Whenever a fun craft is needed, Pinterest is our go to! For George Washington's birthday, I searched the site and found a cute craft that required only a few materials...
... to turn into these!
First, I prepared the materials to make assembly easier for students. I created a hat template (click here for free download) and copied it onto blue construction paper, cut the coffee filters in half, and pre-cut the yellow and blue construction paper for the shirt.
I didn't want them to turn out too "cookie cutterish" so I gave students a blank sheet of white paper and had them draw a circle for the head. Then, a picture of George Washington was shown to the class so students would have a reference when drawing his facial features. Don't forget the red rosey cheeks!
After students cut out the head, the rest of the pieces were passed out. Students cut out the hat, folded their coffee filter in half, and created fringe on each end of the strip of yellow construction paper (I modeled how to do so). Lastly, students glued all their pieces onto black construction paper. They turned out so well I wish I could show you each and every one!!!
To extend the activity, the class read a one page biography on George Washington available from SuperTeacherWorksheets
-if you are a member. After reading it as a class, students were asked
to create a bubble map of at least 10 facts from the text. Then,
students took their ideas from the bubble map and turned them into
sentences to form a paragraph about George Washington. Their papers
were taped to the bottom of their portraits and we displayed them in the
class.
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