After School Crew- Week 1

After School Crew - Week 1

Display jar I created as an example

You may have seen these all over Pinterest, but we started out our Autumn ASC with creatures in jars.

We glued tissue paper around a jar, added glitter, cut out a silhouette, and added a tea light inside. Voilà! The kids got to add whatever type of creature they wanted. We ended up with a baby dragon, a unicorn, and several different fairies (one girl added a jack-o'-lantern, so the light flickered through its eyes... How creative!). We (I) then used hot glue to add ribbons, jewels, craft foam, and other decorations to the tops and backs of the jars. Anything was fair game, as long as they could still open, so that the light could be switched on and off.... and the silhouette wasn't covered in the front. 

Once everyone was finished, we switched out the lights to see all of the creatures inside. 

The kids didn't seem very eager for me to take pictures of their crafts... so for now I just have pictures of my examples. 

Notes:

• Do NOT let the children take glitter back to their seats... keep it at the front table to assist.

• Some kids enjoyed having printed pictures they could cut out instead of designing their own silhouettes... some preferred the other way. It's best to offer both options.

• Broadening the design from JUST fairies lets the children have a little more freedom in their creatures and decorations.