End Of The School Year Craft plus Printable
A sweet and sentimental end of the year or graduation craft
Yield: 1 craft
Cost: $5
Materials
- Printable that says, "I am proud of myself because in - grade I", or a Printable that says, "I am proud of myself because in - I"
- 2 sheets Blue construction paper for the hat
- 1 piece Skin-colored paper for the face
- 1 piece Hair-colored construction paper yellow for blonde, black, brown, and so-on
- Glue stick
- Yarn to make the tassel
Instructions
Prepping for the kids
- Cut out a face and neck shape from the skin-colored paper
- Cut the blue construction paper into thirds
- To make the cap: For each piece of blue paper, cut a V shape into both ends
- Punch a hole into one corner
- Make the tassels by laying out several pieces of yarn (about 5-6 inches long) fold the strips in the middle
- Using another piece of yarn tie a knot around the top
- Take the other end of the yarn you tied around the tassel and tie it around the hole you made in the blue cap
- Mount the printables onto blue sheets of paper
For the Kids Part
- Kids can draw their face onto the skin-toned paper
- Glue the hat onto the head
- Use construction paper to cut pieces of hair and glue under the cap
- Older kids can fill in the blanks of the printable
- Younger kids may need help to write on their lined paper
- Glue the framed writing onto the bottom of the neck
- Here's a close-up of the writing sample my son made at the end of first grade.
Notes
Times are only an estimate