Kusudama Tutorial part 1 The Japanese kusudama is a paper ball made out of multiple identical origami shapes glued together. They were traditionally used as a ball for incense or potpourri but now we see them more for decoration or as a gift. Today I am showing you part 1 on how to make the Japanese traditional shape. There are many different patterns to make a kusudama ball but I find this the easiest pattern to get started. This is also the pattern I used to make the pink flowers on the tree in the banner. What you need for this tutorial is: 60 pieces of paper cut into squares. Below I will show you how to make the basic shape, you need to make 60 of these. Fold the bottom corner to the top. Fold the left and right corners up to the middle corner. Fold the same points down. Open up the flaps you have just created and flatten them. Fold the top triangles towards you so they are level with the edges of the paper. Fold the triangles back using the crease you made earlier and glue the outside triangles together.
kids painting ideas By Cathy James on April 17th, 2012 This month the Kids Art Explorers have been enjoying a No Paint Brushes Allowed project. Creativity is encouraged when you set aside your everyday materials and try something different. The Kids Art Explorers celebrate the process of art: trying new things, having a go, being daring, making mistakes. Click each word to discover a fabulous kids painting idea. Why paint with a paint brush when you could paint with a…? 1. 5. sponge 6. spaghetti 7. popcorn 8. cookie cutter 9. hand 10. pine cone 11. bubble wrap 12. celery 13. bubble wand 14. fishing rod 15. water bead 16. syringe 17. 18. body 19. ketchup bottle 20. tooth brush 21. paint popsicle 22. 27. foot 28. nail brush 29. feather 30. slide 31. okra 32. rubber band 33. magnet 34. 37. tennis ball 38. elastic 39. potato 40. pan 41. packing peanut 42. scrubbing brush 43. carrot 44. marble 45. corn cob 46. bubble 47. styrofoam 48. egg carton 49. apple 50. pendulum 51. toy car 52. udder Go on - share this!
Lacy snowflake tutorial This is a speedy, fun project. I've hung one of these in each of our living room windows, and it looks festive and wintery. How to make it: 1. Download my large snowflake template or small snowflake template. 2. 3. 4. 5. Apex Elementary Art Valentine's Day Roundup You may borrow content from this blog for personal use only. You may copy, display or republish within the limits of Fair Use: up to 10% of text and no more than 2 images from any one post. Permission to use larger amounts of text or images may be obtained by contacting the blog owner. Any copy, display, or published work, including work created from patterns, templates, photographs or other content on the blog must include a link to the original post on and must credit Extreme Cards and Papercrafting. You may not sell any content as your own or include it in any compilation unless permission is specifically granted. You may not use any content, including templates and patterns, to create items for sale. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Tweaking your boardwork | Recipes for the EFL classroom What do you do with the vocabulary that comes up in a lesson? Where do you write it on the board? Many teachers keep an incidental vocabulary column at the side of the board and this can have many advantages. Compartmentalising the board space allows the teacher to leave the vocabulary there for the remainder of the lesson so they and their students can refer to it throughout the class. Here is an example of how an incidental vocabulary column might look: Okay, but some tweaks and more thought could make it a more valuable resource for the students. Some tweaks: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Putting it all together, this is how the incidental vocabulary column might look at the end of a lesson: This can then be used for a quick review at the end of the class. Has anyone else got any more tweaks? Like this: Like Loading...
Pile of Hearts Pop Up Card For want of a better name, I call these "meet in the middle" pop up cards. Half of the design is cut from either side of the card and the two pieces are slotted together. This card is really an elaborate variation of the slotted X mechanism. The slotted X is covered in Lessons 11 to 15. Check out the links to the other lessons in the right side column of this page. How to make the pile of hearts card Download and cut out template. Cut file: PDF, DXF, Silhouette Studio, SVG. Remove the large heart that lies on the center fold. Crease the fold lines at the heart bottoms, folding both piles of hearts toward the center foldline. The card will close better if you cut the two halves of the (white) card apart at the center fold and glue them to the base card separately. Optional: back the cut out with patterned paper before gluing to the base card. Glue cut-out part (white) to base card (red). Pull the hearts toward each other and slot together above the center fold of the card.
Printable Constellation Map Summer Constellations (in the Northern Hemisphere) This printable summer constellation map shows stars and their constellations in the summer sky in the Northern Hemisphere. The orientation of the map can vary depending on where you are. Follow the guide below to find the 3 big bright stars and you just need to tilt your map according to what you see in the sky. The constellations are based on the traditional ones, but we also highly recommend H.A. & Find the Constellations . The text below also shows how to find the Summer Triangle and short stories from Greek Mythology! Little Guide to Summer Stargazing This text below is available in a pdf format so you can print and take it with you! First, the Summer Triangle Start with the Summer Triangle – the three brightest stars in the summer sky in the Nothern Hemisphere. Stories behind the constellations Here are some stories from Greek Mythology. Aquila (The Eagle) Zeus had an eagle who carried his thunderbolts.