Supplies:
- Crayola Washable School Glue
- Crayola Washable Paint
- Crayola Paint Brushes
- Crayola Modeling Clay
- Crayola Scissors
- Crayola Acrylic Paint - white
- Crayola Glue Sticks
- Crayola Markers
- Cardstock Paper - 5 cm x 8 cm (1.75" x 3") - 4 - 6 pieces per student
- Small Branches
- Corrugated Box Cardboard - 30.5 cm x 30.5 cm (12" x 12") - 1 piece per student
- 2L Milk Carton - 1 per student
- Rulers
Steps:
1
- Clean the inside of the milk carton to remove any milk.
- Completely cover the carton with white acrylic paint.
- Set it aside to dry.
- Once it is dry paint it to make your house.
- You may want to use small pieces of sponge to create texture.
2
- Use a 30.5 cm x 30.5 cm piece of corrugated box cardboard to make the base.
- Draw a diagonal line from one corner to the other to make an 'X' on the cardboard.
- Paint each section to match a season.
- Make sure the seasons rotate counter clockwise from summer, to fall, to winter to spring.
- IMPORTANT: Paint the back of the cardboard with one solid colour to prevent the cardboard from warping.
- Set the cardboard aside to dry.
3
- Use 5 cm x 8 cm pieces of cardstock paper to draw pictures of people dressed for the season they will be placed in - one for each season.
- Colour the drawings with marker.
- Glue small tabs on the bottom of each figure.
- Add trees to the setting using small branches pushed into modeling clay.
4
- Glue the small drawings into their spaces.
- Push small branches into modeling clay to make trees.
- Make sure the modeling clay is smoothed onto the cardboard so it sticks firmly.
- Press small pieces of modeling clay onto the branches to make leaves.
Subjects:
Grades:
Grade 1,
Grade 2,
Grade 3
