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Fun Apron

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students create an apron. In this crafts lesson, students get an apron and place their handprints on it in fabric paint. They cut out items from fabric to glue on as well. 
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Anything Available

For Teachers Pre-K
Students create a painting. In this visual arts lesson, students use blocks to dip in paint and make a print on their paper. They use a variety of fingerpaint colors. 
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Corn Cob Craft

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create paper corn cobs. In this fall craft lesson, students cut yellow construction paper into corn cob shapes and green paper into husks. They glue colored popped popcorn onto their corn cob shape. 
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Decorative Shoelaces

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students decorate shoelaces. In this arts lesson, students add beads to their laces. They also add designs using fabric paints. 
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Creature Candle Holder

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this art project worksheet, students make a creature candle holder out of self hardening clay. This worksheet is geared to the adults who will be instructing the students. No pictures of the finished craft are provided.
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Remember Me Bag and Other Gift Ideas

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Pupils make end of the year gift bags in the forms of a bag with different materials in it. In this crafts lesson, students put stationary, lollipops, stamps, bookmarks, pencils, and other materials into the bags.
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Kwanzaa Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students listen to a book about Kwanzaa and discuss the holiday and its importance. In this Kwanzaa lesson, students make crafts after they read and discuss the story.
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Art Studio

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students collaborate with their classmates to create a sculpture with the provided materials in order to cultivate fine motor and social skills. In this collaborative art instructional activity, students work in small groups to design...
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Preschool Coloring Page- Wreath

For Students Pre-K - K
In this Christmas coloring page worksheet, students color a black line drawing of a decorated Christmas wreath. The word "wreath" is on the bottom of the page.
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Pierced Ear Ring Frame

For Students 5th - 6th
For this craft instruction worksheet, students follow the directions to construct a frame to store pierced earrings. Students use a wooden picture frame and a piece of screening and construct this craft project.
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Alphabet 6

For Students Pre-K - K
For this literacy worksheet, students cut out all the cards and match the letter to the correct picture. Then they paste them next to each other on a separate piece of paper. There are eight letters and eight pictures to match.
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Fancy Sunglasses

For Teachers 1st - 5th
In this arts worksheet, students cut out the different colored and styles of sunglasses to create their own to wear. The fronts and sides can be custom designed.
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Buttons

For Students 9th - 12th
In this arts worksheet, students find the terms for things used to create craft art and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Giving Back to our School Community

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students recognize that gifts can be for a community and not just for an individual. They acknowledge that helping to beautify our school community is a positive step in becoming a contributing citizen.
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A Green Patina Finish

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a blue-green patina that serves as a protective coating on copper jewelry or other artwork. Using four different experimental methods, students apply patina to copper pieces and compare the results of the different...
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Paper Making and Stories

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners create a handmade paper using pre-soaked paper pulp and a screen. They then decorate the paper using water color paint and brushes in a style that expresses ideas from a reading of, "Miss Rumphius" by Barbara Cooney.
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Famous Person Datsolalee (Louisa Keyser)

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine the how Datsolalee used her talents to make Washoe basketry. They determine their own personal talents before determining the difficulties involved in basketmaking. They complete the study with a Talent Show.
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Petite People

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students design a toothpick/clothespin doll by following given instructions. They use toothpicks and embroidery floss (or clothespins and yarn) to create a little people pins to be worn or displayed in student created dioramas.
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Easy-to-Design Multiple Image Quilts

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Pupils create a shadow quilt using designs from the book Shadow Quilts by Patricia Magaret and Donna Slusser. They use the book's ideas to design the quilt with their own fabric choices. They practice the shadow quilt technique and then...
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Setting Solutions

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students piece together a quilt from leftover blocks. They problem-solve ways to incorporate random block designs into a visually pleasing quilt design. They used sashed sets, coping stripes and triangles to work out the design.
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Creating Stamps for Fabric

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create different types of stamps using pressed leaves, foam, insulation tape and small plywood pieces. They decorate various fabrics blocks with their stamps and fabric paint. Individual blocks are then sewn together to make a...
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Using Foundation Piecing to Create Quilt Blocks

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students create a log cabin pattern quilt block inspired by an antique silk quilt in the Shelburne Museum. They choose a color scheme and practice the basic technique of foundation piecing. After they complete a quilt block they remove...
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Paper Making

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners make handmade paper. They discuss the history of paper, examine the various methods of making paper, and create the handmade paper using different types of paper, a blender, and water.
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Recycled Lid Ornament

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create a keepsake ornament out of recycled plastic lids and other household items.