The theme of noodles was a nice, unique change for this Preschool
Picasso program.
We read Dragons Eat Noodles on Tuesdays by Jon
Stahl, which the group really enjoyed and thought was funny.
For our first craft, we made flowers using noodles and
construction paper. The group had construction paper stems they glued on and
dot die-cuts to use as the center of their flowers. A variety of dyed noodles
were put out for them to use as their flower petals. I dyed the pasta a day
before using rubbing alcohol and food coloring.
There is also another option of
using vinegar and food coloring that I would probably try next time.
For our second craft, the group made fish using dyed
macaroni noodles. They really enjoyed this craft and liked adding the googly
eye to their fish.
This program definitely took more prep time because of dying the noodles, but it was really worth it to try something new and to see the kids enjoy making their crafts.
Other Books:
The Super Hungry Dinosaur Martin Waddell
The Great Pasta Escape Miranda Paul
Spaghetti-Slurping Sewer Serpent Laura Ripes
Oodles of Noodles Diana Hendry
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