Fall Crafts for Kids in the Third Grade
For the fall, teach your third-graders new crafts. They can make Thanksgiving-inspired crafts or use natural elements for activities such as acorns and pine cones. Students can create crafts that they can display at home throughout the fall.
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Acorn Crafts
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You can collect or ask your students to bring in acorns. Select only the ones that are not broken. Hand each child one acorn for every member of his family. The students can paint the acorns to look like their family members. Acrylic paints work best on acorns. You could also have the kids paint the acorns to look like pumpkins. To paint small details on the acorns use the tip of a pencil. To make hanging acorns, cut a piece of string for each acorn about 4 inches. Place a drop of glue on top of the acorns and place the ends of the string in the glue. Press down firmly.
Turkey Time
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Use colored craft sticks to make a turkey centerpiece. The craft sticks can be purchased at a craft store along with craft spoons. The craft spoon will be the body of the turkey. Give each student about 10 colored craft sticks and glue. The students can glue the craft sticks to the spoons to look like turkey feathers. Students can cut out a pilgrim hat from construction paper. Kids can glue googly eyes to the face of the turkey. Brown pipe cleans can be used to make the turkey's legs.
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Bird Feeder
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Have each student in your class to bring in a pine cone. Cut 6-inch pieces of ribbon. Use a hot glue gun to glue the ends of the ribbon to the top of the pine cones so the children can hang them in trees. Scoop 1/2 cup of peanut butter into a plastic bowl. In another plastic bowl pour 1/2 cup of birdseed. Give each child a bowl of peanut butter and birdseed. The children can use a spoon to help them cover the pines cones with peanut butter. Once the pine cones are covered they can be rolled in the birdseed. Now, they are ready to hang.
Tree Craft
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Collect empty paper towel rolls. Take the kids outside to collect leaves. Give each child a plastic bag to collect leaves in. The students should be encouraged to pick leaves in a variety of shapes and sizes. Return to the classroom and hand each child a piece of paper. Ask the students to lay out the leaves vein side up on their desks and cover them with the piece of paper. They can use crayons to color over the paper. The outlines of the leaves will appear on the paper. Encourage the students to use fall colors such as browns, red, yellows and oranges. The students can cut out the leaves and glue them to the top of the paper towel roll.
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