craft

Therapeutic activity of the week

This week I had a patient that was starting to feel sad about spending so much time in the hospital. I decided to make this thankful turkey with her so that when she starts to feel down, she can have a (festive) reminder of all the good things in her life. The activity was a big success and she and I had a lot of fun. Here’s a photo of the supplies I used (turkey materials purchased from oriental trading) & my thankful turkey!

This activity can be adapted to different seasons (flowers for spring, snowflakes for winter, etc)

I love these cute pipe cleaner skeletons! While of course it’s no where near showing all 206 bones, it would be a pretty neat craft to make with a child after teaching him/her about the skeletal system.

Source: http://potionsmith.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/pipe-cleaner-skeleton.html

Can’t go outside to watch the fireworks this 4th of July? Not a problem! This is a fun & exciting craft to make and USE on 4th of July 🙂 to read the full instructions follow the link below:

Source: http://alphamom.com/family-fun/holidays/make-your-own-fourth-of-july-confetti-popper-rockets/

You’re never too old to color! When working with teens, using coloring sheets with intricate designs might spark their interest more than your common spongebob sheets. Color pencils might also be preferred over crayons for these typs of coloring sheets.

Source: http://www.donteatthepaste.com/2011/08/new-mandala-coloring-page.html

Felt superhero masks with FREE templates!

Source: http://cutesycrafts.blogspot.com/2012/07/superhero-party-masks.html

I had my nephews (ages 5 and 8) recreate famous paintings. They had a blast and I of course threw in a little history lesson for each painting.

Crafty eye patches

Source: http://heatherbailey.typepad.com/heather_bailey/2008/11/okay-so-this-is.html

This is such a cute & easy craft to make! Would be great for kids to make for their parents.

Source: http://www.decoideas.net/tarjeta-original-para-el-dia-de-la-madre/

These puppets were very fun and easy to make — we used googly eyes, construction paper, glue, scissors, and Popsicle sticks.

“The balloon represents the lung and the plastic sheet across the bottom of the bottle represents the diaphragm muscle. As you pull the tab down, you contract the diaphragm and inflate the lung. As you push the tab back up, the diaphragm relaxes and the lung deflates. It is a subtle inflate/deflate with the balloon, but the girls were able to see the basic idea of how the diaphragm and lungs work.”

Follow the link below for more information on this project:

http://earlybirdhomeschool.com/2010/03/soda-bottle-lung-model/