Show School Spirit!
Catch a wave of school spirit! Decorate a pennant for your room or locker. Make pompoms or bracelets you can wear to school or competitions.
1. Show your school spirit by wearing school colors, joining the pep club or attending school events. Here are a few ideas to show your support. Before you start making them, cover your craft area with newspaper.
2. Pompoms. Choose two colors of Crayola® Washable Markers to draw stripes on a coffee filter. Cover the entire filter, even the reverse side. Fold filter in half, and in half again. Beginning at one end of the rounded edge, use your Crayola Scissors to cut thin strips into, but not through, the folded filter. Tie string around the bottom. Fluff out the strips for a colorful pompom.
3. Pennant. On white paper, draw a large isosceles triangle (two long sides are the same length). With markers, color your pennant with school colors.
4. On a separate paper, draw and color the school’s initials. Cut them out and attach them to your pennant with Crayola Glue Sticks. Draw your school logo, symbols, or designs such as stars, paws or, #1. Color, cut them out, and attach them to your pennant.
5. To add pompoms, punch holes in each pompom and your pennant. Tie them on with yarn or string.
6. Bracelets. Cut a wide strip of heavy fabric long enough to go around your wrist one and a half times. Color it with your markers. Fray both sides and cut a slit at one end. Slip the opposite end of fabric through the slit.
7. For a braided bracelet, cut three strips of fabric that go twice around your wrist. Color them using different colors of markers. Tie one end together. Braid the strips. Loosely tie the other end closed around your wrist.
Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project. Observe children closely and intervene as necessary to prevent potential safety problems and ensure appropriate use of arts and crafts materials. Some craft items, particularly beads and buttons, are potential choking hazards for young children. Avoid use of such small parts with children younger than 3 years. Craft items such as scissors, push pins and chenille sticks may have sharp points or edges. Avoid use of materials with sharp points by children younger than 4 years. Read all manufacturers' safety warnings before using arts and craft supplies.
Scissors—ATTENTION: The cutting edges of scissors are sharp and care should be taken whenever cutting or handling. Blunt-tip scissors should be used only by children 4 years and older. Pointed-tip scissors should be used only by children 6 years and older.
String-Like Materials—Includes string, raffia, lacing, yarn, ribbon, and other similar material. Children 3 years and younger should not be given any string-like material that is longer than 12 inches. Close adult supervision is essential whenever children use string-like material. When crafts are to be worn around the necks of children 8 years and younger, attach the ends of the “string-like material” with clear adhesive tape, which allows easy release of the bond if the craft becomes entangled or caught on equipment. For children older than 8 years, the ends of the “string-like material” may be tied and knotted.











