Grandma and Grandpa Shelf-Sitters
30 Minutes: 4 and up: Grandparents Day
Grandma and Grandpa
Shelf-Sitters
An Activity for School-Age:
A charming craft for children to give as a gift or keep for themselves.
Before You Begin:
To create these charming shelf-sitters, you'll need to gather the following: paper cups, wiggly eyes, paint, pom-poms, glue and pipe cleaners or paper straws.
Activity Goals:
To make a sweet gift for grandparents that can sit on a shelf.
Furthermore:
Creating these darling shelf-sitters provides children a way to open up and discuss their grandparents.
Let's Get Started
STEP 1
Using the cup opening, trace a circle on a sheet of paper to make a face.
STEP 2
Color the face using Colors Like Me® paint, multicultural crayons or markers and allow it to dry.
STEP 3
Color the entire white paper cup using paint, crayons, markers or tempera sticks and allow to dry.
STEP 4
Add eyes, a nose, a mouth and pom-pom hair to the face and allow to dry.
STEP 5
Once dry, affix the face to the cup using glue.
STEP 6
For the legs, use either pipe cleaners or paper straws and glue poms to the ends like shoes.
STEP 7
Glue the legs to the inside of the cup, aligning them with the side that the face is glued on.
STEP 8
Enjoy giving these cute little grandparents or sit them on your own shelf!
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