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Our Farmer’s Market started back up again at the end of May, which was very exciting and much anticipated! Our market is starting to be a destination on Saturday mornings, with live music, yoga, the environmental committee table and a kids activity table. They were looking for volunteers for the kids table – so I signed up to do on Saturday a month – this past Saturday was my first time.
The supplies are donated by the art council of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow. Going through the bag and not knowing how many kids would come to the table – I picked an activity that could entertain for both short and long periods!
Barnyard Mobile
Items Needed
Barn
Animals
Ribbon
Crayons
Even though this came from a kit – it would be an easy project to make and complete at home. Take some cardboard and cut out a barn and different animals – remember to punch holes into the top of the animals and the bottom of the barn (how many holes depends on how many animals) you will also want to punch a hole in the top of the barn. Then the kids can color, paint, glue – etc.
1. Color the animals – some kids decided to do both sides of the animals, some one side, some did all 8 animals, but other did 1 or 2 – the horse was the most popular.
2. With a ribbon tie the animals onto the barn.
The great thing about this project was that it did not have to be completed in one sitting. The kids could do as much as they wanted and then could take it home to complete. It was funny to hear the kids wonder how they were going to color the animals without brown or black (which were not included in the crayons supplied). I finally colored a dog, with every color we had, to show them that they had to be imaginative and whimsical in their coloring – that was enough to get them going!
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Very cool……