As we entered in to the festive season at the start of December, I set up resources to make Christmas decorations. I had a whole group of children make things through out the morning, some staying for a long time, and others just making one or two things. Jack and Emily took a real interest in making the snow flakes, which involved tracing around something round, cutting it out, and then folding it lots of times to create a pizza/triangle shape. They then made cuts in to the paper any size or direction they wanted. Once it was unfolded, and flattened out, it was a pretty snowflake, (which are now hanging in the art room).
Thadeus, Cian, Cleo, Noah, Ahlyna and Ruby had fun decorating Christmas boots and circle's. They used glitter and special Christmas sprinkles and whatever else they chose to put on them. While the children were creating their decorations, there was talk about where they will go, and the children started to plan where they can hang them.
This experience was a great way to let the children create things individually and how they wanted it to look. They were proud of their work and couldn't wait for them to dry.
Later in the day, Emily helped me stick some on the wall and thread ribbon through some to hang off the ceiling.
Ainslee
