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YEAR 5 & 6
How to make chocolate play dough (Easter activity)
Recipe:
1 cup salt.
1/2 cup cocoa powder.
2 tbsps vegetable oil.
2 tbsps cream of tartar.
2 cups of boiling water.
4 drops of glycerine (optional extra for increased shine and stretch)
Method:
Combine all ingredients in a bowl.
Stir the vegetable oil.
Mix together
Stir in boiling water (adult only) and mix until combined.
When it has cooled a little knead it on a surface until it loses its stickiness and becomes smooth and stretchy. No residue should come off on your fingers. If it is still sticky add a little more flour, if too dry and crumbly add more water, a tablespoon at a time.
Week 2 activities:
When you have managed to complete your Easter chocolate playdough, try making coloured playdough. Be sure to use coloured food dye to make and create lots of fun colours to play with. Use the same instructions and materials except this time you are using coloured food dye.
(Follow materials and instructions listed above for Easter chocolate playdough).
*Please only use materials you already have at home and do not feel the need to purchase anything extra.
*If you would like to try one or more of these Easter crafts please feel free to do so. You might want to choose one for this week and/or a different one next week.
Here are some free colouring activities free to download, I hope you enjoy being creative!
Plants & Animals | Free Coloring Pages
Easter Carton activity
Materials:
Egg carton
paint in yellow, pink, blue, green, purple, or your favourite spring colours
paintbrush
2 wiggly eyes per holder
¼ inch white pom poms, 1 per bunny holder
1 inch pom poms white or to match paint colours, 1 per bunny holder
2 yellow craft feathers per chick holder
scrap pieces of card stock in colours to coordinate with your paint
small scrap piece of orange card stock
bunny ear pattern
Instructions:
Step 1: Cut the egg carton apart, so you have individual egg cups.
Step 2: Paint the egg cups inside and out. Paint chick cups yellow. Paint the bunny cups in pink, blue, light green, purple, or any other fun spring colour. Set them aside to dry completely. If you’re doing this craft with the kids, you might want to complete this step ahead of time, or plan a fun activity while the egg cups are drying.
Step 3: To assemble the bunny egg cups: Print and cut out the bunny ear pattern. Trace and cut out two bunny ears in coordinating colours to match each of your bunny egg cups.
Step 4: Glue the bunny ears to the inside back of the cup, point side up, so they’ll stick out behind the egg when you add it to the cup.
Step 5: Add the wiggly eyes to the front of the cup, about ¼ inch down from the top.
Step 6: Add the ¼ inch white pom pom to the center front with a little glue for the bunny nose.
Step 7: Add a 1 inch pom pom to the center back of the egg cup for the bunny tail.
Step 8: Add an Easter egg to the cup, and you’re ready to display!
Step 9: To assemble the chick egg cups: Add the wiggly eyes to the front of the painted cup, about ¼ inch down from the top.
Step 10: Glue one feather about halfway down each side of the egg cup, so the feather is sticking straight out from the cup.
Step 11: Cut a ¼ inch square from the orange card stock for the chick cup’s beak. Cut one for each chick cup you’re making.
Step 12: Glue the beak to the center front of the egg cup.
Step 13: Add an Easter egg, and you’re ready to display
There is a slight variation between the top picture and the bottom, feel free to create whichever one you like. Also, only use materials you already have at home and do not feel the need to purchase anything extra.
*If you would like to try one or more of these Easter crafts please feel free to do so. You might want to choose one for this week and/or a different one next week.
If you’re looking for other activities to draw and create have a look at this site it has lots of things for you to do
What Can I Draw? – 100 Objects to Draw
Week 2 Activities:
Materials:
A grey lead pencil HB
A plain sheet of A4 whilte paper.
As a follow up, I would like you to locate a picture from the website listed above and try to draw it on a piece of plain white A4 paper. Please sketch it first using a grey lead pencil, then colour it accordingly. Please keep it and submit it on our return to school.
For example; you can try to sketch a picture of a cat or a croissant. There are lots of other examples listed on the website.
Easter felt activity
Materials:
Buttons
Felt – some stiff felt if you can find it
Pom Poms
Rhinestones
Ribbon
Easter egg or bunny template
Instructions:
Step 1: Cut out your Easter egg or bunny out of felt.
Step 2: Lay out your design first or just have fun gluing on different materials.
Step 3: Trim any excess or felt embellishment if you want to.
Step 4: Add any finishing touches to your creation!
Only use materials you already have at home and do not feel the need to purchase anything extra.
*If you would like to try one or more of these Easter crafts please feel free to do so. You might want to choose one for this week and/or a different one next week.
Week 2 Activities:
Materials:
Plain A4 sheet of paper
1 grey led HB pencil
As a follow up, I would like you to locate a picture from the website listed below and draw a piece from one of your favourite museums. Draw it on a piece of plain white A4 paper. Sketch it first using a grey lead pencil, then colour it accordingly. Please keep it and submit it on our return to school.
You can also check out this website: 12 Famous Museums that offer Virtual tours enjoy the experience!
https://www.google.com/search?q=12+famous+museums+that+offer+virtual+tours&rlz=1C1GCEA_enAU888AU888&oq=12+famous+museums+that+offer+virtual+tours&aqs=chrome..69i57.15317j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on
Easter paper bobble head bunny
Materials:
Ruler
Glue
ruler
Scissors
Coloured cardboard of your choice
Googly eyes
Mini pom poms
A hole punch
Felt pieces
Black wool for bunny whiskers.
Instructions:
Step 1: After gathering supplies, use the rotary cutter to make a 1 ½” x 11″ paper strip. Fold the ends of the paper strip towards the middle as pictured below. Glue the 2 flaps together to create a 3D half circle shape.
Step 2: Next, punch out 2 large hearts and 1 small heart. Use the petals paper punch to punch petals out of your main colored paper and pink (for the inner part of your bunny’s ears.) The petals paper punch has 3 different sizes, so you will have to punch each paper twice. Keep the large petals of your main colored paper, and the small petals of the pink paper.
Step 3: Glue the small pink petals onto the large petals to make ears for your bunny, cut 1 of your large hearts in half (you will end up with 2 tear dropped shapes), then use scissors to round the point of your other heart.
Step 4; To make the bunny’s feet, glue the teardrop paper shapes and the small heart to the flat bottom of your bunny’s body as pictured below. Cut a short paper strip and fold it like an accordion 4 times. Glue it to the front of the bunny’s body.
Step 5: Next, glue the bunny’s ears to the back of the rounded heart.
Step 6: Glue 2 wiggly eyes and a pom pom nose to the bunny’s face, then use a black felt tip pen to make whiskers. Glue the bunny’s head to the accordion fold paper strip.
Step 7: Last, glue a pom pom to the back of the bunny for the tail
Only use materials you already have at home and do not feel the need to purchase anything extra.
*If you would like to try one or more of these Easter crafts please feel free to do so. You might want to choose one for this week and/or a different one next week.
Week 2 Activities:
*If you manage to finish the Easter activities, please remember to complete your artist study as previously advised.
I have also found some great art resources so you can get creative at home, check this one out!
Paris Museums Put 100,000 images online for unrestricted Public use
https://kottke.org/20/01/paris-museums-put-100000-images-online-for-unrestricted-public-use
Also, have a go at trying to replicate a piece from the Paris Museum. Remember to sketch first with a grey lead pencil using a plain white piece of A4 paper. Please keep and submit to me.