&npsp;
Here's an idea for some messy fun to while away a long winter afternoon!
You will need:
Construction paper
Brown (mix from green and red) and white poster paint
Instructions:
With the side of your hand, paint a few brown vertical lines on your paper. These are your tree trunks. With the sides of your fingers, add some lines coming out from each as the branches.
Finish the scene with fingerprints of white snow all over the ground and trees.
This lovely craft idea can be undertaken in one go as a project on the seasons - or in four parts over the year as each season arrives. However you choose to do it, the canvases make an eye-catching display.
Here is a quick and simple idea for a winter collage for kids which will give the kids a real sense of achievement.
You will need:
This is a lovely craft for younger children, who will enjoy both the hand painting and printing and the sticking on of stickers! You could adapt the craft for spring by using pink "blossom" stickers.