JANUARY ART

SNOWMAN PAPER SACKS

SNOWMAN MOBILE

SEASONAL PROJECTS

SWINGING SANTA

 Taken from Copycat 1997.  http://stores.ebay.com/Copycat-Store

TAKE HOME TURKEYS

Taken from Copycat Press 1996.  http://stores.ebay.com/Copycat-Store

GINGERBREAD HOUSE

Taken from Copycat Press 1995. http://stores.ebay.com/Copycat-Store
Additional Project with Gingerbread: http://okscribbler.blogspot.com/2009/12/gingerbread-door.html

TABLETOP TURKEY

Taken from Copycat Press 1994. http://stores.ebay.com/Copycat-Store 

SMILING SANTA HANG-UP

Taken from Copycat Press 1987. http://homemakersjournal.wordpress.com/category/copycat-magazine/page/3/

Materials:
manilla tag board [for reproducible]
red, blue, white, and pink felt or paper
fluffy white craft yard
hole punch
white
scissors

If you have the resources, I would use movable eyes and pom-poms.

EVERYONE AN ELF

 Taken from Copycat Press 1987.  http://homemakersjournal.wordpress.com/category/copycat-magazine/page/3/

HOW TO STUFF A TURKEY

Taken from Copycat Press 1987.  http://stores.ebay.com/Copycat-Store

GROCERY BAG GOBBLER

Taken from Copycat Press 1989.  http://stores.ebay.com/Copycat-Store

HAPPY HOLIDAY HANG-UPS

Taken from Copycat Press 1991.  It is out-of-print.  http://stores.ebay.com/Copycat-Store

ART TAKES SHAPE

Extend: http://okscribbler.blogspot.com/2010/02/geonimal-jungle.html

WOVEN WEAVE BASKET

Children loved weaving paper.  http://www.firstpalette.com/Craft_themes/Colors/Paper_Weaving/Paper_Weaving.html

WINDOW DECOR

My son did this in 3rd grade for a Christmas Gift for us.  He traced a Christmas Picture on a film, traced the lines on the wrong side with a sharpie pen, colored on the right side with permanent markers and hung it on our kitchen window.  Very nice idea.  Class Balloon Pictures http://okscribbler.blogspot.com/2009/02/my-balloon-descriptive-writing.html  were done with a similar technique.  They were backed by aluminum foil and framed.

MAKE YOUR OWN SLIDES

My mother taught me this technique with I was a teenager.  I tore a fairy tale book apart and put on long sheet of contact paper.  It turned out beautiful when the sun would hit it.

HALLOWEEN GOBLINS

This is an interesting project.  The students can do anything and it is correct.  You might want a pre-draw activity so you sort of know how the drawing will turn out.  Taken from Copycat Press 1989.  It is out-of-print.  http://stores.ebay.com/Copycat-Store

HAND AND SPONGE ART

This project takes several days to complete.  You need plenty of counter space to 'dry' each part of the art.  An alternative is Kids Texture taken from Copycat Press.

Start with each student sponge painting a blue background all over the white construction paper.  Sprinkle salt to add a neat effect to the paper.  Let dry.  Next, have each student dip an arm from elbow to fingertips in brown paint and help place their arm on the center of the paper toward the bottom.  Let dry.  Then, have students dip the side of their fist for flowers.  Have a choice of colors, but make sure that their arm is clean for each new color and remind the students not to print over an existing wet color because it will turn muddy.

DANCING SCARECROW PUPPET

Taken from Copycat Press.  It is out-of-print.  http://stores.ebay.com/Copycat-Store
Copy the patterns on tagboard, color darkly and neatly, cut the pieces out, and put together with brass paper fasteners.