Crown of Friends
This crown made of people holding hands is a great craft for teaching a wide variety of themes such as friendship, people around the world, careers, clothes, facial expressions, and body parts.
Materials Needed
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Safety Guidelines
- Always let your child use child-safe scissors.
- Keep the stapler out of children's reach.
- Watch out for this sign
. It means you need an adult's help for the particular step.
Steps
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1. | Print out this crown template. Notice that the template looks like two people holding hands. | ||
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Cut out the template, including the small triangles. | ||
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3. | Create a crown of 5 people holding hands by tracing the template 2 ½ times on construction paper. | ||
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Cut out the crown. | ||
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5. | Draw and cut hair from construction paper. Glue the hair onto each person on the crown. | ||
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6. | Draw a face and clothes on each person. Be imaginative and think of some interesting facial expressions to give them more character. | ||
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7. | Make gemstones at the base of the crown with glue and glitter. Apply glue in circles or other shapes such as squares, diamonds or hearts. | ||
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8. | Sprinkle or spoon in glitter on the glue. | ||
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9. | Let the glue dry completely. | ||
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Staple or tape the ends of the crown together. | ||
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11. | Wear your crown. | ||
More Ideas
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Create a crown with characters from different parts of the world for a World or Multicultural theme. | |
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You can also make a crown showing people with different jobs or roles in the community. Can you tell what jobs the people in this crown have? | |
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