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Here is a non traditional valentine idea.
I was trying to come up with something colorful....I don't know about you but I can get really frustrated coming up with Valentine projects....I think its the limited palette...oh well this is what I did with Grade 3 Valentine Peacocks, not turkeys like some of the grade 1's labelled them.
Materials Required:
paper plate
construction paper in blue, orange, yellow, black
glue
paint
stapler
glue stick
scissors
template
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Here is the
template, I have published on Google docs as well.
Directions:
Paint your paper plate, I told the kids they could use whatever colors they wanted as long as a heart theme was evident.
Let dry.
Using the template cut out the body piece on the fold out of the blue paper.
Cut a crown feather piece out of yellow, and a beak out of orange...for the beak you cut a triangle shape (like a ramp) on the fold.
Cut a slit in the Peacock body where the beak should go and insert and glue or tape down.
Glue or tape on the crown feathers.
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Add eyes.
Staple the body onto the painted plate trying to keep the 3D effect by using the fold.
That's it...pretty simple but quite effective.
I am leaving for Maui today and will be gone for 2 weeks. Hope to be back posting projects by Feb 26th. I hope everyone has a great Valentine's as well as a good Family Day (Canada) or President's Day (USA).
I plan on doing a lot of painting and I am taking the laptop so I may post a few paintings here and there.
Take care
gail
Oh that's beautiful. I love the colors on the peacock!
ReplyDeleteThat is a very colorful peacock ! Love reading your blog. Happy Valentines Day
ReplyDeleteCindy
I love your works.You are very succesfull.with my best wishes from Turkey
ReplyDeleteHaving spun the penguin theme through January's art classes, I'd decided on peacocks for Valentines. I like the paper plate, but I'm thinking about coffee filters.
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