Cardboard Giraffe - Can You Put the Giraffe Back Together?
Added: 28 Jun 2016
Contributor:
Scoilnet
Resource type:
How it maps to the curriculum
Strand: Construction
Strand unit: Looking and Responding
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- look at and talk about structures that are easily accessible and close at hand, at visually stimulating structures and at a range of common artefacts
Suggestions for use: Color and cut out the pieces on this coloring page, then put them together to create a 3-D giraffe craft. Directions: 1. Print out this page and color it with Crayola® crayons or markers. Cut out one of each type of shape (head, neck, body, and front and back legs), remembering where the letters were. Glue the shapes to a thin piece of cardboard, such as a recycled cereal box or manila folder. 2. After the glue dries, cut out the cardboard shapes and the other paper shapes. Glue the matching shapes together, back to back. 3. Cut a slit on each dotted line. Fit the pieces together by matching the letters and sliding the slits into each other
Strand: Construction
Strand unit: Making Constructions
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- make imaginative structures
Suggestions for use: Color and cut out the pieces on this coloring page, then put them together to create a 3-D giraffe craft. Directions: 1. Print out this page and color it with Crayola® crayons or markers. Cut out one of each type of shape (head, neck, body, and front and back legs), remembering where the letters were. Glue the shapes to a thin piece of cardboard, such as a recycled cereal box or manila folder. 2. After the glue dries, cut out the cardboard shapes and the other paper shapes. Glue the matching shapes together, back to back. 3. Cut a slit on each dotted line. Fit the pieces together by matching the letters and sliding the slits into each other
