Teacher Appreciation Day

'Thanks for sticking by us this year'

I've been racking my brain for a few weeks now for a craft that would look handmade by my daughter's class (3 and 4 years old) but would come together and look good when presented to the teachers tomorrow. The middle three are the ones I am planning to do with the kids in the class. The two on either side are my kids' improvised versions. I was impressed with their creativity! My daughter made Elsa from Frozen and my son made a superhero, complete with cape and he added arms.

Bulk crafting

Since there will be ten kids and I want each kid to make two - one for the teacher and one for the assistant - I've pre-wrapped the yarn. My three year old found it tricky to do so I can't even begin to imagine trying to get ten kids to do it in a short space of time! I'll let them choose their hair (made from felt), choose the pipe cleaner and they can wrap it around the body. They can then draw a face and choose a sparkle to go on the body. Here's a picture of the set up.

To make these you will need:

Craft sticks wrapped in yarn - thick ones

Felt hair - blond, black and brown

Sparkles - which can be attached by stick glue

Pens in varying colours

Pipe cleaners - not pictured

For the jars - japanese green tea jars - or you could wrap tubs or jars in pretty paper if you can't find. For the tags I used some new origami paper I was just given last week. Isn't it beautiful?!

And here are the finished craft stick people! The kids did really well!

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