Thursday, January 17, 2008

Art & Craft for Boys - Idea 2

Making a River

materials:
Water colour
Brush
Glue
Scissors
Unwanted carton boxes/cardboard
Scrape paper

Method:
1. Fold the cardboard/carton to form a wide river with banks at both sides.
2. Get your child/children to paint the river and banks.
3. Draw shapes of grass, cut out and get your child to paint them in colours like yellow, brown, light green and dark green. Paint both sides - so may have to wait for one side to dry first before working on another side.
4. After everything is dried, paste/glue the grass at the side of the river banks. Get your children to do the pasting.
5. Crumble 2 pieces of unwanted paper to form rocks (this is an idea by my son). Paint them. After they are dried, paste them in the river - you may need to use double sided tape if the glue doesn't hold.

Now it is done! My sons put the soldiers on the rocks. They said the soldiers are watching the crocodile.

Watch this space - I will show you how to make some trees & coconut trees to be put on the river banks. Happy crafting and painting with your children!

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