Easy Desert Themed Kids Craft - Coyote at Sunset

We had a howling good time at our Picasso's in the Park this month. To keep with our momstown theme (The Desert) we decided to introduce the kids to a common desert animal - the Coyote!  Kids of all ages could participate in this simple yet engaging craft. Warning - be prepared to get messy!

Materials Required:

 

Red and Yellow Paint

Paint Brushes

Construction Paper cut outs - Coyote and the moon

Glue

What to Do:

 

1. Put globs of red and yellow paint sparingly onto a "heavy" paper.

Learning Aspect - Talk to your child about mixing colours and what colour will appear when red and yellow paints are mixed together.

Green Tip - save cereal boxes - open and cut along the seam. Turn over for a great inexpensive paint canvas!

Sensory - let kids use their hands to mix the paint instead of a brush.

2. Let paint dry and then glue on coyote and moon cut outs.

Complete the lesson with this:

The Animals In The Desert (Sung to: The Wheels On The Bus - courtesy of  Perfectly Preschooler )

Cuff hands and howl

 

The coyote in the desert howls Awwww, Awww, Awww
The coyote in the desert howls Awww, all night long

 

 

 

 

Did you know that we run a Picasso's in the Park all summer long and an Art & Play program once a month all year long? It's all included in your $45/year annual momstown membership!

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Alphabet Play - C is for Cactus

This month our educational theme at momstown is focused around The Desert. Howling Coyotes, climbing Geckos slithering Snakes, hot Sand, and of course prickly Cactuses.

We decided to get a little creative and fit in the Desert theme with our weekly Alphabet Play Program. This is what we came up with! 

C is for Cactus:    

Materials required:


beige, green and brown construction paper
scissors
glue



What to do:


1. Cut the green paper into the shape of a cactus. You can do this in advance if you have a younger crowd or you can trace the shape of one onto the paper and let the older ones practice their cutting with child friendly scissors.

2. Cut the brown construction paper into Capital and Small letter "c's" to be the prickly needles.

 3. Glue the cactus shape onto a background paper (beige is ideal but yellow would work as well) and then add as many C's as you like.

 

Complete the lesson with this cute song: 

Spiny the Cactus Sung to: "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean"
(courtesy of Perfectly Preschool)
 
In the desert, in the hot sun, grows a cactus big and tall.
It is green and it is spiny, its the best one of them all.
Oh Spiny, oh Spiny, oh, Spiny the cactus,
You are green and you are spiny, and the best of them all!


Did you know that we run an Alphabet Play program twice a month? It's all included in your $45/year annual momstown membership!

CLICK HERE to join in on the fun and be a part of our Milton Community Group!