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*Cc
is for Clown Color Page
*Fingerplays/Songs
We are All Clowns Today
(tune: Farmer in the Dell)
We are all clowns today,
We are all clowns today,
Hi ho the derry o
We are all clowns today!
*Art
Clown Ruffle Collar
Need: coffee filters and food coloring
Have children color the coffee filters by dipping them into colored
water. Lay flat to dry.
When dry fold the coffee filters in half and tape them together in a
line. Wonderful clown collar for a child to wear.
Circus Clown
Need: Paper Plate, scrap pieces/collage material
Set the scrap pieces and collage material in bowls or paper plates
on the table. Give each child a paper plate and let them glue collage
materials onto the paper plates to create a clown.
Creating Clowns
Cut shapes (circles, triangles, rectangles,etc) out of construction
paper in a variety of colors and sizes. Have the children glue the
shapes on pieces of construction paper to create clown faces.
Cotton Candy
Start at the top of a empty paper towel roll and glue on pink or blue
cotton balls. Cover about 3/4 of the roll. To color cotton balls
place in a baggie with powered tempera paint and shake.
*Group Time
Draw A Clown
Give each child 1 crayon and a sheet of white paper. Then have the
children draw what you say: Display the children's clowns.
Draw a circle round and big.
Add a few hairs as a wig.
Make a circle for a nose.
Now a smile, broad and wide.
Put an ear on either side.
Add some eyes, but not a frown.
Now you have your very own clown.
*Movement
Circus
Provide face paint for animal and clown faces. Have children act out
animals and circus acts. Lay a jump rope on the floor for the tight
rope, hula hoops to jump through.
Jump Through Fire Hoops
Wrap red, yellow, and orange crepe paper around hula hoops. Let small
bits of the crepe paper dangle into the hoop. Hold the hoop
vertically and let the children jump through the hoops.
*Snack
Clown Snack
Place a pear in the middle of a plate. Sprinkle grated cheese on the
pear for hair. Add raisin eyes, a raisin mouth, and a cherry nose.
Make a ruffle collar from a lettuce leaf.
*Color Pages
Circus Elephant
Circus girl on horse
Circus elephant
Circus horse
Dog jumping through a hoop
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