DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Winter Construction Paper Roll Wreath
ALTERNATIVE: Instead of
using a paper snowflake as the center, try our 3D
hanging snowflake
MATERIALS:
Ring of cardboard (empty cereal boxes work wonderfully)
blue and white construction paper
scissors
glue
small piece of wool
OPTIONAL: stapler and tape
Instructions:
Trace a small plate and a large plate onto a piece of old cardboard. (My 6 year
old enjoys tracing by herself. My 3 year old prefers I do this part.)
Empty cereal boxes or frozen dinner boxes work well as a source of recycled cardboard.
It doesn't matter if you go over the folds of the cardboard
Cut a small strip of cardboard and glue or tape it onto the back of the ring over any
folds in the cardboard.
This will reinforce the ring.
Cut strips of construction paper (about 1 1/2 inches by 4 inches)
glue the strips into rolls (like making a paper chain)
In kindergarten/grade one, pattern practice is important.
Allow the children to design and repeat a pattern of blue and
white loops (we did single alternating, but there are lots of
things kids could do... like 2 blue, 1 white)
Glue the rolls of construction paper onto the wreath.
For the center snowflake decoration, cut a small
snowflake out of paper.
