For our first craft, we made France flags, and then cut them out onto a piece of construction paper. Then we found some foam letters to spell out our names.
Next we made some pipe cleaner Eiffel Towers. This craft was a bit tricky, and needed lots of step-by-step instruction and assistance, but the kids did very well.
- Take four pipe cleaners (your choice of colour) and twist them together at the top. May need to fold them over at the top twist to keep them together.
- Take another pipe cleaner and wrap around the four legs, starting around the middle of the tower. Works best to loop the extra pipe cleaner around each leg once, then pull it around and continue onto the next leg.
- Take another pipe cleaner (may take two more, depending on the width of your tower) and wrap it around between the middle and the bottom. Use the same steps as above.
- Bend the bottom of each leg to make "feet" for the tower so it is better balanced.
We attempted to make Twizzler Eiffel Towers, but most of us were unsuccessful. In our first group, one girl figured out that if you wrap them around similar to the pipe cleaners, the toothpicks don't tear the Twizzlers as much. One child also made a ladder out of Twizzlers and toothpicks for his tower.
Our second group of 7s and 8s attempted the Twizzler Eiffel Towers as well, though they used their creativity and expanded beyond the Eiffel Tower. One boy made his into a dragon.
Some of the kids tried out Eiffel Tower puzzles before the program was over.
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At the end of each program, I remind the kids to get their reading passports stickered and fill out a ballot for the week's prize draw. We draw for prizes every Friday at 4:00.
