G above middle C.  The last line B* is the B 
 below middle C.
  
  G---G   G---G   G---G   G---G
  Sticky, Sticky, Sticky, Sticky,
  
  G  E    E
  Bu-bble Gum  (rest)
  
  F  D    D
  Bu-bble Gum  (rest)
  
  G  E    E
  Bu-bble Gum  (rest)
  
  G---G   G---G   G---G   G---G
  Sticky, Sticky, Sticky, Sticky
  
  G  E    E   E-----E
  Bu-bble Gum Makes my
  
  F     F     D  B*
  hands stick to my
  
  C................
  knees!
  
  (When you sing the final word--"knees" pretend your hands are stuck to
  your knees and recite the following:
  
  And I pull 'em,
  And I pull 'em,
  And I pull 'em AWAY!
  
  (As you recite the above try to pull your hands off your 
 knees....struggle....but don't succeed until the last word "AWAY!!!")  
 
 Next begin singing the song again only change the body part your hands 
 are stuck to.  Our favorite ones are nose (what a funny sound when you 
 are holding your nose shut and reciting the words "And I pull'em...") and 
 we like mouth (another neat variation when you are trying to talk with 
 your hands stuck to your mouth!) The kids will come up with all sorts of 
 body parts.  It is a fun song to do.
  
  2.  INTRODUCTION TO MAGNETS
  
          I then tell the children that over the next few days we are 
 going to have fun with "Sticky" things.  I show them a magnet and tell 
 them that this is something other things stick to...do they know what it 
 is?  Next I show them several items:  penny, nickel, paper fastener, 
 paper clip, tin foil, felt square, nail, and bobby pin (hair pin). We 
 talk about what they are and then wonder if they will stick to the 
 magnet?  I show them a chart I have made.  It is labelled "Will I stick 
 to a Magnet?" I divide the chart in half and label one side "YES" and one 
 side "NO".  As a group we guess whether each item will stick to the 
 magnet or not and tape it to the large chart under "YES" or "NO". (If
 some children disagree stongly with the group we tape the item to both
 sides of the chart).  We take a RISK and make a GUESS.  It is OK to be 
 wrong.  We talk about how scientists take RISKS and GUESSES all the time. 
 That is how they learn about things.
 
  3.  TEST OUR GUESS PROJECT
          The project for the morning is to test our GUESSES!  At the 
 table I have laid out each item and a smaller version of the large chart 
 we just did as a class.  Each child comes to the table sometime over the
 morning and tests each item with a magnet to see if it does/or does not
 stick to it.  Then they tape the item under the correct heading "YES" or 
 "NO".  They take these papers home.
  
  4.  REVISITING THE GROUP CHART AT CIRCLE
  
          At the last circle of the day we check our GUESSES on the large 
 chart to see if we GUESSED correctly or not.  We move the items that need 
 to be moved until our chart is Correct.  We know the correct answers at 
 this circle because we experimented and discovered the answers previously 
 at the project table!

7)  Supplies needed:  For sun catchers 
 
 Paper plates, colored tissue paper, glue, sissors, yarn, hole puncher
 
 Fold paper plate in half, then cut designs, like half a heart, or a
 triangle, so when plate opens it makes a full heart or diamond shape in the
 center of the plate. fold plate again and cut more shapes, then glue tissue
 paper to back of shapes in many colors.  Punch holes along the outside of
 the paper plate and lace yarn through holes, leave extra to hand in your
 windows, when the sun shines through it makes the colors come alive.  This
 is simple and the children love it.

8)  SUN CATCHERS
 Get some clear plastic lids that are used at a deli.I like the round lids.
 Punch a hole in the lid using a hole puncher.Coat the lid with glue a place
on small torn pieces of tissue paper.If you use red,blue & yellow tissue
paper you will end up with beautiful color mixing>yellow & blue makes green
etc...Make sure to give the tissue pieces a top coat with glue>brush on.Add a 
piece of yarn to the hole to hang. You can decorate the lid with permanent 
markers also.You really have to watch those markers.They do not come off 
items. You might also try painting the lids with paint.I haven't used paint 
on the lids.

9) Windchimes
Each child should use permanent markesrs and decorate 3 hard plastic
drinking cups. Cover a cookie sheet with aluminum foil and place the cups
upside down, cook in 350 degree oven. Observe as they melt, since it only
takes a few minutes. Allow to cool about 10 min. Gently tap the top of the
cup with a hammer and nail to make a hole. We then used jingle bells and
others noisy items and strung them on fishing line. They are very colorful
and noisy. 

10) Tissue Paper Art Project
 Heres an art project we tried today. Take different colored tissue paper and
 cut into all sizes and shapes. Using a light colored piece of construction
 paper place the pieces of tissue paper on it and paint them with water. You
 might need to help them take the tissue paper off. After you remove the
 tissue paper it leaves the color and shape of the tissue paper on the
 constuction paper. Once they got the idea of what was happening my kids
 started placing the shapes to form a picture. We also experimented with
 putting colors on top of each other to see what color it would turn into.
The whole project was less messy than painting yet we still got some colorful
 pictures in the end. 

11)  We did this same project at Easter time. The children cut out an egg shape
from white construction paper, then painted it with water. They laid the
pieces of tissue paper on top If not wet enough paint again , wait a few
minutes and remove tissue. The children loved thier eggs.
 
 Another project we did with tissue was: take a salad dressing jar and paint
watered down glue all over , then stick small pieces of tissue to it. Do not
remove, you may want to give a second coat after tissue. When dry it look
like stained glass. We made flowers to go inside. 

12)  Tuna-Can Spider
 
 •Paint a clean tuna can (or cat food can) black. Let dry. 
  For mouth, cut a small length of jumbo orange 
 rickrack and glue to side of can at bottom. Glue two 12mm wiggle eyes 
 above mouth. 
 •For legs, cut four black chenille stems in half. To shape legs, bend 
 each length in half. Glue four legs onto each side of can.

13) Here is a project I did with my class using contact paper. Take clear
contact paper and cut it to any length you wish. I use about 3' in length.
Don't remove the backing, place it on a table-sticky side up- have the kids
stick stuff to it. I use small buttons, yarn,small cut pieces of paper, small
foam dots, anything. I have found that glitter should be saved for the last!!
Then I put it on the wall as a class collage!! I use colored paper for a
"frame"  the kids love it!!! I keep mine up all year.

14) Mosaic Turkey
 
 turkey outlines, glue, various collage materials as listed
 
 1.  provide copies of a small turkey outline for each child. The children
use glue and beans, rice, macaroni, seeds and or kernels of corn to fill in
the turkey outline.
 
 2. Copy the turkey outline onto brown construction paper. Break off pieces
from a pinecone. Let the children glue the pine cone pieces inside the
outline to make turkey feathers.

15) Sand Drawing
 box lids or rectangle cake pans with 2" sides; sand and sticks
 
 Provide one or more box lids or cake pans. Put a 1/2" layer of sand in the
bottom of each pan or lid. Provide sticks of different sizes. Let the
children explore smoothing the sand layer, then using a stick or finger to
draw figures and designs in the sand. They can "erase" the picture by
smoothing the sand again, creating new designs.

16) Tissue Paper
Take different colored tissue paper and cut into all sizes and shapes. 
Using a light colored piece of construction
paper place the pieces of tissue paper on it and paint them with water. You
might need to help them take the tissue paper off. After you remove the
tissue paper it leaves the color and shape of the tissue paper on the
constuction paper. Once they got the idea of what was happening my kids
started placing the shapes to form a picture. We also experimented with
putting colors on top of each other to see what color it would turn into. The
whole project was less messy than painting yet we still got some colorful
pictures in the end. 

17) Reverse Stencils
I do the silhouettes in a different way.  I call them a "Reverse
Stencil".  I make my patterns on cardboard or something sturdy (usually
I use an old manilla folder).  This time we are talking about trees so I
took my tree pattern and put it on a piece of construction paper.  It
doesn't matter the color or paper.  I chose white.  I put two small
pieces of tape on the back of the tree so it stays in place.  The
children took a small round sponge and sponge painted green all around
the tree. Upon completion lift the tree up and you have your reverse
stencil.  We then took a different sponge and sponge painted small
apples on the stencil tree.  You could do this project with any shape.

18) Self Portraits

Here is a neat idea that I try to use every year.  It can be used with 3's
and older.
At the beginning of the year, take a photograph of each child.  Each month,
have each child draw a self portrait of themselves.  I always displayed the
portraits on a bulletin board each month and added a tiny surprise to them.
For example, in September, I added a tiny paper bow to each girls hair and a
bowtie to each boy.  In October, I put a tiny paper jack o lantern in the
hand of each child self portrait.  Each month, it is something different.
Collect the self portraits and put them into individual folders for each
child monthly,  At the end of the school year, each child should have 8 to
10 pictures.  For each child, make a self portrait book with the pictures in
order from September to June.  Put their photograph on the front cover.  The
children are always so surprised about how they saw and drew themselves each
month.  For example, for some children, when they drew themselves in
September, it may have been nothing more than a scribble.  By June, They
usually have a noticible head, arms, legs, etc.