Paper Plate Party Hat
And really, shouldn't every day be a party?
ADDED August 21, 2009
Length: Thirty minutes or so.
Parental Involvement: Explain the concept. Help with some cutting where necessary.
Kids Should Be Able to: Participate in hat construction. Offer opinions on nice hats. Test the hats out!
Here's a fun and memorable kids' activity for you guys to enjoy as Summer winds down...
And here's what you'll need for this one:
- A paper plate
- A paper grocery bag -- or any paper bag. A paper "party" bag also works (as you can see from the photo.)
- A pair of scissors
- Some tape
- A kid who enjoys headwear
First,
grab the largest paper plate that you can. This will wind up being the
rim of the hat, so make sure that the plate is larger than your child's
head. (Most regular-sized plates are just big enough.)
Grab a
pair of scissors and cut a hole out of the plate that is just slightly
*smaller* than the size of your kids' head. (We want the hat to sit
on top of your kid's head. If the hole is too large, it
will slide down over your child's face and cover eyes, ears, and
mouth. Not that much fun for the hat-wearer!)
Now insert the
"open" part of the bag into the hole you just made in the paper plate
rim. We found it helped to make two slits in the bag. Use the
resulting flaps of paper to curl part of the bag up under the rim.
Tape the bag to the rim . . . and you're done!
If you don't have a paper plate handy, you can also make a hat using only the bag. Just roll up the open part to make a rim.
(For
what it's worth, we want to be good custodians of the environment. At
the same time, we think it's okay to use paper products occasionally.
Don't go crazy, but everything in moderation. Kids' birthday parties
are, in our opinion, the perfect occasion for paper plates!)
Please
have fun and please enjoy your weekend. (One nice way to spend the
weekend would be . . . showing off your fancy new paper party hats!)
(A special thank you to our extremely precocious and very charming models pictured here today!)
| art supplies needed, |
Comments
Hillary\'s Mom 08-21-2009 10:57Simple and sweet. We\'ll try it. Thanks!
Shellie 08-24-2009 06:44
We had a lot of fun with this idea and jazzed up our hats with some pipe cleaners on top. Very fun! Here's a photo:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2189338&id=600844957
Calvin Kent 08-27-2009 08:43
I think all of these activities for children are great!! - Introducing children love getting involved in just "doing something" so its great for parents to get involved with their children and create tasks. I have seen children get excited and put so much energy into just cleaning their room because it was said as in "Let's see how quickly we can ... " - I would urge all parents to let their children get involved in some way with what they are doing, it could be as simple as circling as many "M" letters in an old newspaper etc. I created a website www.wackywindows.com which is an educational playground for children. The site contains preschool games and allows the children to play by themselves as well as by with their parents.
There is an interesting artical/video posted by Henry Jenkins.
In every aspect of our learning common sense is applied. I believe common sense and our own judgement within ourselves allow us to learn and make better judgements as we grow.
I have always felt as a child growing up with the spectrum series playing manic minor and wondering how those tapes transferred that brilliant (at the time) game onto my screen. The one thing I can always say I am thankful for is the fact my mother (who probably did not know what I was getting out of it apart from the fun part) continued to buy me these machines.
I think as far far as gaming goes, as a child it definately speeds up your reflexes which is both physical and well as mental and you dont have to be a programmer later on in life to benefit at all, it's a way of thinking, mental state.
I however did become a programmer (accidentally I will add - I really wanted to become a veterinarian). Anyway so a few years ago in May 2001 I was awarded 2 bafta awards for my involvement of an entertainment, educational project for Sesame street. I had so much fun and could see the enjoyment children were taking from the educational games so decided to set up www.wackywindows.com - Which was my definitive answer to doing something I love and focusing on children on a platform I believe is going to be a great source of learning in the future.
Listen / watch the article here:
http://www.educationfutures.com/2009/08/25/can-technology-fix-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-25797
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