photo of project completed by
kindergarten child, unassisted

 

Barbara and Grannana from North Carolina both contributed ideas for puzzle pieces.  I took the two ideas and ended up with this reindeer picture frame.  (Don't you just love synergy?).  You can do it without the reindeer in the corner if you prefer.

Materials:

• Old cereal box.
• Puzzle pieces.
• Red, green and brown paint (we use tempra as I have young children, but you can use acrylic if you trust your kids not to get it on their clothes).
• Photo.
• scrap of red felt (and green for a holly leaf - optional) or small red pom pom.
• 2 wiggly eyes (or you can make paint or paper ones).

Instructions:

• Place the photo onto the cereal box to determine the size and shape you want (you can make it circular, square, oval, triangular, etc).
• Cut out a shape from the cereal box at least 1 inch bigger than the photo (this is going to be your frame).
• Cut a shape out of the center of your "frame" (without cutting through - this is a job for an adult).  Again, you should end up with at least a 1 inch frame.
• Paint your puzzle pieces (some red and some green) and let dry.
• Glue them onto your frame, overlapping the pieces.
• Glue the photo to the back of the frame.

MAKE YOUR REINDEER:

• Take 3 puzzle pieces (preferably one should be a bit bigger than the other two).
• Paint the 3 puzzle pieces brown/ Let dry.
• Next take the two smaller puzzle pieces and glue them to the larger one in the corners only.
• Then attached the wiggly eyes.
• Cut-out a small red circle for the nose and glue.
• Then in the corner of one of Rudolph's antler make a small holly leaf from green felt.
• Glue the reindeer into the corner of the frame.