We have been preparing our Paddlepop Stick Animal craft for Dapto Messy Church this coming Sunday 24th Feb.
They are totally cute and super easy to make!
YOU WILL NEED:
- Jumbo paddlepop sticks (or popsicle sticks for our international friends)
- Coloured paints
- Paint brush
- Craft glue
- Google eyes
- Scissors
- Crafty things to decorate e.g. foam shapes, felt scraps, buttons, pipe-cleaners, stick-on gems
N.B. Make sure you use the jumbo sized sticks as the smaller ones are too small and fiddly for young children to decorate. We found coloured sticks at our local discount variety store. We also had to paint some tongue depressors in the extra colours - black, brown, white, pink.
WHAT TO DO:
- Choose a coloured paddlepop stick to use for your animal.
- Start to create your animal's face by gluing on google eyes, foam shapes, buttons etc
- Use the scissors to cut out manes, ears
- Use a black permanent marker to add extra features e.g. tiger stripes, cow print, mouth, eye brows, nose
QUESTIONS TO ASK FAMILIES WHILE COMPLETING CRAFT:
- What is your favourite type of animal?
- What would it have been like living on a boat crammed with lots of animals?
- What would it smell like on the ark?
- What would it sound like on the ark?
- What do you think the animals ate?
- Why did God ask Noah build the ark?
- How do you think Noah felt when he was teased for building the ark?
