Pet rocks

Last year, while the weather was warm we collected some smooth "face shaped" rocks from the great outdoors.

Materials:

• small, smooth rocks
• poster paint, markers, googly eyes, fabric bits, glitter, glue, yarn, feathers
  

Instructions:

• let your imagination run wild and decorate at will!

Notes:

• yarn makes great hair
• feathers can make for fun bird rocks

Paper flower

These were created at our local Ontario Early Years Centre.

Materials:

• coloured construction paper cut in the shape of a flower
• green construction paper cut like a leaf
• craft (popsicle) stick (may wish to colour green)
  
• glue
• things to decorate flower: stickers, small tissue paper squares, feathers, markers, paint, bingo daubbers
  

Instructions:

• glue popsicle stick to back of flower
• glue leaf to popsicle stick
• glue decorations to flower

Hand turkey

(This idea came home from school.)

Materials:

• paper
• markers, pencil crayons or crayons
• feathers
• white glue
  

Instructions:

• have adult trace child's hand on paper using marker, pencil crayon or crayons
• make a "head" out of the thumb with an eye and a beak
• add feet under the palm
• have child glue feathers around the fingers for the body of the turkey