Effective Preschool Theme Activities
Circus Activities
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Preschool circus activities will be enjoyed by all! These simple, yet creative activities will develop thechildrens' fine motor skills and providethem with opportunities to experience success, andwill improve their confidence!
Creating Star Clowns!
Star clown figures are an easy enjoyable activity! Materials needed for the Activity: - One square sheet of white drawing paper.
- Triangular Shaped Profile Pencils. (improving the youngster's grip.)
- Scissors.
- Other Materials for Decorations.
Procedure:
- The children will draw, following the example given by the teacher, a five pointed star on the square sheet of paper.
- They should shade the parts that will not be included inthe star, and cut away the shaded parts with their scissors.
- They should use their crayons, and other decorating materials to draw and decorate the star clowns. The children should first draw the faces of the clowns, and then add for example, hats, clothes, shoes, and hands.
Activity 2: Creating a Clown Mask!
The circus activities will provide the children with creative opportunities and develop their eye-hand-co-ordination and fine motor skills! Masks are popular at all times, and for young children it is just right. Materials needed for the Activity: - circus-mcgurkus
 - Colored Construction Paper, in the following sizes: 9 x 12";(for the mask.)
- 6 x 5";
3 x 5"; 6 x 5"; 3 x 9"; 3 x 5"; 6 x 5 ; 3 x 9". (for the accessories.) - Glue, and Scissors.
- Colored Triangular Shaped Pencils.
- Materials for Decoration.
- Black Marker Pen.
- Paper Punch.
- String.
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Procedure:
The children will start their clown masks with the different colored pieces of construction paper, serving as the mouths, eyes, noses, hair, and moustaches.The teacher should assist the children with the cutting out of a little whole to see through, after they have cut and glued their eyes onto the face. They will be advised to draw the faces, noses, mouths, eyes, for instance, using their triangular shaped pencils.
When satisfied with their drawings, they can start cutting out the different facial features.Teeth, moustaches and beards are optional for the faces.The children should then place all the features on the clown face, and space them, when satisfied they can glue the parts to the faces. The children could make a fringe and glue it to the top of the clowns face.Ears are also optional. However they are fun to do. The children can use a square piece of paper and divide it in half. They can glue the rectangle halves to each side of the clowns face, more or less next to the eyes.
They could make use of a black marker pen to add additional detail such as eyebrows, eye lashes, or moulds. The teacher should assist the preschoolers to punch holes at the sides of the face, towards the middle of the sides, where strings could be attached to fasten the masks around their heads.They should have play time to act as clowns, wearing their masks. Enjoy!
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