I saw a Christmas ornament idea using embroidery thread and cardboard circles. I decided to use this idea for Mother's Day with my grades 5/6 students. I used cardboard hearts though instead of circles. (Ouch, cutting cardboard hurts, and I didn't even have to cut them all b/c I had help, but still ouch!) These hearts look much smaller in the photos, but they're actually about 7" across and 7" tall.
This was a great texture project too. The only hard part of the lesson was teaching some of the students how to tie their pieces of yarn together when they added a new color. I taught the proper knot technique by giving students practice yarn first, but there were still a few kids who needed quite a bit of "knotting" help.
After the weaving, kids made their card and attached it to a piece of yarn to be used to hang the heart in a window or on a wall.
This was a great texture project too. The only hard part of the lesson was teaching some of the students how to tie their pieces of yarn together when they added a new color. I taught the proper knot technique by giving students practice yarn first, but there were still a few kids who needed quite a bit of "knotting" help.
After the weaving, kids made their card and attached it to a piece of yarn to be used to hang the heart in a window or on a wall.
1 comment:
What a great idea, I will pin it to remember next year!
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