General Projects for Preschoolers and Toddlers

• 1- Paper placemat per child (purchased at a party store)
• 1- 13 x 9 sheet of plain paper per child
• Assortment of Stickers
• Markers
• Photo of each child
• Clear contact paper
• Edging scissors

Children:

Give a placemat to each child. Glue a photo of the child in the middle of the placemat. (Photos allow the children to identify their own placemat when they are not old enough to read names.) Decorate with stickers. Letter stickers or markers can be used to write their names on their placemat. Glue the placemat to the plain paper to make a sturdier placemat.

Adult:

Cut two pieces of clear contact paper at least 1" bigger than the placemat on all sides. Place decorated placemat on a flat surface. Remove the backing from the contact paper. Holding the contact paper at each end and over the top of your finished project, let the middle drop down to the placemat and guide to each end.

Use edging scissors or straight scissors to trim the contact paper to 1/4" edge. Placemats are washable with a wet cloth.

Supplies Needed:

• 2 - Cupcake Liners
• 1 - Tongue Depressor
• Green foam sheet
• Green tempera paint
• Small pom pom
• Water color paints or markers
• Elmer's glue
• Hot glue gun
• Paint brush

Directions:
Decorate the cupcake liners with watercolor paint or markers. Paint the tongue depressor with the green tempera paint. Cut out two leaf shapes from the green foam sheet.

To Assemble:
Flatten one cupcake liner completely. Fill the inner circle with Elmer's glue. Place the second cupcake liner on the first.

Using the hot glue gun, glue the cupcake liners to the top of the tongue depressor. Glue the pom pom into the center of the top cupcake liner. Glue the leaf shapes onto the bottom of the tongue depressor.

You can either glue a strip of magnet to the back of the flower for the refrigerator. Or make several flowers and place them in a small flower pot using floral foam to make them stand up.

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