ccld level 2 stuck on 206 craft activity

[gatesholland]

hi im stuck on doing/planning a craft activity with the children for 206 and 205. i need to use senses or science different materials but not sticking, everything i think of includes sticking somewhere alon the line. any ideas please! i had thought of painting and sticking plant pots and planting some seeds and plants or making wind chimes out of cds with bits stuck on but they are both sticking. the children im with are 18mth to 3yrs. any help/ideas most gratefully recieved

[Ruthierhyme]

Hi and welcome, you've quite an age gap there for an inclusive craft activity, maybe look at larger activities that can have their end result photographed - possibly ask the older children to take their own photos?

If it's a nice day can you do some outdoor water painting & chalk design?

You'll need:
Big wallpaper brushes
Pots of water - with handles.
Safe, non toxic chunky chalks
A flooring/paving slab area that's ok to decorate ..
Brooms & sweeping brushes for children to help with cleaning up at the end - if wanted.
Digital camera or other to evidence the craft/creative works once finished.
These can be used to make a wall display, collage or parent area activity news.

How the senses will be used:
Sight: will be in participation, watching actions & sequence, identifying objects such as the brush, pot, chalk
Hearing: will be in your chat & conversation, hearing the brush, water and chalk mark making.
Touch: the bristles on the paintbrush, the water surface with hands/fingers/brush, feel the cold water & the warm flooring, grip the brush & pot handle ..
Taste .. may occur naturally or for later/current conversation how the water used for painting is the same as they would ordinarily drink from a clean cup ..
Smell: water on warm concrete, dry chalk, wet chalk ..

Extend by adding grass to the water pots ..
Stones that are too big to be a chocking hazard .. touch, feel and drop into the water pots, can the children still water paint?
Wet the chalk to see how it differs to the dry chalk in touch, texture and in application on the floor ..

An alternative activity for indoors could be bath mat painting - turn a large heavy bath mat upside down on a table centre or floor so that the suckers are face up and paint with brushes or hands ...Take prints by pressing paper over the top and peeing off slowly.. leave to dry.

Hth
xx

[akel1111]

Have a look at one of my posts on activities involving the senses.
Here is part of it:
Firstly identify the 5 senses
Sight
Hearing
Touch
Taste
Smell
Then think of how you might stimulate each sense, for example hearing . An activity might be music, this could lead to making musical instruments, singing, or playing musical instruments. You could record this and put it onto a CD.
Taste could be a tasting session of various foods sweet, sour etc, This could lead to a cooking activity (Rice Crispy cakes are popular and easy!)
Touch might be covering their eyes and inviting them to feel different textures or you could use a feely box. This could lead to actually making a feely box.
Sight could be rainbow colours or even taking photographs
Smell might be an activity such as making perfumes.
All of the above activities will help children's development . The photograph activity will help in developing ICT (computer)skills.
The musical activity will help in developing creative skills in that the children will create their own music.
Hope this helps
Ann

[gatesholland]

thank you for your great ideas, i had an idea last nite in bed about having a discussion with some vegetables about where they come from and what they are and who likes which one and taste some then do some paint prints with them of the childrens favourite ones what do you think would that be enough?

[Ruthierhyme]

Excellent idea

Risk assess by having checked your fruit/veg for bruising/rot.
Storage of knives that will cut the fruit/veg
Wash veg before eating - hygiene management & pesticide awareness
Check paint is edible .. to a degree :crazy: non toxic and safe for use by young children at the least - safety marks & age recommendations.
Allergies, intolerances and sensitivities are noted

If you want to use the information that the children give you ie: which veg they do & which they don't like - for research, evaluation & information later maybe, make up a chart that shows the veggies you used and then if possible - time wise during the activity ask the children if you can make a mark next to the veg that they said they do quite like ..

If they ask why, let them know that at the end of the activity you'll be able to tell everyone which veg was liked the most - has the highest number of children's agreed marks next to it.


It sounds really great, hope you have lots of fun with it xx