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Kids Craft – Newspaper Mixed Media Fox Craft

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This kids craft tutorial is for a mixed media Newspaper fox. This craft is easy to create and can be used as an art lesson or paired with a Children’s storybook such as the following books.

Fox went out on a chilly night

What does the Fox say?

 

 

Newspaper Fox Art

Kids Recycled Art and Craft

List of Supplies:

  1. Old newspaper
  2. Colored Craft Paper
  3. Scissors
  4. Craft Glue
  5. Acrylic Paint and paint brush
  6. Pencil
  7. Template
  8. Black sharpie

Instructions:

Step (1)

Prepare the patterns from the template. Trace the patterns on an old newspaper and cut them out using scissors. 

Fox Art Template

Step (2)

Prepare paint and brush. Paint the whole body part with a layer or two. The tail has 2 parts divided by a zigzag pattern; paint the bottom side of the tail and keep the top (open) side intact. For the head, paint the outer parts of the ears and the rest except for the 2 semi circular parts on both sides of the head.

Step (3)

Select a colored craft paper and glue the body part on it first.

 

Step (4)

Next, glue the tail and the head to complete the fox.

Step (5)

Use a black sharpie to draw the eyes and the nose of the fox. 

 

You can add more details if you want.

Gather more old newspapers and get creative!

 

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Easy Outdoor Games to Play with Kids

After talking about the pirate themed chalk obstacle course the other day, I got to thinking about other easy, low prep games and activities you can do with kids outside. A lot of these are ideas I found on Pinterest that don’t link to blogs anymore if they ever did, but often that’s all the detail you need to figure out what’s going on. 

First, a couple from blogs that are still alive. If you have a lot of trees in your yard or in your park, you probably also have a lot of sticks, so you can pretty easily do this stick maze activity from Mother Natured. Build the maze yourself or have one child build if for another. Either way it’s lots of fun and you can keep it built to use as a labyrinth or for pretend play. 

If it’s hot where you live you might want outdoor activities that involve water like this fill the bucket relay game. The only thing you might not have at home is giant sponges, but this is still pretty low prep, inexpensive and lots of fun if you have two or more kids to play. Check out how to do it from The Resourceful Mama. And check out my post all about ice and water sensory activities for more ideas to beat the heat. 

Make some x’s and o’s or use something you already have to be your game pieces (you can also just draw them on paper plates for a super fast version) and make a large tic tac toe board on the sidewalk. The bonus of reusable game pieces is kids can play with the same grid over and over, which is great if you don’t have a ton of space. 

I also love the idea of drawing a big bullseye on the sidewalk or driveway and using beanbags or sponges to try to hit the target. If you have hula hoops you can also set them in a grassy area and have kids try to hit them. 

Check out more fun outdoor games for kids from The Printable Princess. These are more for big groups of kids, but if you’ve got a classroom full these are good ones to have on hand for getting some energy out. 

Do you have favorite outdoor games for kids to play when it’s hot? I’d love to hear about them!