Fun Family Night Activities

Silhouette Picture




Materials Needed:
Paper
Flashlight
Pen, Pencil, or Marker


Instructions:
Tape a large piece of paper to the wall. Have the child stand or sit sideways next to the paper. Darken the room and shine the flashlight on them so their profile is shadowed on the paper.




Trace the shadow.
Cut out the profile and mount it on contrasting piece of paper.
This looks great with the profile cut out of black paper and mounted on white paper or vice versa.



EGG CARTON Critters:



Spider-

Materials:
Empty egg tray
Glue
Paint (brown)
Pipe cleaners
Paper
Felt tipped pen



Method:
Cut two egg cups from the egg tray.
Paint the egg cups brown.
Cut 8 piece of pipe cleaner - these must be the same length. The pipe cleaners will act as legs.
Glue the pipe cleaners to the bottom half of the egg cup. Four on each side.
Glue the two egg cups together.
Cut two small circles form the piece of white paper and add a black dot in each circle. These will be glued on as eyes.




Bees-


Materials:
Empty egg tray
Glue
Yellow paint
Yellow serviette
Black felt tipped pen
1 pipe cleaner, cut in half


Method:
Cut four small cups from the egg tray.
Glue the cups together in pairs to form the bee's body.
Paint the 'body' yellow and leave to dry.
Cut wings from a yellow serviette and glue onto the body.
Draw the face and lines on the yellow body using a thick black felt tipped pen.
Make feelers with pipe - cleaner.



Caterpillar-


Materials:
Empty egg tray
Glue
Paint (green)
Pipe cleaners
Paper
Felt tipped pen


Method:
Cut eight small cups from the egg tray.
Glue six of the cups together in pairs to form the caterpillar's body.
Paint the 'body' green and leave to dry.
Paint the other two remaining egg cups.
Cut a pipe cleaner in half and glue to the top half of the egg cup. These will be the caterpillar's feelers.
Now glue these two egg cups together.
Glue the caterpillars body together - as seen in the picture.
Draw eyes and a mouth on the part that has the feelers.