Crafts About "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
"Mary Had a Little Lamb" is one of the most well-known nursery rhymes. Most kids are familiar with the tune and the story of the loyal little lamb who followed his girl to school, to the delight of all the other children. Crafts revolving around this beloved nursery rhyme can engage children and give them an opportunity to learn about lambs or express their creativity.
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Lamb Projects
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Make a lamb figure for a project. Start a basic armature using items such as a coffee can, oatmeal canister, toilet paper roll tube or plastic egg. Glue on legs made from cut segments of cardboard tubes, pipe cleaners or bottle caps. Cut black paper or felt ovals for ears and glue them to the front end of the armature and cover the entire body with cotton balls. You can make a face out of paper or felt pieces to glue onto the front cotton balls. Allow kids creative license in making their little lamb figures. Once the figures are finished, read the nursery rhyme again, letting children act out scenes with their lamb.
Puppets
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To create Mary and lamb puppets, take some large Popsicle sticks and draw a face with markers at the rounded top end. Use cotton balls to cover the lamb's body, use fabric scraps to dress up a Mary puppet, the teacher and the other children in the school. Another alternative is hand puppets made with socks or paper bags. Kids can glue images, googly eyes, felt, fabric scraps, cotton balls and other embellishments to the hand puppets to decorate them. Have the children act out the nursery rhyme once the puppets are complete.
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Magnet Board Visual Aids
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Telling stories with visual aids can engage kids both verbally and visually. Magnetic boards are excellent for use in classrooms and libraries, as well as for parents in the comfort of your own home. Figures for magnetic board are just cut-outs of images that have been laminated or covered with clear contact paper, with magnets glued to the back. For a Mary had a Little Lamb magnet board, help your child cut out the Mary, lamb, teacher, and school children characters from a coloring book or drawing. Use a dry erase magnet board to write out the nursery rhyme or draw the scene. You can use the figure, or allow your child to use the figure, to demonstrate the story on the board. You can also use these figures on the fridge, oven door or metal filing cabinets, so that when you are doing chores or working you can keep your child occupied with the story.
Diorama
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Making a diorama allows a child to visualize a scene after you have read the story and recreate that scene into a shoebox exhibit. Provide the child with a shoebox and let them decide the scene they would like to depict. It might be Mary and the lamb at home, or walking to school or the school room with all the kids laughing and playing. Help the child find materials and art supplies to design the scene, but let her take the lead in creating it.
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References
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