Animals 3-D Stand-up (cereal or chip boxes)

• a front or back panel from a cereal or chip box for each child
• stencils of animals (heads and bodies and legs)
• pencils or pencil crayons to trace stencils
• scissors, a hole punch
• crayons
• yarn for tails
• masking tape on wax paper

• trace the various animal body parts onto cardboard
• pre-cut parts out (older children may enjoy doing this themselves)
• pre-punch a hole for the tail
• have small pieces of tape on wax paper ready for children to use
• encourage children to decorate their animals first (ie. draw on facial features, colour on spots, etc.)
• when animals are ready, children may like to try and cut the slits themselves so that they can then join the legs and head to the bodies
• encourage children to attach the tails themselves (let them try tying a knot)
• help children to get their animals to stand up alone
• label work and clean up