Using seeds in crafts
- Supports home learning
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Autumn’s fast approaching, and there’s never a better time to go foraging for interesting natural materials.
In keeping with the season, the following activities all make use of seeds, a great topic to introduce to pre-schoolers
Pinecone owls
You will need:- One large pinecone for each owl
- Cotton wool
- Large adhesive googly eyes
- Craft glue
- Brown felt or similar
- Small piece of yellow or orange felt
- Scissors
- Lolly stick
- Start by pushing your cotton wool in between the pinecone scales to make a nice fluffy body – use lolly sticks to help with the pushing
- Cut a pair of simple wings from brown felt and a little beak from a piece of yellow or orange felt and glue in place
- Fix googly eyes in place Ask children to name their owls and write them a little name label to take home
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Published 21 October 2015
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