| These are two star theme crafts to incorporate in various themes:
Activity > Craft 1 > Easy Shapes Star Craft (10 piece)
Tell the children they will make a star. Have the children hold their finished star as they sing your choice of nursery rhyme, or Christmas song.
When presenting this activity for a Christmas theme, discuss the significance of the star as it relates to the holiday. Adapt the colors and decorations for a starfish theme. In this activity children will have fun practicing shapes: circle, triangle, crescent, oval.
- Print and cut out the template of your choice in color or black
and white version on paper, card stock or on yellow construction paper.
- Learning activities before assemby > counting and sorting
- Ask and help children to identify the shapes.
- Count and sort the shapes by type.
- Write the number 1 - 5 on the back of the triangles and 6 & 7
on the circles, 8 on the crescent and 9 & 10 on the oval eyes.
- Children can color and paste facial features first on the large circle.
- Encourage to glue the template pieces
to a piece of paper (dark blue) or to the large circle edges. Use the small image provided on the template as a guideline.
- Children can add glitter glue or small pieces of
aluminum foil to embellish the star.
- If assembled directly on the circle you can make a
little hole and tie a ribbon or string to hang as a holiday ornament or
glue a craft stick/Popsicle stick to make a hand puppet
- To reinforce, read and sing the rhyme again after the craft has been
completed, and read at least once a day during the
week using the rhyme poster and finished craft
- Place the finished craft in a place of honor at child's eye
level.
Activity > Craft 2 > Easy Star Craft (6 piece)
This is an easier star for younger children, ages 3 and under. The star is one piece.
- Have the children position the features first over the star.
- Leave them in place
- Lift one by one, add a bit of glue and paste each one at a time from the top down.eyes, eyebrow to the mouth.
Alphabet > Letter
S Star or Starfish Printable Activities |
Easy
Shapes Star Craft
Color version
Black & White
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Simpler Star
Color version
Black & White
Letter
S Star or Starfish activities
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