Thursday, February 19, 2015

Fire Breathing Dragons

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                              Happy Lunar New Year! 

We made fire breathing dragons at the craft table this morning.  I saw a
similar idea at My Mundane & Miraculous Life but changed it a bit.
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           Start with a paper cup and poke a hole in the bottom. 
                  Cut the crepe streamers to a length you like.
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Glue the streamers to the open end of the cup, insert a straw into the
                                        small hole, then blow.
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         We used a variety of materials to decorate the dragons.
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         Like buttons, stickers, metal bottle caps, and foam pieces.
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We made them breathe fire and discovered it’s hard to ‘roar’ and
                              breathe fire at the same time.

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                   We also practiced painting Chinese characters.
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And enjoyed fortune cookies at snack.  Both ideas were more ways to
            share the idea that marks on paper have meaning.