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Arts and Crafts: My Body!

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Every now and then we try some new artsy thing.  Sometimes a crafty thing.  This week we did some of both.  Now we wouldn’t normally do two of these in a week.  I ain’t supermom.  That being said, we had some extra time because of our mini break last week. 

Craft 1: Body Poster

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For this you will need:

  • One large piece of craft paper
  • Markers or Crayons
  • Some patience, and a caffiene free child 🙂

Directions:

  1. Lay the paper flat out on the floor. 
  2. Let your child lay on the paper, and using a dark colored crayon, trace their whole body.  E really got a kick out of this, and she was willing to stay still just to see the end product.  Now, because I wanted to get a pretty accurate tracing, I did let E be traced in her undies (hence why no pics of that part).  I don’t want to give you mommies TMI, but you need to know the process! 

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  1. After tracing, draw some clothes on your body, and let you kiddo color away.  I drew some hair on E’s, and I drew a face.  Then we went part by part and labeled and identified each body part.

Craft 2: Body Puzzle

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You will need:

  • 11 pieces of construction paper (2 pieces each of 4 different colors, and 1 piece of a 5th color)
  • A marker or crayons
  • Some patience, again 🙂

Directions:

  1. Let your child lay down on the floor and position 2 pieces of the paper under the trunk of your child’s body.  I laid the paper sideways and needed 2 pieces to cover the length of E’s torso.  Trace the body on the paper.
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  2. Repeat the process for each of your child’s arms and legs, using a different color for each part. 
  3. Lastly, use a piece of paper to trace your kiddo’s head. 
  4. Cut out each of the body parts, and if two pieces of paper were used for a part attach them accordingly. 
  5. Using the paper parts, let your child put together their puzzle! 
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  6. As an extension of this activity, I drew a heart, as set of lungs and a stomach.  I let E determine where they went! 
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Just as a side note, I found this puzzle to be EXTREMELY creepy when finished.  Seriously, I had to get rid of it because it just weirded me out.  I don’t know if you all will have the same reaction, but hey, its an idea you can try!

Hope you have fun crafting!

Amber1

August 16, 2011 5 Comments (Filed Under: All About Me, Arts-n-Crafts )

Comments

  1. Amber says

    December 17, 2012 at

    Great suggestion, Leila!  I cannot imagine doing this with an entire class of preschoolers!  You are a brave (and I am sure talented!) teacher!

    Reply
  2. Arlene Marie Pesa Mullen says

    December 17, 2012 at

    I am so excited to try this with my son. Where can you get paper that long to trace a kid. At a hobby lobby type store?

    Reply
  3. leila says

    December 17, 2012 at

    HI, I did something similar with my montessori preschool class but we added what good foods and bad foods go into our stomachs and if they made a happy face for our body or a sad face for our body

    Reply
  4. Corinne says

    September 17, 2013 at

    I love your website! Thank you thank you thank you for all the wonderful materials and ideas. You are a gem!

    Reply
  5. Madonna says

    September 17, 2013 at

    Aw…you’re very welcome Corinne.

    Reply

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