Montessori Sandpaper Letters: 3 Easy Ideas To DIY At Home: Learn how to make sandpaper letters and how to do the lesson at home
Montessori schools need to buy high-quality sandpaper letters, but you can purchase inexpensive sandpaper letters or make your own DIY sandpaper letters.
Montessori schools need to buy high-quality sandpaper letters, but you can purchase inexpensive sandpaper letters or make your own DIY sandpaper letters.
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Montessori Sandpaper Letters: 3 Easy Ideas To DIY At Home: Learn how to make sandpaper letters and how to do the lesson at home
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You need: two sheets of white drawing paper sandpaper tempera paint in blue, green and white brush coloured paper brown paper (grocery bag) glue blue paper A1 size Spray paint stripes in blue, green and white on a saucer. Lay a sheet of white drawing paper before you, with the small size up. Paint it with coloured waves. Don't mix the colours on the saucer, but dip the brush in two or three colours. Leave the sheet to dry. Take the second white sheet and lay it before you with the small side up. Cut a piece of sandpaper as wide as the sheet and 8 cm high. Paste the sandpaper on the bottom of the sheet. Tear the painted sheet in wavy strips. Tear the straight sides of the first and last strip too, so that all strips have two wavy sides. Place the strips overlapping on the white sheet. Start below. Place the second strip partly under the first one, the third under the second etc. Paste down the short sides of the waves on the left and right. Cut boats out of a brown paper bag; bigger ones below, smaller ones at the top (perspective). Cut masts out of the paper bag and sails out of coloured paper. Paste the boats between the waves and paste the long sides of the waves at the same time. Paste sails and masts on the boats. Paste or staple all works together on large blue sheets (A1 size) to create a beautiful group work. Artworks made by students of grade 4
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Your kids will love running their fingers over these fun tactile letters. Find lots of ideas to make DIY tactile cards for your literacy learning centers. JUST Purchase the printable cards No Time to
Enjoy Montessori continent learning activities that include the sandpaper globe, colored globe, 3-part cards, song, continent map, and extension exercises.
In our newest art for kids activity, we’ll be creating art using sandpaper as the canvas. You can even take the project a step further and use an iron to turn the finished crayon drawings on sandpaper into sun catchers! Follow the Art for Kids Pinterest Board! I’m so thrilled to be teaming up again with some super …
After not touching crayons for at least 6 months my oldest (3 Years) is starting to take an interest in them again. We've been doing a lot...
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This monoprint project is full of texture & color. Grab the crayon and sandpaper and dig into this fun printmaking process for kids!
Keeping in the same line of subject today. The sand paper letters. I wondered for a while how I would make those. I knew I wanted them made on wooden boards, but at the time, that was it. I found some really thin wooden board at my local art shop. In the watercolor section. SO I bought that and had DH cut them into 4 squares, so I didn't need all that much. Then I painted those boards with acrylic paint that I also bought there. I used the same red and blue that I did for the red rods and the numeral rods. I created the pink with a dash of white. I started by painting only one side, but was not happy with the end result, so I ended up painting both side, and I am happy that I did. It makes a neater job IMO. Once the paint was dry, it was time to add the letter. I had different options: 1- apply glue and pour sand over it to create the letters 2- Used sticky felt 3 go the longest way and use sandpaper. After weighing all the options, I decided to go the "real" route, and use sandpaper. I do not regret one bit this choice, even though it took longer. SO I used 220 sandpaper. I could have used softer, but that was what I had on hand. DO NOT GO LOWER THEN THAT THOUGH, it is too rough for little hands. I cutted the letter with a exacto and a self healing board. Then I glued them with carpenter glue. This does a wonderful job of sticking the paper! I finished with a slight coat of Mod podge, but I didn't pass over the letters for fear that they would not have the necessary tactile feeling anymore. I think I could have done it though without problems. So here is the finaly result: I organized them in a basket, I couldn't find any wooden boxes that would fit them in, and that allowed me tu reuse things I had on hand. I am super happy with the result, and I don't feel the need to get already made sandpaper letter. (which is an indicator for me of my level of satisfaction ;) I did see some really nice handmade ones though. So if you don't feel like making them, but would rather have something homemade, these would be a very nice choice. Otherwise, this is a fun but I admit time consuming project. YOu cannot do this in one seating, because of the paint... HTH :)
Sandpaper is one of the most common items you will find with professional painters along with all types of construction workers. A simple product that combines sand or similar abrasive material on the strong backing paper, sandpaper is used to smooth surfaces, remove rust or paint, and can prepare a surface as well. Sandpaper comes
Expand your child's thinking and encourage experimentation with this art project that uses sandpaper and crayons to make a heat transfer work of art!
This is a super quick post to share an idea I had. I have been wanting a pettiskirt for E to wear when taking photos of her dresses. The idea to use the Boo! DYO Twirly Skirt pattern as a jumping off point has been sitting in my mind for so long. Recently I decided to just do it. So, this is a tutorial on how to modify the twirly skirt pattern to make a cute pettiskirt. I love the Twirly Skirt pattern and have made so many of them for miss E. I have a confession to make... I have, once or twice put two or three twirly skirts on E under a dress to give it the right amount of fullness... but now I don't have to :) I suggest using a light fabric like lawn for this, though I'm sure it would work just as well with other fabrics. I used lawn for the bottom tier, but I was stash busting, so I didn't have enough. I used up some white quilting cotton for the upper two tiers. I used the size 2 "Twirly Skirt With Contrast" measurements. I used the exact measurements for the waistband and skirt parts, but I cut two lots of the skirt part (ie four pieces). Then for the bottom ruffles I cut three pieces half the length of the contrast hem measurement and the full width of fabric (44" in my case). For larger sized skirts this will have to be wider, I would suggest at least double the width of the middle skirt so it gathers nicely. The reason for it being half the length is because I didn't double it over. So: Waistband Piece x2 (as per pattern) Skirt piece x4 (two x the pattern) extra long contrast pieces (four separate lots each about double the total width suggested but half the length) So, now I had cut enough for one waist band, two skirts pieces and four extra wide contrast pieces. Then I sewed my bottom tier pieces together. I finished the bottoms of each of these with a rolled hem on my overlocker. Then (also using my overlocker) I gathered the top edges of each of them and pinned two to each of the skirt pieces' bottom edge and sewed them on. I made the middle skirt piece as per the instructions (twice) and attached them to the waist band and finished the skirt as a normal twirly skirt. Here is a pic of a modified Hummingbird dress without, and then with the pettiskirt under it to show the difference it makes. ...and one more super ruffly pic because they look cool :) For even more fullness you could add another middle skirt piece with two ruffle bottom pieces to it. I have been working on some very cool pattern testing recently that I can't wait to share with you when the testing is complete. You will NOT want to miss it! In the meantime, I'll pop back with a post of all the little things I've made recently but not had time to write a post about. Please let me know what you think :) Kerry xx --------------------------------------------------------------------- Little add on... I decided to make a pink pettiskirt using the same technique. The only difference is that I split the waistband part to use an extra colour. I used Lawn for all of this one and chose four shades of pink. I wanted it to get lighter as is went down and then darker again towards the inner layer. And here are some photos :) look at the coloured ruffles :) It turned out just like the picture in my head. I just love how twirly skirts can lay out flat as a circle! And... more ruffle shots. This bottom one makes me smile :) It looks like a flower to me. Thanks for visiting our blog. Please feel free to leave a message or link to pics of your pettiskirts :) Kerry xx
We're soaking up the last bit of summer here before school starts, so last week some friends came over for a craft play date to make sandpaper starfish and Hawaiian leis. This was the calm before the storm. There were only 3 adults to 7 kids (6 of them under the age of 5) with open bottles of glue and tubes of glitter with unsecured caps... So, you do the math! Or if you prefer a visual approach: Haha! Absolutely priceless. When the kiddos decided that they were over arts and crafts, we had a "fight" over a broken pretend piece of corn on the cob, and Kendall threw up not once, but twice; the second of which my friend Beth caught IN HER HANDS - total mommy move right there, we (the grownups) agreed. Once everybody was fed, though, things did simmer down a bit and all in all it was a pretty successful play date as everybody had a really great time. Craft Play Date II over at Shauna's next week! Lately, it's become a regular thing for McKenna, Kendall and I to do arts and crafts on Saturday mornings while Daddy is out doing his rounds at the garage sales; he's recently taken up flipping as a hobby, online business and all! I thoroughly enjoy spending this time with my daughters; sipping coffee, still in our pjs, tummies full from breakfast, and enjoying each other's company with Disney radio on in the background while working away on beautiful little masterpieces that I will cherish forever. A very "happy Saturday" indeed; emphasis on "happy." While I certainly plan on keeping round one of this little project, we gave it another go over the weekend; there was plenty of starfish and hole-punched Hawaiian flowers leftover from our play date. Here's what you'll need: Sandpaper Blue construction paper Blue marker or crayon Googly eyes Glitter Glue Before you begin, cut starfish shapes out of your sandpaper. I found a pack of 12 sheets at the dollar store. Then, using a blue marker or crayon, create waves on your construction paper and glue on the starfish. Add more glue to the top of the starfish and sprinkle on some glitter, or you can leave it plain as the sandpaper gives the starfish a realistic texture. Finally, add googly eyes and a smile. Now, the leis! These were so much fun to make and turned out really cute. Here's what you'll need: Hawaiian flowers Straws Yarn Scissors Hole punch Tape The Hawaiian flowers are actually table scatter that I purchased from the dollar store to make these Flip Flops Fridge Magnets. You can find them in the seasonal section. Cut the yarn and straws, and hole punch the flowers. String away! *TIP: Wrap a small piece of tape around one end of the yarn because it will come apart as you are threading it through the straws and flowers. Also, tape the other end to the table while you are working so your straws and flowers don't fall off in the (very likely) event that your lei gets knocked or pulled off of your working space ;-)
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The darker image is an actual sheet of fine grade sandpaper. The drawing was made directly onto the sandpaper with layers of Crayola crayons. The sandpaper was turned over onto a sheet of white paper and a hot iron melted the wax of the crayons onto the paper. I protected my iron with a couple sheets of white paper. This method gives the final image a pointillist effect.
This monoprint project is full of texture & color. Grab the crayon and sandpaper and dig into this fun printmaking process for kids!
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