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Name and image/s of the Activity
Hanging hot air balloons.
Materials used:
• Coloured paper (four different colours)
• Print stick
• Scissors
• String
• Kitchen roll
• Brown paint
• Glitter
• Stick on decorations
• Sheet of foam
• Cotton balls
• Cello tape
Time plan:
Forty five minutes approximately.
Room and/or equipment requirements:
A table and chair per child participating in the activity.
General Aim of activity – What will the final outcome be? ie. ‘To make an aeroplane with cardboard’ box.
To make a paper hot air balloon with a basket and cloud the hangs on string.
Specific Learning outcomes of the activity – What will be learned by doing the activity? Ie. ‘To use fine motor skills using the scissors’
• To trace lines with a pencil and a steady hand.
• To concentrate and have fun.
• To use fine motor skill when cutting the paper.
• To use fine motor skills when holding the pencil.
• To use fine motor skills when sticking on things throughout the activity.
• To think creatively about how they would like to decorate their hot air balloon.
• To learn how to fold in halves.
• The children will learn to set up and tidy away for an activity.
Steps for making or doing activity:
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1. Ensure all the equipment is available and ready to use on the shelves at the childrens level.
2. Allow the children to set up.
3. Cut the kitchen roll into sections two inches thick.
4. Paint the inside and outside of the roll brown (this is the hot air balloons basket).
5. Leave aside to allow the paint to dry.
6. The children should pick four different colours of A4 paper.
7. Encourage the children to fold each of the sheets individually in half lengthways as shown in the following picture.
8. Draw the following shape onto the page on the side of the fold (practitioners will need to assist the children for this part).
9. Using a scissors cut out the shape carefully.
10. Use this shape as a template to trace on the three other sheets of paper that are already folded.
11. Cut out all the shapes using a scissors.
12. Stick the outer side of two of the shapes together using the print stick.
13. Glue one outer side of the two sides that are already together.
14. Cut a length of the string approximately sixty centimetres.
15. Stick the mid length of the string onto the last part that was glued close to the inside margin.
16. Glue one side of the third shape and stick it over the side that the string is glued onto.
17. Stick the two sides of the last loose page to each non-stuck side of the three combined pages. It should look like the following picture when all page shapes are stuck together.
18. Cut of the bottom section of the string the string that sticks out from the bottom of the hot air balloon.
19. Cut two short pieces of string equivalent in length about two inches long.
20. Stick each piece at opposite sides at the bottom of the hot air balloon using cello tape.
21. Stick the end of the two pieces of string onto opposite sides of the inside of the basket also using cello tape.
22. Tie a small loop at the top of the string to use for hanging.
23. Cut a small oval shape out of the foam and stick the middle section of it on the string halfway between the top of the hot air balloon and the tied loop.
24. Stick the cotton wool onto both sides of the oval shape fully covering it (this is the cloud).
25. Decorate the paper of the hot air balloon with glitter, stickers etc.
26. Hang up to display.
27. Tidy up
How will the child/ren benefit from the activity?
• They will learn to trace around shapes.
• The children will learn and use their cutting out skills with a scissors.
• They learn to stick things together using both cello tape and print stick.
• The will learn the concept of how to make hanging decoration.
• They learn to tie a knot depending on their age and ability or stage of development.
• The children use their imagination and creativeness to decorate the hot air balloon.
• The children get to experience painting a three dimensional shape.
• They use their fine motor skills to draw, cut, stick, tape and paint the materials.
• The children gain confidence, independence and a sense of achievement from independently working on the activity.
