Then I took the middle circles and cut them into 8 triangles.
You'll only need 7 of them and if you want to make them skinnier or pointier you can, but I left them like this. The kids colored the plate and the triangles (both sides).
They used a glue stick to attach the triangles, but of course it didn't work well so I followed behind with my stapler.
You can also have your child color the whole plate first, then do all the cutting, but I wanted my kids to practice their counting.
When it was all put together, the kids enjoyed wearing it around the room, putting their hands up for the torch.
Well, within a few minutes they all wanted to make a torch, so we did that as well. I traced their hands (fingers close together) on orange paper and cut out 4 for each child. Then they glued them to the top of a piece of paper.
After letting the glue dry for a bit, I rolled the paper up and taped it closed. The torch was complete.
I told the kids that if they went home and dressed in a robe, held a book, wore their crown, and held up their torch for their parents, they would get "extra credit." They have to bring in a picture for proof. I wonder how many will do that. The last time I asked the kids to do that, I had 3 pictures brought it, out of 22 kids. Hmmm....
2 comments:
Love this idea! I just pinned this on Pinterest and can't wait to do this with my kids. :)
Thanks, Rachel!
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