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Crafts and Games Book

Czech Republic Spain

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CEIP Micaela Sanz Verde; Archena Namik Kemal Ilkretim Okulu; Beypazari

Turkey Poland

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Contents
Obsah .............................................................................. Error! Marcador no definido. Mister Battery ................................................................................................................... 5 The Snowman ................................................................................................................... 6 Snowmen Different then Others ....................................................................................... 7 A Reindeer ........................................................................................................................ 9 The Loom and the Phone Wrapper .............................................................................. 10 The Drum ........................................................................................................................ 11 Different Shapes from the Chestnuts, Acorns, Pinecones .............................................. 12 Quiling ............................................................................................................................ 12 The Pasta Christmas Tree ............................................................................................... 13 The Season of the Year on the Bottle ............................................................................. 13 Bowls Made of Salt Pulp or Clay ................................................................................... 14 Decoupage....................................................................................................................... 15 Bags for Shoes ................................................................................................................ 16 The Paper Star ................................................................................................................. 17 The Can Instrument...................................................................................................... 19 Angel ............................................................................................................................... 20 The Cardboard Castle ..................................................................................................... 21 Mrs. Winter ..................................................................................................................... 22 Balloon Animals ............................................................................................................. 23 The Puppet Made of Wooden Spoon .............................................................................. 24 Container for Pencils....................................................................................................... 25 Matches Farm.................................................................................................................. 26 Flower Made of Paper Circles ........................................................................................ 27 Flowers ............................................................................................................................ 28 Hide and Seek ................................................................................................................. 29 The Class Game .............................................................................................................. 29 Metal bottle Caps Game Peace Race ........................................................................... 29 The Footbag .................................................................................................................... 29 Two Fires Game .............................................................................................................. 29 Breaking the wall ............................................................................................................ 30 One, Two, Three the Witch Is Watching Me ............................................................... 30 Blind Mans Buff ............................................................................................................ 30 Devil Game ..................................................................................................................... 30 A Landscape with a Box ................................................................................................. 31 A Swing from a Wheel ................................................................................................... 32 Parachute with Plastic Bag.............................................................................................. 32 Game Get Inside ......................................................................................................... 33 African Instrument .......................................................................................................... 34 Fish .................................................................................................................................. 34 Five a Day Hand ............................................................................................................. 35 Imaginative Portrait Heads: (Giuseppe Arcimboldo) ..................................................... 35 Parts of a Tree ................................................................................................................. 36 My Neighbourhood (Flats and Houses) .......................................................................... 37 Christmas Crown ............................................................................................................ 38 Recycled Yo-yo .............................................................................................................. 39 Bats 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Octopus ........................................................................................................................... 41 Horse ............................................................................................................................... 42 Other Animals ................................................................................................................. 44 Penguins .......................................................................................................................... 44 Cardboard Snails ............................................................................................................. 45 Hedgehog from a Pinecone ............................................................................................. 45 Waste Finishing Game ................................................................................................. 46 Stone Mice ...................................................................................................................... 47 Caterpillar with Egg Cardboard ...................................................................................... 48 Buses with Tetrabricks .................................................................................................... 49 Pencils Pot with Toilet Paper Rolls and Cardboard ........................................................ 49 Piggy Bank with a Plastic Bottle, Cork Caps and Tissue Paper ..................................... 49 Photoframe with Synthetic Cork Tray, Paint and paper ................................................. 50 Ball Swallower with Washing Powder Box, Colour Paper and Aluminium Foil .......... 50 Plane with Plastic Bottle, Toilet Paper Roll and Colour Papers ..................................... 50 Toy Telephone with Yoghurt Containers and Wool ....................................................... 51 Robot with Leftover Plastic Tube, Cardboard Boxes, Yoghurt Containers ................... 51 Cow Costume .................................................................................................................. 52 Bee Costume ................................................................................................................... 53 Giraffe Costume .............................................................................................................. 54 Rumba Shakers ............................................................................................................... 55 Paper Boat ....................................................................................................................... 55 Mass Media ..................................................................................................................... 56 Light Bulb ....................................................................................................................... 57 Flower Pot Made of Plastic Container ............................................................................ 58 Pencilcase Made of Can Materials .................................................................................. 59 Mirror Frame Made Of Plastic Pipe............................................................................... 60 Sugar Dish Made Of Plastic Bottle ................................................................................. 61 Clock ............................................................................................................................... 61 Protective Plastic Bottle .................................................................................................. 62 Pencilcase Made Of Jar ................................................................................................... 63 Accessory Corner ............................................................................................................ 63 Musical Instrument From Bottle ..................................................................................... 64 Ice Cream Stick Photo Frame ......................................................................................... 65 A Clock ........................................................................................................................... 66 A Horse on a Bar............................................................................................................. 67 Folk Musical Instrument ................................................................................................. 68 A Goose (Spring Mood).................................................................................................. 69 A Bag .............................................................................................................................. 70 A Spring Garden ............................................................................................................. 71 A Trapped Flower ........................................................................................................... 72 Foil Figure ....................................................................................................................... 73 Insects (Bee, Ant, Wasp) ................................................................................................ 74

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Mister Battery
You will need:
1 plastic bottle 2 yogurt tubs 1 cream cheese container cover 2 metal bottle caps 1 plastic bottle cap 2 buttons Scissors Both-side sticky tape

How to do it:
1. Cut away the top of the bottle. In the middle of the bottle cut the rectangular shape. 2. Cut away the bottom of the one yogurt tub. In that round shape cut teeth. Stick it on the rectangular whole that you cut in the bottle. It will be the mouth of Mr. Battery. 3. Use the both-side sticky tape and join together: the cream cheese container cover, the second yogurt tub and the plastic bottle cap. This will be the hat of Mr. Battery. 4. Using the both-side sticky tape join buttons with the metal bottle caps and then stick them on the bottle- there are the Mr. Batterys eyes. 5. And now you can put there used batteries!

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The Snowman
You will need:
1 glass or plastic bottle 1 bottle cork 1 bag of salt 1 child glove Black Plasticine Red paint A paint brush Both-side sticky tape Afunnel

How to do it:
1. Using the funnel fill the bottle with the salt. 2. Make the snowmans nose: first paint the bottle cork and using both-side sticky tape stick it to the bottle. 3. Make two Plasticine balls for snowmans eyes and three or four more for its buttons. Then stick them on the bottle. 4. From the glove make snowman a hat.

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Snowmen Different then Others


You will need:
A compass A cardboard or a Bristol board Scissors White wool Thick needle 4 black beads or small black buttons (for eyes) Hard glue Black paper for hats Orange paper for noses Blue ribbon

Making a bobble
1. To make 1 bobble you will need 2 the same size cardboard rings. The ring diameter must be always bigger then the diameter of the bobble that you want to make. The diameter of the inside whole should be a little smaller then the half of the ring diameter. 2. Using the compass make the rings that you would like to have. Cut them. Put one ring on the another. Use a thick needle and a wool and enwrap thightly the rings, till the middle whole will be completely filled. 3. Put the scissors between both rings and cut the wool along the rings perimeter 4. Move away the rings for the distance of 0,5cm. Prepare two equal lenght strings of wool and tie it around the rings. Fasten them very hard. The rest of the wool you can use later as a hanger or use it to tie it with another bobble. 5. Remove the cardboard rings. Using scissors score the bobble till you get suitable shape.

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A Snowman
1. Form the Bristol board or cardboard prepare 6 rings: two with the diameter of 5,5cm, 2 with 8cm diameter and two rings with 9cm diameter. Each pair of rings cover with white wool as it was described above. 2. Remove the rings and with the scissors cut the rings and make their diameters smaller: the biggest one to about 7,5cm, the middle one to about 6 cm and the smaller one to about 4cm. 3. All three bobbles sew up in the following order: the biggest, smaller and the smallest. 4. From the orange paper/Bristol board cut the cone and stick to the snowmans head as a nose. Stick the beads as the eyes. 5. Tie the ribbon around the neck and then stick black beads

A Little Snowman
1. Form the Bristol board or cardboard prepare 4 rings: 2 with the diameter of 5,5cm, 2 with the 8cm diameter. Each pair of rings cover with the white wool as it was described above. 2. Remove the rings and with the scissors cut the rings to make their diameters smaller: the bigger one to about 6 cm and the smaller one to about 4cm. 3. Two bobbles sew up together 4. From the orange paper/Bristol board cut the cone and stick to the snowmans head as a nose. Stick the beads as the eyes. 5. Tie the ribbon around the neck and then stick black beads. Hats: from black Bristol board cut one small strip and two circles: one bigger and one smaller. Roll the strip and stick it to the smaller ring in a such way that the edge of the strip was on the edge of the smaller circle it is the bottom of the hat. The second side of the strip stick in the middle of the bigger circle it will be the hats brim. You can also make from the Bristol board the snowmans broom and spade.

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A Reindeer
You will need:
A compasss A cardboard or a Bristol board Scissors Light brown and dark brown wool Thick needle 2 black beads or black buttons (for eyes) 1 red button Hard glue Light brown felt A ribbon

How to make it:


1. From the Bristol board prepare 4 rings: 2 with the diameter of 9cm and 2 with the diameter of 5cm. 2. Using the rings with the 9cm diameter, make two bobbles from the light brown wool (for the head and body) and one bobble from the dark brown wool (for the muzzle) 3. Using the rings with the 5cm diameter make 4 bobbles from the dark brown wool for its feet. 4. Score a little bit the bobble for the head, making its diameter smaller. The bobble for the muzzle cut to the diameter of 5cm- thanks to which the wool will be thick, and the bobble will be firmed. The body bobble should be made to an oval shape. 5. In the felt cut the ears shape and the reindeers antlers shape, and sew or stick them to the head 6. Sew up the head and the muzzle bobble. On the muzzle sew the red button. Above the muzzle stick the buttons or beads it will be the eyes. The head sew up with the body. Around the neck tie ribbon 7. From the light brown wool braid plaits with the lenght of about 18cm. The plaits sew up with the smallest bobbles and then sew them to the reindeers body.

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The Loom and the Phone Wrapper

You will need:


4 wooden slats: 2 x 30cm, 2 x 20cm Little nails Colourful wool Thick needle A comb

How to make it:


1. Join the slats making the rectangular frame 2. Hammer the nails into the frame every half of centimeter (0,5cm) 3. Wind the wool around the nails that are on the longer sides of the frame (cornerways, alternately) 4. Thread a needle with the wool and twine it alternately around earlier winded wool. 5. Winded wool press with comb to make a thick cloth 6. The made cloth gently take off from the nails, remembering to secure the taken woolen stitches. 7. Using the wool sew up the oblong sides of the cloth

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The Drum
You will need:
1 processed cheese cardboard round container A stick or a pencil Thread or wool 2 beads

How to make it:


1. Prepare 2 strings of thread or wool and tie them around the beads (separately) The second end of the thread stick to the processed cheese cardboard round container (On the both sides of the container) 2. Using the both-side sticky tape to stick the pencil or a stick to the container. 3. Close the cover of the conatiner and secure all with the sticky tape. 4. You can decorate the drum if you wish.

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Different Shapes from the Chestnuts, Acorns, Pinecones


You will need:
Chestnuts Acorns Pinecones Matches

How to do it:
Using matches join chestnuts, acorns, pinecones and make shapes whatever you like: that can be small people, horses, animals, etc.

Quiling
You will need:
Strips of the paper (their width is up to you). The best is to put the paper into the shredder, but you can also use the guillotine (here you can make different widths of paper). Glue

How to do it:
1. Roll the strips into wheels, make flower petals, eye shape, drop shape. Try to fill the empty spaces. 2. From the prepared shapes create different designs and glue the shapes together. The images can be whatever you like.

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The Pasta Christmas Tree


You will need: Bristol board cone Different shape pasta Hard glue Silver spray paint

How to make it:


1. From the Bristol board make a cone the size is up to you. 2. Stick pasta to it the shape of pasta is also up to you. 3. After drying out the glue, paint it all with sliver spray paint 4. Leave it to dry out.

The Season of the Year on the Bottle


You will need:
1 glass bottle Sand or salt Plasticine Matches Different seads (maize, pumpkin, sesame, Pimento, nautmeg, etc)

How to make it:


1. Fill the glass bottle with the sand or salt 2. Cover the whole bottle with the Plasticine (make the head) 3. To make arms cover matches with the Plasticine and then stick them to the glass. 4. On the whole bottle put different seads you can create your own designs.

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Bowls Made of Salt Pulp or Clay


The recipe for the salt pulp 1 glass of salt 1 glass of flour glass of water (more or less)

How to make it:


1. Put the salt and the flour into the bowl nad mix very precisely. Slowly pour the water and simultaneously make pastry till the pulp will be thick and smooth. 2. From the pulp/clay roll the small oblong rollers and put them one on the another into not too deep salad bowl. Remember to press the rollers to each other. 3. You can make different shapes from these rollers 4. The rollers should fill the whole bowl 5. Make the rollers smoother by sticking to them small pieces of the salt pulp/clay 6. After the drying off the pulp, very gently take out the bowl from its form 7. Prepare acrylic or poster paints and paint the sculptures

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Decoupage
You will need:
1 glass bottle Hard glue Colourless varnish Acrylic paints Paper napkins with interesting designs A pencil

How to make it:


1. Prepare a glass bottle. Wash it with vinegar and after it dries out, paint it with the light acrylic paint. 2. From the paper napkins cut out the design and outline it on the bottle 3. The outlined place cover with the glue and stick there cut out design. 4. After all is dried out, paint it with the colourless varnish.

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Bags for Shoes


You will need:
Plain fabric Colourful felt Thread and a needle Scissors Glue for fabric

How to make it:


1. From the plain fabric sew the bag with the size: 2. At the top of the bag in the distance of about 2cm sew the fabric with the thread, to have later strings to tie the bag top. 3. Prepare colourful designs and stick them on the bag

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The Paper Star


You will need:
Different colour paper Scissors Glue

How to make it:


1. From the paper cut the square and fold it down the middle

2. The created triangle fold it again down the middle

3. score the triangle along the longest side remember to not cut the place of folding

4. Now you have got oblong strips

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5. Open the square and stick the two parallel strips.

One pair up, the second pair of strips down, one pair up, the second down, etc.

6. Make 5 squares this way.

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7. Stick the 5 arms together to make one star.

The Can Instrument


You will need: 1 can Different filling (maize, small stones, peas, rice, groats etc) How to make it: 1. Prepare the can 2. Fill the can with maize or small stones or peas etc. 3. Close and secure the outfall.

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Angel
You will need:
Bristol board or roller from the paper towels White blotting paper Wool Glue Silver paint

How to make it:


1. From the Bristol board make the cone (the size is up to you) or use a roller from the paper towels 2. Take white blotting paper and fill it with the cotton wool to make a head. Then stick it to the cone and create the angels mouth nad eyes. Stick to the head woolen hair 3. Cut three layers of the blotting paper and put them one on the another, to make a dress. The top of the dress stick to the top of the cone 4. On the Bristol board draw the shape of angels wings and cut them 5. Decorate the wings with blotting paper and stick them to the angels back 6. Use silver paint and decorate the whole angel.

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The Cardboard Castle


You will need:
1 oblong carton Hard glue Thread or string Matches Scissors Poster paints

How to make it:


1. In the front side of the carton at the bottom top cut out the drawbridge (not to cut the down side of the bridge). Stick matches to the front side of the drawbridge 2. Make windows - score the other sides of the carton, but near its top to make shutters. On the shutters stick matches. 3. At the top of the carton drag the thread or string. Its ending stick to the drawbridge. The thread/string will lift the drawbridge. 4. From the another carton prepare decoration for the castle roof. 5. Paint it any colour. 6.

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Mrs. Winter
You will need:
1 glass bottle Cotton wool Sand or salt White Plasticine Glue White wool How to make it: 1. Fill the glass bottle with the sand or salt 2. Cover the whole bottle with the Plasticine (make the head) 3. To make arms cover matches with the Plasticine and then stick them to the glass. 4. The whole bottle cover with white wool. 5. On the wool stick the cotton wool, you can make a hat of it 6. On the head stick the Plasticine eyes, nose and mouth and hair made of wool.

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Balloon Animals
You will need:
Different Colour balloons Colourful paper Wool Scissors Both-side sticky tape

How to make it:


1. Inflate the balloons. 2. According to the animal you want to make from the colour paper cut the eyes, tail, ears, horns, legs, etc (you can make some of them of the wool). 3. Legs: roll the colour paper and glue it to make empty inside rollers. Score the rollers in four places from one side to make pipings. Using the bosth-side sticky tape attach the pipings to the balloon. 4. Stick all things to the balloon using the both-side sticky tape.

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The Puppet Made of Wooden Spoon

You will need:


Wooden spoon Wool Ribbons Buttons A piece of fabric Needle Thread Both-side sticky tape Red paper

How to make it:


1. 2. 3. 4. 5. From the wool braid two plaits. At the endings of plaits tie the bows from the ribbon. From the red paper cut the mouth and stick it on the spoon. Stick button eyes on the spoon. From the piece of fabric cut the dress Its lenght is the lenght of a spoon handle. At the top, in the distance of about 2cm sew the fabric with the thread. 6. Put the dress on the spoon and tighten the thread. 7. Stick the hair to the head.

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Container for Pencils


You will need:
A plastic container, the jogurt tub for example Colourful ribbons, strings, wool Different decorations Buttons Glue

How to make it:


1. Cover with the glue small places of the container and put there ribbons, strings, wool (it is up to you). 2. Decorate the container whatever you like

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Matches Farm
You will need:
Matches Glue Some blotting paper Some pasta Plasticine A piece of polystyrene

How to make it:


1. Create different objects and buildings by sticking matches one to another. Decorate them with pasta. To make a well, you can first prepare a roller from the Bristol board and then glue matches to it. 2. Cover the polystyrene with the blotting paper. 3. Using Plasticine stick the objects on the piece of polystyrene.

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Flower Made of Paper Circles


You will need:
Colourful paper Glue A compass Scissors

How to make it:


1. From the colourful paper prepare one big circle and several smaller ones. 2. The smaller circles fold on the both sides to make flowers petals 3. From green paper cut strip (flower stem) and 2 small circles for leaves 4. On the biggest circle stick petals 5. On the stem stick leaves 6. Join together the stem and the flower

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Flowers
You will need:
Colour paper Blotting paper Different decorations (feathers, small butterflies, beads, etc) Long skewer Glue Scissors

How to make it:


1. From colour paper cut 2 flower shapes. 2. Put the skewer inside of the flower shapes and stick them all together. 3. Decorate the flower.

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Hide and Seek


One person covers his/her eyes with hands and counts till 20. During this time the rest of the people try to find a place where they hide. When the person who is going to seek, finishes counting, she/he says aloud: Im coming! And goes to seek hidden people. The winner is the person who will be found the last. The person who is found as first will be seeking.

The Class Game


On the ground there needs to be drown a man (with the chalk). Squares up: 1, 2, 3, next the arms - on the right and left: 4, 5, next the neck: 6 and at the end divided into halves the head: 7, 8. One person throws a stone: first on the square with number 1 and jumping on the right leg has to miss the place with the stone. When the person is on the head, has to turn around (jumping of course), and during jumping back has to pick up the stone. Jumping person mustnt stand on the place with the stone, because it it disqualification. Next the person throws the stone on the square with number 2, etc. After finising jumping on the right leg the next turn is the same but now on the left leg. The winner is the person who will manage to jump all (on the right and left leg) without making mistake.

Metal bottle Caps Game Peace Race


Competitors create the obstacle course or they mark a special trail. Each of them needs to have a few metal bottle caps which they try to move through the obstacle course or the trial by clicking them with one cap. The caps shouldnt go out of the marked lines and the competitors have to lead them through the whole obstacles. The winner is the person whose all caps will be first at finish.

The Footbag
In the past the footbag was made of the wool ball sticked to the lead circle with small holes. Today the footbag means a bag made of fabric and filled with loose material. The rule of this game is very simple you should flick up the footbag as log as it is possible. The winner is the person who will do it most times.

Two Fires Game


Children have to choose two of them who will be killing them by using a ball. Those two children stand opposite each other. In the middle there is the rest of the children. One child throws a ball and tries to hit people in the middle. Those children have to do everything to not be touched by the ball. If such thing happens, he or she gets out of the pitch. The winner is the person who will be hit last. - 29 -

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Breaking the wall


In this game children make two walls by holding hands and standing opposite each other. One team doesnt move and the second one runs to break the human wall. When it happens they switch their places.

One, Two, Three the Witch Is Watching Me


The task is to come to the witch during the shortest time. One child is a witch and the rest stand on the one straight line far from the witch. When the witch is standing back to them, they are trying to move closer to the witch who saying: One, two, three the witch is watching me! turns around. Then the rest of the players mustnt move and they freeze in different positions. The witch is going around them and checking if someone is moving. When such thing happens the child comes back to the start line. Next the witch comes back to its place and again says: One, two, three the witch is watching me! The winner is the child who will come to the witch first.

Blind Mans Buff


One child becomes blind mans buff and has got covered eyes (here a scarf can be used for example). The rest of players stand around him/her and keep shouting: Catch us! The blind mans buff tries to catch any of the children. If it happens, that child becomes blind mans buff.

Devil Game
One child is a devil. The rest of the players, among each other, choose a colour which will be his/her during this game. The devil shouldnt know what colour particular child has got. The devil comes to the rest of the group and starts asking: - knock, knock (Devil) - Whos there? (players) - A devil (Devil) - What do you want? (players) - A paint (Devil) - What colour? (players) Then the Devil starts saying colours as long as he/she will find the colour which was chosen by the player. The task of that person is to stand up and run away. The Devil chases her/him. If the player can sit down on his/her place again, the Devil will be the same person. If the Devil catches the player, he /she will be the new Devil.

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A Landscape with a Box


Materials
An empty cardboard boxlid Cardboard Pantings Scissors Glue

Elaboration
1. Paint the box lid in the inner part with blue painting 2. Cut our different sea animals and plants and paste them on it. 3. Or cut our blue pieces of paper for the sky and a river, white paper for the clouds and green paper for the land and stick them onto the lid to make a countryside landscape. 4. You can also make a base to imitate the ground. 5. Then you can place some animals.

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A Swing from a Wheel


Materials
An old tire Rope A tree or bar to hang

Elaboration
Tie the rope to the tire and to a strong tree branch.

Parachute with Plastic Bag


Materials:
A plastic bag String or wool A piece of paper or cardboard

Elaboration:
1. 2. 3. 4. Cut out a circle from a plastic bag. Sew the strings to the circle Make a dummy with the paper and staple it to the strings. Play by throwing it up and it will fall down slowly!

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Game Get Inside


Materials:
A plastic bottle A little paper ball The bottle lid Thin string

Elaboration:
1. 2. 3. 4. Cut the bottle in the half. Make a little hole on the lid. Tight a thin string to the hole and to the lid. Play the game by throwing the lid to get inside the vase.

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African Instrument
Materials:
5 cardboard rolls from toilet paper 2 cardboard rolls from kitchen paper Rice Painting and paintbrushes Glue Rope

Elaboration:
1. Fold one edge of the toilet rolls as the model, stick and let dry. 2. Put a handful of rice into the toilet rolls, fold the edges stick and let dry. 3. Paint the toilet and kitchen rolls with different coloured paintings simulating African drawings and let dry. 4. Stick the 5 kitchen rolls and then kitchen rolls at the sides. 5. Tie the instrument with a rope.

Fish
Materials:
Some brochures Coloured papers from leaflets Scissors and glue.

Elaboration:
1. Cut the brochure giving it a fish shape profiting one part for the fins . 2. Cut coloured circles for the scales and the eye and stick them on the fish .

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Five a Day Hand


Materials:
Supermarket leaflets A large sheet of paper Scissors and glue

Elaboration:
1. Draw a big hand on the large sheet of paper. 2. Cut out fruit and vegetables from the leaflets. 3. Stick them on the hand.

Imaginative Portrait Heads: (Giuseppe Arcimboldo)


Materials:
Supermarket leaflets Scissors and glue White papers .

Elaboration:
1. Draw the outline of a head . 2. Cut food from the magazines that simulate the parts of the face . 3. Stick them on the head.

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Parts of a Tree
Materials:
A grey cardboard from eggs packaging A green plastic bags Empty brown sugar bags Glue A large sheet of paper

Elaboration:
1. Cut a large sheet of paper . 2. With the fingers , cut small pieces of carboard from eggs packing. 3. Stick them on the paper forming the trunk of the tree. 4. Stick the brown sugar bags as the branches of the tree. 5. Stick small balls from the green plastic as the leaves.

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My Neighbourhood (Flats and Houses)


Materials:
Different sized boxes ( milk, juice , shoes, medicine.) Coloured papers. Coloured paintings Scissors, glue and a cutter White sheets

Elaboration:
1. 2. 3. 4. Cut the windows and the door with a cutter. Stick a roof with recycling materials. Paint the parts of the house or flat with coloured painting Have a large display simulating the neighbourhood.

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Christmas Crown
Materials:
A crown made of white cork Nuts Brown painting Glue A cutter

Elaboration:
1. With a cutter cut a crown from the cork. 2. Paint it with brown painting and let it dry. 3. Stick some nuts around the crown and let dry.

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Recycled Yo-yo
Materile:
Rigid plastic packing tape (from boxes or building works) Adhesive sealing tape. Hot water

Elaboration:
1. 2. 3. 4. Roll the tape tight, the longer the better Fix it with the sealing tape. Put it into hot water and leave it until it is cool. Un paste the adhesive tape, and put your finger in. Ready to play!

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Bats
Materials:
A cardboard roll from toilet paper Black paint A piece of card Scissors Glue Markers

Elaboration:
1. Paint the wings with a black pen and draw the eyes and teeth on a white card. 2. Paint the roll with black paint. 3. Fold the top of the roll and stick the wings, eyes and mouth.

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Octopus
Materials:
A cardboard roll from toilet paper Colour paints, a piece of card, scissors, glue, markers

Elaboration:
1. 2. 3. 4. Paint the roll in the color preferred and let it dry. Paste some shaped-stickers to decorate Draw and cut the eyes and paste onto the roll. Cut out the bottom to make the legs.

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Horse
Materials:
3 toilet paper rolls and 1 cooking paper roll (longer) Scissors, adhesive tape, wool, moving eyes (optional) Stapler, brush ahd paintings

Elaboration:
1. Cut the toilet paper roll on the half line (to open), staple it to another roll to make the torso and back legs.

2. Hold it to the the large roll and strengthen with adhesive tape.

3. Cut another roll (as the first one) for the head and staple it to the large roll.

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4. With the leftover half cut out the ears and staple them to the head. Then we can paint the horse as we like.

5. Cut a few wool strips for the hair and staple them to the head (You may need some adhesive tape also)

6. Paste the ayes and some plasticine for the nose and decorate the horse as you like.

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Other Animals

Penguins

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Cardboard Snails
Materials:
Colour cardboards Scissors Gomets Glue Moving eyes.

Elaboration:
1. Cut two cardboard strips. 2. Fold one of them to make the head and the horns. 3. Roll the other one to make the shell. 4. Decorate it with different colour shapes stickers and stick the eyes.

Hedgehog from a Pinecone


Materials:
Skin color or pink plasticine Black plasticine A pinecone Glue A brush

Elaboration:
1. With the pink plasticine make the head and ears and with black plasticine make the eyes and nose. 2. Put the pieces on the pinecone and cover all the hedgehog with carpenters white blue to varnish. Let it dry.

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CEIP Micaela Sanz Verde Archena

Waste Finishing Game


With this game we will practice to become more careful to our environment.

Materials
Cardboard trimmings, crayons, markers, or color pencil, a pencil or stick, a piece or thin rope and paper clips..

Elaboration
1. Make the fishing cane joining the rope the pencil (or the stick) at one end, and to the paperclip at the other. 2. To make the fish and waste, we simply draw them or cut them out from a magazine and put a paperclip on it to allow the catching.

Rules of the game:


Catch as many waste as you can. You get 10 points per waste and only 1 point per fish.The winner is who gets the most points.

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Stone Mice
Materials
A rounded stone with the size of a kids fist Red and blue cardboard or felt Black wool, glue and markers

Elaboration
1. Cut out the ears and the tail from the blue card (or felt) and the nose making a little circle in red. 2. Paste the ears, the tail and the nose onto the Stone and some wool strips will be the mosutache. 3. Draw the eyes with a black marker.

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Caterpillar with Egg Cardboard


Materials
Eggs cardboard, red and green paint, Pipe-cleaner rods for the antennae, cardboard for the eyes and mouth, a piece or thin string.

Elaboration
1. Paint the eggs cardboard with green paint and red spots. 2. Make little holes to pass the string through and link all the pieces. 3. Attach the pipe-cleaner rods as antennae and paste the eyes and the mouth.

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Buses with Tetrabricks

Pencils Pot with Toilet Paper Rolls and Cardboard

Piggy Bank with a Plastic Bottle, Cork Caps and Tissue Paper

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Photoframe with Synthetic Cork Tray, Paint and paper

Ball Swallower with Washing Powder Box, Colour Paper and Aluminium Foil (for the Balls)

Plane with Plastic Bottle, Toilet Paper Roll and Colour Papers

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Toy Telephone with Yoghurt Containers and Wool

Robot with Leftover Plastic Tube, Cardboard Boxes, Yoghurt Containers, Wires and Pegs

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Cow Costume

Materials:
White palstic bag Newspaper Black paint Brown paint An empty packaging of yogurt Card Headset A sleigh bell Black wool Make up face paint Stapler

Elaboration:
SESSION 1 & 2: cut the bags are cut at children size (neck and sleeves). At the same time, the other groups are cutting spots from black cardboard. SESSION 3: make the cow tails from pieces of the bags, making a roll and sticking pieces of black wool as a hair at the bottom. SESSION 4: stick the spots on the bags onto both front and back parts of the costume. Then, stick the tails. SESSION 5 and 6: decorate the yogurt container with colour stickers and place the bell with a little wool. Cut out the horns previously drawn on black paper and place them on the headset with some staples.

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Bee Costume
Materials:
Yellow plastic bag Headset Make up face paint Black tape Foil Juice straws Fine wire Pliers

Elaboration:
SESSION 1 & 2: cut the bags at children size (neck and sleeves). At the same time, the other groups stick strips of black tape horizontally along the entire bag. SESSION 3: make the antennas with two balls of aluminum foil (reusing it from their snacks packaging), cut the wire ( a longer piece than the straw), attach it to the headset, put it inside the straw and puncture the foil ball. Hold the wire by wrapping it around the haedset.

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Giraffe Costume
Materials:
Yellow plastic bag Headset Make up face paint Cider cork Newspaper Brown paint Fine wire Pliers

Elaboration:
SESSION 1 & 2: cut the bags at children size (neck and sleeves). At the same time, the other groups are cutting spots and tails from brown card or painting them with brown paint and letting them dry. SESSION 3: cut the tails and paste them and the spots onto the bags on both the front and back sides. SESSION 4: paint the cider corks with brown paint and lets them dry. SESSION 5: push the wire through the cork and attach it to the headset with the pliers.

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CEIP Micaela Sanz Verde Archena

Rumba Shakers

Materials:
Empty youghurt vase Cloth Rubber bands Decorated paper strips Soft crayons Glue Mixture of lentils and small seeds

Elaboration:
SESSION 1:decorate two strips of paper and stick them around the yogurt vase. SESIN 2: put the seeds into the vase, put the cloth on the top as a lid and the rubber band around to fix it.

Paper Boat

Materials:
Old newspaper Wooden sticks Colour paintings Glue Soft crayons

Elaboration:
SESIN 1: fold the paper to make a boat. SESIN 2 Y 3: decorate the paper with soft crayons and the stick with paintings. SESIN 4: paste the stick into the boat (with a little tape)

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Mass Media

You can pretend to be a journalist, a computer programmer, to be watching television or talking on a telephone box in London if you have cardboard boxes and a little imagination.

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Comenius Project: Doing Our Bit

Namik Kemal Ilkretim Okulu Beypazari

Light Bulb
Materials:
Old ampule Wick Paraffin oil Roundnose pliers Box cutter

How to do:
First of all, take contacting metal in light socket of ampule with a roundnose pliers. Then we take out the part contacting light socket with a box cutter. You will get something like this. After that, you will make a hole in light socket and pass the wick through light socket of ampule.You can put paraffin oil inside the ampule and we can light the ampule.

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Namik Kemal Ilkretim Okulu Beypazari

Flower Pot Made of Plastic Container

Materials:
An old plastic container Wood glue Scissors Paint brush Wood or cloth polish Newspaper

How to do:
Hole the underside of the container. Tear the newspaper into 4 parts and wrinkle them up. Then stick them around the container and dry it. Then apply the container with wood glue and dry it again. Paint it with wood polish which colour you like. You can decorate it with little decoration materials.

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Namik Kemal Ilkretim Okulu Beypazari

Pencilcase Made of Can Materials


Materials:
Used tins Old hair clip parts Acrylic polish Silicon

How to do:
Firstly, smooth over the sharp edges of the tin. Paint it which color you like but paint it 4 times and grind every layer. After it dries, varnish it with opaque varnish. Finally, stick the hair clip parts with hot silicon pistol.

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Comenius Project: Doing Our Bit

Namik Kemal Ilkretim Okulu Beypazari

Mirror Frame Made Of Plastic Pipe


Materials
2 Plastic water pipes Silicone gun Round mirror Pipe saw

How to do:
Cut the pipes with the pipe saw as you like. Place the small circles around the mirror and stick them with the silicone gun.

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Namik Kemal Ilkretim Okulu Beypazari

Sugar Dish Made Of Plastic Bottle

Materials:
An old plastic bottle Scissors Pencil Fastener Satin strip

How to do:
First, sign the place with the pencil where you want to cut the bottle and make a hole with the fastener. Then place the scissors into the hole and cut the bottle. Make a few small holes to place the satin strips. Add the satin strips around the bottle.

Clock
Materials:
White Cardboard White Glue Scrapbooking Paper CD Colourful Cardboards Connector

How to do:
Draw a big circle on the cardboard and cut it.Glue scrapbooking paper on the circle.Stick CD in the middle of the circle.Make hour hand ,minute hand and numbers from colourful cardboards.Use connector to connect hour hand with minute hand.Stick the numbers with a glue.

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Namik Kemal Ilkretim Okulu Beypazari

Protective Plastic Bottle


Materials:
Knife Plastic Bottle Sapling

How to do:
It is march time and it is time for planting.There is a method for protecting sapling from wind and harmful insects.Cut the bottom of plastic bottle.Open the tap of the bottle.As you see in the picture,you have to place the bottle at least 2 cm inside soil.

An extra note:
Before going to a journey,you worry about your plants.Cut the bottom of plastic bottle and open the cap of it.Place the top of bottle inside soil.Before starting your journey,put some water and so your plants wont be waterless.

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Pencilcase Made Of Jar

Materials:
An empty jar Waste string Glue

How to do:
First of all,start from the bottom of jar.Glue string at the bottom and enfold it until you come to the upper.Then you can get a very useful pencilcase.

Accessory Corner
Materials:
Refrigerator foam Hammer Nails

How to do:
When you buy a new refrigator,there will be refrigerator foam inside the box.You can nail it to the wall and you can hang all of your necklaces,earrings and etc.

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Musical Instrument From Bottle


Materials:
Plastic Bottle Broach Waste string Four bells Colourfull cardboards Beans

How to do:
Make a small hole at the bottom of bottle with a broach and pass the string through the bottle.Tie the bell to the string.Do the same thing four times.Make face and mouth from colourful cardboards.Make hair from waste string. Put some beans inside the bottle.

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Ice Cream Stick Photo Frame


Materials:
Four ice cream sticks White glue Paint Something to glue like buttons Cardboard Pencil Scissors

How to do:
Decide on your frame's shape, paint each ice cream stick .When the paint has dried, glue the painted ice cream sticks together with white glue .Decorate your photo frame as you please. You may paint patterns or little designs on it, glue on some sequins, buttons, paper and etc. Allow the frame to dry completely.To make a backing board, trace the outer outline of your frame onto cardboard. Draw a slightly smaller square inside the outer outline. The idea is to make a backing board that is slightly smaller than your craft stick frame.Cut out the board along the inner outline.Glue this board at the back of your ice cream stick frame.Cut out your photo to a size that fits well on your frame. Glue the photo at the center of your frame

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A Clock
You need:
A round paper tray ( or a circle made of cardboard) White solid paper to make hands Snap fastener

How to make it:


1. 2. 3.

Decorate the round paper tray. Cut out 2 hands. Fix the hands with the snap fastener.

Finally, you can learn the time in English.

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A Horse on a Bar
You need:
Corrugated cardboard Solid papers (white, brown, black) Glue Scissors

How to make it:


1. Cut 4 stripes out of the cardboard (size: 5cm wide, 45cm long) and stick them together. 2. Put some books on it. 3. Draw 2 heads of the horse on the solid paper, cut out and stick together. 4. Glue (or draw) a mane, eyes and a bride. Finally, you can organize a horse race.

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Folk Musical Instrument


You need:
A wooden stisk, about 1.5 m high Preserving tops of fruit jars Any amount of caps , e.g. from beer bottles Ribbons or stripes cut from plastic bags Little bells Hammer, nails, sandpaper

How to make it:


1. Rub the wooden stick off ( with sandpaper). 2. Mark the place on the stick for a grip ( there musnt be any nails or decorations). 3. Hammer 2 tops on the top of the stisk ( there should be a clearance for movement). 4. Fix particular rattles according to your taste 5. Finish with ribbons Finally, you can sing a folk song and play these instruments.

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A Goose (Spring Mood)


You need:
Coloured cardboard Scissors Glue Skewer Narrow ribbon

How to make it:


1. Cut out all the parts twice (mirror image). 2. Put the skewer between the 2 main parts, stisk then together. 3. Decorate. Finally, you can decorate your pot plant.

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A Bag
You need:
Pieces of old roller blinds Thread Pins Scissors

How to make it:


1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Cut out 2 squares 45 x 45 cm. Cut out some circles of different colours according to your imagination. Pin the circles on one square and sew them on with oversewing stitch. Sew side seams together. Sew on handles.

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A Spring Garden
You need:
One old small paper box Paints green, brown Some paper or wooden flowers Flat wood sticks Glue

How to make it:


1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Paint the old box green. Glue the sticks as a fence. Paint the sticks brown. Glue paper roll as a stem of the flower. Paint the roll dark green. Glue some paper or wooden flowers.

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A Trapped Flower
You need:
3 wooden sticks A plastic bucket Pieces of polystyrene Remnants of leather Remnants of coloured cloth A piece of a net Handmade flies and beetle Melting pistol

How to make it:


1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Tie the clean sticks to make a cross for future sten and branches of the flower. Hang up the net on the branches, make sure it doesnt move. Stisk the pieces of polystyrene with melting pistol. Make the flowers their middles from tke leather, petals from coloured cloth. Stick flies and beetle on the red stripes (they mean flypapers). Plant the flower into the bucket which you filled up with remnants of plastic. Decorate the lid of the bucket with paper leaves.

Finally, write a description of the flower and its impact on people.

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Foil Figure
You need:
Remnants of old foil (aluminium) from yoghurt, from chocolate Thicker wire

How to make it:


1. Make a skeleton from the wire. 2. Wrap the skeleton in aluminium foil . Create the body and clothes. 3. Possibility: use some crumpled ppera instead of the aluminium foil.

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Insects (Bee, Ant, Wasp)


You need:
Old newspaper Starch paste (glue) Old wool paints

How to make it:


1. Create a body of insect from old newspaper press, fold, roll it. 2. Wrap the body in old wool. Tie on all parts of insects body. 3. Paint it.

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