I also had plans of making our own fun & interactive click beetles - I just knew they would be a hit with the Lil Divas and I was right!
Craft: Easy & Fun Clicking & Flipping Click Beetles
What You Need:
white oval template tracer for older children or cut-out for younger children
markers/crayons/colored pencils for decorating
Tacky Glue
wooden clothspin
wiggly eyes
What To Do:
1. Have child trace oval shape onto white paper - for younger child you can either assist or do this step yourself
2. Decorate oval (click beetle's body) as desired
3. cut-out shape - this is great fine-motor practice!
4. Add wiggly eyes using tacky glue (or use a glue gun). This helps to ensure they will not fly off during all your flipping fun! Of course, you can just draw them on but we LOVE our wiggly eyes.
5. Attach wooden clothspin to underside of click bettle/oval. The closer to the edge of the body the easier it is to click & flip - we learned this the hard way when my youngest was adamant about having hers more in the middle & it is harder to flip - though it does still work!
6. Have fun clicking & flipping your click beetles! The Lil Divas enjoyed doing this along with the click beetle in the story as we re-read the book.
*Just as in the story - sometimes the click beetle lands on his back and other times he lands on his feet!*
Enjoy,
Bern
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this is such a great idea! I love it and I'm going to do this with the kids for sure! thanks for sharing! (and for adding my Brown Bear Linky here too!)
ReplyDeleteI would love if you would share it at our Weekly Playdate~ a kid and family themed link party... http://beneaththerowantree.blogspot.com/2011/06/playdate-link-party-blog-hop-14-all.html
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Lori
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Ooooh what another fun idea! love it!! These go so well with your lady birds from the other week. Clever lady!
ReplyDeleteThank you for linking up to Kids Get Crafty :-)
Maggy
What a cute project. I will have to try this when my little one is bigger. I am your newest follower. Please come over and visit me at www.funfrugalmommy.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteThis looks likes loads of fun!
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I love how well this works with the story. This would be a huge hit at our house, too. Thanks for the idea! (I'm visiting from the Read.Explore.Learn Summer Reading Challenge.)
ReplyDeleteSo fun! I like this idea a lot. I always love book inspired art. fun that it flips over for a game. I am sharing this today on facebook. What a fun idea. Also thanks again for participating at http://art4littlehands.com
ReplyDeleteI love Eric Carle books and this craft turned out so cute! So fun that they even click and flip! One I will have to do with my daughter when she gets older!
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