Glittery glue ornaments in preschool

In my last post, I shared with you our glittery stars and mentioned how we saved the glitter for another adventure.  Well this was our next glittery adventure….

It is hard to tell in these photos, but the children are using plastic holders that I had left over from Christmas. The holders were originally the packaging used to hold small store-bought Christmas ornaments.  We used the store-bought ornaments on our classroom tree and I saved the plastic holders for this idea…

I cut the holders apart and invited each child to choose one they would like to use.  The children started by filling the bottom of the plastic holder with a thin layer of glue…

Once each child’s plastic container was filled with glue, the children then added glitter on top of the glue.  This was the same glitter we used to make our glittery stars

This time, the children used their fingers to sprinkle the glitter on the glue rather than using the glitter bottles…

By using their fingers to sprinkle on the glitter, the children got a nice fine motor work-out as well as a fun sensory experience…

The children added as much glitter to the top of the glue as they wanted because in the end, I had them shake the access glitter back onto the glitter tray so it didn’t matter if they over filled the containers for now…

After the children completed their glitter sensory play and filled up their containers, I set all the glittery glue containers aside to dry for over a week…

And once the glue was completely dry, we peeled the glue ornaments out of the containers and here are the results…

Make sure the glue is completely dry before peeling from the container.  If the bottom is still white, then it is not ready to peel…

I added a length of yarn so the children could hang them from their trees…

 

Deborah J Stewart

Deborah J Stewart

Every time I think I know everything I need to know about teaching young children, God says, "Hold on a minute!" and gives me a new challenge.

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With each new challenge that you overcome, you will find yourself better equipped and more passionate about teaching young children.

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