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Bandanna
added 6-27-98 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Triangle
piece of fabric, Paint, shaped sponges.
Directions: Sponge painted onto a triangular
piece of material. Use shapes like cowboy hat, boot, cactus, and stars.
Branded Cowhide
added 6-27-98 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Paper
bag, Potato, paint, and a fork.
Directions: Branded cowhide (grocery sack
paper) with potato prints (stick a fork in the potato to be the branding
iron).
Sunrise pictures
added 8-18-98 Original
Author Unknown
Need: paper,
markers
Directions: Have
children draw lines across a plain sheet of paper with red, orange, and
yellow water base markers. Have the children then brush water over the
marks so that the colors run and blur together.
Rattlesnake rattles
added 8-18-98 Original
Author Unknown
Need: paper,
markers, plastic soda bottle, cereal, glue
Directions: Give
each child a half sheet of construction paper. Encourage the child to
decorate the paper with markers. Then have the children wrap paper around
a plastic soda bottle. Place some dry cereal in each child’s bottle.
Spread glue on the mouth of bottle and twist cap on. Encourage the
children to hiss like rattlesnakes as they shake the bottles.
Cactus painting added
8-18-98 Original Author Unknown
Need: starch,
water, green paint, salt, paper
Directions: Use
green salt paint-- mix together 1/4 cup concentrated starch, 1/4 cup
water, 2 tbsp. green tempera paint and 1 cup table salt. Paint a cactus
using this paint! when the paint dries- it will have a neat texture
Tumbleweed art
added 8-18-98 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Paper
plate, brown paper, glue, straw, brown yarn
Directions:
Make paper plate tumbleweeds by spreading glue over large plate. have
child tear stripes of brown paper and lay them in glue. Also, provide
straw and pieces of brown yarn and twine for the children to arrange on
the glue.
Cowboy Boots
added 5-20-99 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Paper,
glue, sawdust, water, brown paint
Directions:
Give each child a pre cut out of a cowboy boot. Painted with a mixture of
sawdust...glue....water and a drop of brown paint....great texture!
Cowboy Hats
added 3-10-01 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Newspaper,
masking tape, paint
Directions: Take 2 full sized sheets of
newspaper for each hat and crisscross them.
Tape pages together so they don't slip and write name in what will be the
inside of the hat. Put newspaper on child's head and wrap masking tape
around the outside where the hat band would go. After that, roll and
tape the edges to make the brim.
The child can paint the hat. (The taping process takes two adults).
Horseshoe Prints
added 3-18-01 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Sponge,
paper towel, paint, paper
Directions: Make horseshoe stamps by
cutting sponges into horseshoe shapes. For
paint pads, fold paper towels in half, place them in shallow containers
and add small amounts of tempera paint. Give the children large pieces of
paper. Let them press the horseshoe stamps on the paint pads and then on
their papers to make horseshoe prints. Encourage them to make prints as if
they were horses galloping or trotting along.
Straw Painting
added 3-18-01 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Straw,
paint, paper
Directions: Have the children use
pieces of straw for paintbrushes. Have them use
different colors and see how they can paint with it and make it look
different. When the paintings are finished, have them add the pieces of
straw to their work for a different look.
Starry Sky added
3-18-01 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Star
shape, paper, foil, glue
Directions: Give the kids a precut out
of a star. Then let them tear foil and glue it
all over the star. Hang them from the ceiling and sleep under the stars!!!
Cowboy Boots added
3-18-01 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Paper,
collage materials, glue
Directions: Give each child a pre-cut
out of a cowboy boot and lots of collage
materials.
Armadillo Activity added
3-25-01 Original
Author Unknown
Need: cardboard,
glue, crayons,
Directions: Cut
out corrugated cardboard ovals. Make sure the ripples in the
cardboard go across the short width of the oval. Have the children
peel off one side of the cardboard to expose the corrugated ripples. This
will be the armadillo's body. Glue the oval on to a piece of paper.
Draw a head and legs and a tail. They are really a neat tactile art
project. Then allow the children to draw in the setting. You can
even added babies with little ovals.
Paper Bag Cowboy Vest
added 3-29-02
Submitted by:
Katie
Need: Paper grocery bag, scissors, paint,
paint brush
Directions: Take a paper grocery bag, cut
straight down the center to the bottom of the bag, cut a hole in the
bottom of the bag (this will be the top) and cut a hole on each side for
arms. You may need to cut and staple the shoulders for a better
fitting vest. Have kids paint or decorate their cowboy vest.
Cactus
added 6-10-06 Original
Author Unknown
Need: Potato,
toothpicks (round toothpicks, not flat.), green paint, scissors
Directions: Ahead of time cut the ends
of the toothpick off, leaving the ends long enough to put into the potato.
Throw away the middle. Have the children push the pointed side of the
toothpick into the potato randomly. Then have them paint the potato green.
Allow to dry.
Optional: put the potato in a pot with some
dirt, just for looks.
Another Cactus added 6-10-06 Original
Author Unknown
Need: small plastic pot, tongue depressor,
brown and green clay, uncooked spaghetti
Directions: Fill a pot with brown clay.
Place a tongue depressor into the middle of the pot. Have the children
form a cactus around the tongue depressor using the green clay. Once they
have the cactus form they want, they can use spaghetti pieces for the
spines, by pushing them into the clay.
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