![]() ![]() All I was going for was getting the shape in the same general area of each pie section:īut if your kids are up for it, or you have more time to spend on this activity, you can talk about how the two sections next to each other are mirror images, and place your shapes accordingly. We talked about how kaleidoscopes had repeating patterns, then each kid could choose 1 or 2 shape sets and glue one shape in each pie section. ![]() I cut shapes in different colors in sets of 8 (eg, I had 8 blue circles, 8 orange lightning bolts, etc). I used big roll paper and drew two huge circles, dividing them into 8 pie sections. I cut the mirror sheet into thirds (3×6) and they were plenty big to use with these pictures. ![]() I realize that my mom wasn’t able to save a copy for everybody, but check out the link it’s to Google books and has a couple of sample pages…if you wanted, you could probably create some of your own. ![]() Thanks, Mom, for saving it! My copy is totally falling apart, but I made color copies of all the pages and laminated them. It came with a mirror, and you used the mirror to play with the illustrations. When I was a kid, my sister and I had this really neat book called Make a Bigger Puddle, Make a Smaller Worm. (If I had had more money, I would have loved to give one of these mirror sets to each kid so they could keep playing at home.) They could experiment with how using the mirrors in different ways reflected their punch patterns differently. This created two mirrors on a “hinge” that kids could open or shut into different angles. Duct tape is nice because it’s so flexible without being inclined to tear with use. I cut a 6×9 mirror sheet into quarters, and taped 2 quarters together on their short edges. (One of the reasons I chose punches is that we have 2 hours to fill, and I knew they would be interested in making the punches themselves.) If you didn’t have access to the punches, cutting small shapes freehand would also work, as would using stuff like sequins or spangles. I brought in a bunch of my punches from home (all that scrapbooking stuff does come in handy), gave the kids construction paper strips and glue, and let them punch out shapes and arrange them on white paper in whatever patterns they wanted. I used 12×18 construction paper for the background, and cut 9×12 construction paper into quarters for the contrasting colors. This is from the book Kids’ Art Works! Creating with Color, Design, Texture & More, by Sandi Henry. It was surprisingly interesting just to look at stuff around the room: patterns on our shirts, the lines on our palms.Īfter we looked through the triangle mirror tubes, I explained all the projects they could do. This really gave them an idea of what’s going on inside a kaleidoscope without having to construct the whole shebang with a tube. Then I talked to the kids about kaleidoscopes, and how they are all about mirrors and reflection, and took the three taped mirrors and curled them up into a triangle, taped them together, and let the kids look through. I cut one mirror sheet into six 1 1/2″ x 6″ long rectangles and taped three together on their long edges. I was doubtful at first that they would reflect well, but they do really nicely. I cut them up with regular scissors (a paper cutter would work too) into smaller pieces for my projects. Then I discovered these cool plastic mirror sheets! They are about $3 for a 6×9 flexible mirror. I looked at instructions for making “real” kaleidoscopes (like here and here and here) but they all seemed a little too complex for my program. (Other Creative Arts days are things like Lego Club or Readers’ Theater.) Wednesdays are Creative Arts days at our after school program, and this week we did crafts. ![]()
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