Making Snowflakes
What You Need:- Squares of paper, different colours or previous drawings or paintings, scissors.
What to Do: – Fold paper in half and then in half again. Fold diaginally to make a triangle. Cut out small pieces around the edges. Ensure the paper is not too thick for small hands. Unfold paper to see snowflake.
Fold, Dip and Dye
What You Need: – Paper towelling or napkins, food colouring or vegetable dye, shallow containers for each colour.
What to Do:- Mix food colouring or dye with water in containers. Fold paper in half and in half again, Dip each corner, one at a time, into a colour, unfold the paper to see the design. Try dipping snowflakes into colours.
Weaving
What You Need:- Strips of paper, crepe or cellophane works well, string or wool, a frame is needed for this.
What to Do:- Make a frame out of the side of a cardboard box with slits cut into the edges of the top and bottom. Run string from top to bottom secured at the edges. Weave paper in and out of string.
Paper Weaving
What You Need:- Strong paper, strips of paper, scissors, paste, tape, glue.
What to Do:- Fold sheet of paper in half, start at fold cut slits across paper, stop about 2cm from edge. Don’t worry if its not straight or even. Weave paper strips in and out of slits. Glue, tape or staple each strip at both ends. Use different colours, textures or contrasting strips of paper for weaving.
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