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October 5, 2007 Friendship Mural 
One of the best parts of friendship for me is spending time together. Making a friendship mural is a great way to spend quality time together with friends. You can make a mural with children's handprints becoming flowers.
What you need:
What you do: First, find a large piece of white paper and green construction paper for the grass. Cut slits in the green paper to make blades of grass. Next use green paint to make the stems and leaves. Make the flowers by tracing friends' hands on construction paper and cutting them out. Then put friends' names on the flowers, and glue them onto the stems. Finally, come up with a theme for your mural such as, "Friendship Blooms Everywhere." October 12, 2007 October is Fire Safety Month! STOP, DROP and ROLL
Fires are scary and while it is extremely important to educate your child on fire safety, educating your children about the hazards of fire can be overwhelming and even frightening to your child! Here is a fun and inexpensive way to educate! Materials:
Game Assembly:
To obtain a list of fire safety tips, go to pbskids.org/arthur/firesafety. Use a marker to write these tips on your game cards. Instructions:
As you select a game card, remember to read your fire safety tips. This is a great way to memorize fire safety tips! Have fun and be SAFE! October 19, 2007 Halloween
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Make your own Halloween Treat Bag Halloween is a time for kids to dress up as their favorite characters, have parties at school, and of course go trick-or-treating! Before the kids head out around the neighborhood, why not give them a fun and decorative way to collect their treats. Materials:
Directions: Start with a regular pillow case and materials to decorate the soon-to-be treat bag. You can use paint, glue, glitter, markers, etc. If you are going to paint or use glitter, you’ll want to lay the pillow case flat on some newspaper before you begin. Kids can write their names in glitter and paint their favorite Halloween character as well. However you choose to decorate your bag, do your decorating at least a day before Halloween to allow it to dry. October 26, 2007 Pumpkins, Pumpkins Everywhere!
This can be a fun game when you are lacking in activities. Take a few pumpkins, varying in size, and line them up. Give your child some sort of ring that will fit over each pumpkin; such as a hula hoop. If you are using very small pumpkins, you can use an embroidery hoop, or the metal rings you can find in varying sizes at the craft store. Then mark the line where they are to stand, and have the child try to toss the hoop over the pumpkins. It doesn't matter if they get it or not, you can reward them with small prizes or stickers. Mr. Pumpkin Head Place a pumpkin on a table, surrounded by washable markers, a damp sponge, and accessories such as hats, eyeglasses, sunglasses, scarves, wigs, etc. Have the children draw faces and dress up Mr. Pumpkin Head, and have them use the damp sponge to erase their work after it's done. |
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