Winter Holidays, Day Eleven

I guess today is "candy cane day." For art, give your students a piece of cardstock with a candy cane pattern printed on it (I will try to remember to post a PDF for a pattern later in the week). Have the students cut the pattern out (or precut if you need to for students with physical disabilities), then have them cut or tear red paper (or you could let them use whatever color they would like) and glue it to their candy cane.

For fine motor, you will make candy cane suncatchers. You will need to prep the materials for this activity ahead of time. Cut candy cane shapes out of construction paper, leaving the outline completely intact. You could either cut it so that you have the whole sheet of paper with just the candy cane missing, or you could cut around it so you just have the candy cane outline. Whatever you choose, glue it to a piece of waxed paper, then have your students cut or tear red tissue and glue it inside of the candy cane outline. For students with more fine motor limitations, you could also use Con-tact paper, although this can get rather expensive and sticky! I usually just help them squeeze their glue on. Once the suncatchers have dried, run them through the laminator and cut them out. These really do look great in the window!