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Fine Motor Practice | Silhouette Painting

Material Needed
- Black construction paper (Preferably 8 x 12)
- White construction paper (8 x 12 or larger)
- Scissors
- Glue (Preferably Glue Sticks)
- Paint (Choose your own color palette)

Parents, if your child is 3 or 4 years old, challenge them to cut out mountain silhouettes. Trace out different size triangles connected together to make mountains. If your child needs help cutting, sit down and hold the scissors with them. Help guide their hand as they cut through.

For kids 5 or older, challenge them to create more intricate shapes like buildings and city skylines. For kids more advanced, trace out Dr. Suess like trees and birds.

When painting, choose your color palette, then demonstrate how to paint different layers while keeping the colors separate. Encourage your kid not to blend the colors all together. You want a multi-colored background.

Wait 12 hours for the paint to fully dry. Then glue on your silhouette when finished.

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Homeschool Art Activity | Teacher Creatures

Create your own species of animal or merge a favorite animal of yours with the face of a person you know. Parents, this is easy to set up.

Materials needed
- Paper
- Markers, Crayons or Colored Pencils (Your choice)
- Scissors
- Glue
- Access to printer or magazines

The Set Up
- Print out headshots of friends or family members. If a teacher is kind enough to share a photo for this activity, your child would enjoy making a Teacher Creature using their own teacher. If printer access is not available, I would look for magazines and cut out the photos of people and celebrity in the magazines.

The Activity
- Show your child the examples we made with our Teacher Creatures to spark their interest
- Provide them their material and let them choose from your selection of pictures
- Ask them to cut out the head/face
- Allow them to freely create. Talk to them while they're creating. If you notice they're creating insect legs, steer the conversation towards insects and use it as a teaching moment

The Parent
- Participate with your child. Not only is it a good opportunity to bond and connect but it encourages the child to want to continue doing more