What are some unique and fun things to do with construction paper?

Question

I am a volunteer at my church daycare, and in 2 weeks it will be my turn to “run” the class. During that week, it is art week, so my focus will be to produce some ideas/agendas revolving around art and creativity for my 6-9 year olds. Well, I have opted to go with the ever safe and always popular construction paper. Well, instead of the tedious drawings, what are some other ideas I could do that include colored construction paper? Any ideas would be great!

Answer 1

You can have your children create scenes with the construction paper. Give every child a job. Ask each one to make a specific object for the scene. Let's say the scene is the birth of Christ. Have one child make the manger and baby, another make Mary, another make a wiseman/angel. In the end you paste it all together and arrange the scene.

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If you don't want to do such a big project, have them make real easy origami animals. Examples & tutorials to do just that: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-an-Origami-Jumping-Frog , http://www.wikihow.com/Make-an-Origami-Swan , http://www.wikihow.com/Make-an-Origami-Hat , or search google to find more.

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You can have them make paper roses with the construction paper, http://www.wikihow.com/Fold-a-Paper-Rose .