Milk Carton Creatures

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Collect clean paper and plastic milk cartons, plus cardboard rolls and other recyclables. Offer more choices to older children. Close adult supervision is required to ensure safety. Children age 3 and younger can tear paper. By age 4, children can learn t
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Describe art elements (line, shape, form, color, texture) and principles of visual organization (unity, variety, balance, repetition/rhythm/pattern, emphasis, proportion, movement) that apply to children's work.
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Use encouraging comments and open-ended questions to promote children's analysis of their own work.
4.

Invent an animal with milk cartons, cardboard rolls, and other materials. Glue your creature together with Crayola® School Glue. Dry overnight.
5.

If you wish, cover your creature with construction paper. Tear the paper to fit if you are 3 or younger. If you are 4 or older, cut the paper with Crayola® Scissors.
6.

With Crayola® Washable Markers, draw features on your animal, or on construction paper to glue on. Make eyes, spots, and other details.
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Glue everything together. Dry overnight.