The wind
Children's Activity
SHARING THIS WEEK'S GOSPEL THEME AT SUNDAY SCHOOL AND AT HOME
Materials:
Card stock or other heavy paper
Markers and/or stickers
Pencils with erasers
Push pins
Scissors
Directions:
1. Before the children arrive, cut each piece of paper into a square by pulling one corner up to meet the opposite side (bottom of paper will now be along the long side of the paper) and trimming off the excess. Sheets should be 8 1/2-inch squares.
2. Give each child one square of paper.
3. Instruct the children to decorate both sides of their papers.
4. Help the children fold their papers so that the opposite corners meet and the papers are triangle shaped.
5. Have the children make a second fold, again making opposite corners meet, resulting in another triangle.
6. Tell the children to unfold their papers, and using the fold lines as guides, help them to cut about three inches along the fold lines. Cuts should only go half way to the center.
7. Help the children pull the corners to the center of the squares. Take special care not to crease the papers.
8. Using push pins, poke through all the inner corners and then pin the papers to the eraser on the pencils.
9. Let the children take their pinwheels outside and watch them blow in the wind.
Materials:
Card stock or other heavy paper
Markers and/or stickers
Pencils with erasers
Push pins
Scissors
Directions:
1. Before the children arrive, cut each piece of paper into a square by pulling one corner up to meet the opposite side (bottom of paper will now be along the long side of the paper) and trimming off the excess. Sheets should be 8 1/2-inch squares.
2. Give each child one square of paper.
3. Instruct the children to decorate both sides of their papers.
4. Help the children fold their papers so that the opposite corners meet and the papers are triangle shaped.
5. Have the children make a second fold, again making opposite corners meet, resulting in another triangle.
6. Tell the children to unfold their papers, and using the fold lines as guides, help them to cut about three inches along the fold lines. Cuts should only go half way to the center.
7. Help the children pull the corners to the center of the squares. Take special care not to crease the papers.
8. Using push pins, poke through all the inner corners and then pin the papers to the eraser on the pencils.
9. Let the children take their pinwheels outside and watch them blow in the wind.
