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Play Scenes
by Catherine Stier

A quick and easy craft project to make in class or as a take home assignment which allows students to develope their tactile skills.

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Play scenes craftWhat you need:

  • pencil
  • zip-close sandwich bag
  • poster board
  • scissors
  • glue
  • paper
  • tape
  • markers

How to make it:
  1. Trace around a zip-close sandwich bag onto poster board. Cut out the square.
  2. To create a background, cut out paper shapes, such as seaweed for an underwater scene or planets for a space scene. Glue them onto the poster-board square.
  3. Tape the two side edges of the sandwich bag onto the decorated poster-board square. The bag's opening should be at the top of the scene.
  4. From poster board, cut out a fish or a spaceship. Decorate it with markers. Place it inside the sandwich bag.
  5. Zip the bag closed, keeping in some air. Tilt the play scene to make the fish or spaceship move.