We always end up saving the cardboard rolls from the used up cling film or tin foil or kitchen roll or wrapping paper, and without a doubt, they usually end up being used for swords for the endless superhero role play that goes on in our household. However, this morning I was determined to change that, so I asked my eldest what else he could imagine making with a cardboard tube!!!
We got onto the idea of paint and scissors and glue and paper and the art experiment began!!!
what you need…
- cardboard tube from the finished cling film or baking paper or tin foil or a kitchen roll tube
- scissors
- green paint and glue mixed
- yellow paint
- large piece of paper or card
- boggle eyes
- red cut out snake shaped tongue
what you do…
- this may require adult help as the tubes can be quite stiff or awkward
- paint each ring
- stick onto the piece of paper or card, one after the other, following along from one another to form the shape of a snake
- decide which end is the head end, and taking some boogly eyes, stick onto the head of the snake
- find your little snake tongue cut out and stick it down onto the snakes head
- then, adding some yellow paint to your green, cover your kiddies hands in green paint
- make hand prints along the paper or card to make a grass effect
- taaaaadaaaaaaa!!!!
into a little dream adventure…
- recognising ‘s’ is for snake, looking at the shape of a ‘s’ and tracing or writing it beside your art work…what else can you think of that begins with ‘s’?
- looking at pictures of snakes, the patterns, the names, the size, are they big or small? which countries do you find certain snakes in?
- go to the zoo and visit the snakes
- thinking of other activities you could do with the painted tube rings?! maybe threading together, or making a caterpillar with them
- rolling the rings through the paint and rolling them across paper
