Thank you so much for all the kind donations of boxes and cardboard for our junk modelling area. We decided to have a look in our Cardboard Creations book for some inspiration! We loved the patchwork houses in our book and decided we would make some of our own!
We discussed what resources we would need and decided on:
“glue to stick things on”
“cardboard or boxes to make the house”
”scissors to cut things”.
”pens to draw windows and a door to get in”
”material, coloured paper and buttons to stick on”
We worked together to collect our resources and shared our thoughts on why we had chosen them.
”I’m choosing pink, it’s my favourite colour”.
”My favourite is red”.
”my favourite is red too”.
It was a bit tricky to cut the cardboard so we decided it would be safer if an adult used bigger scissors to cut it for us. Using our smaller scissors helped us develop our fine motor skills, through cutting our paper, ribbon and wool.
Next it was time to design our house! We demonstrated excellent mark making and writing skills by adding our own features to our houses.
“I’m drawing windows. We need them up at the top, and at the bottom”.
”I’m drawing a door so we can get in and out”.
”I need a chimney, it goes on the top on the roof”.
”I’m writing number 23, that’s the same as my house”.
It was lots of fun choosing different materials to glue onto our houses. We used our knowledge to describe our materials and explain why we had chosen them.
“I like this one, it looks like a picnic blanket!”
”I like the pink one. It’s shiny and smooth”.
”The green one is like a tree, it’s fluffy”.
”The ribbon looks like a tractor wheel”.
”This one is black and white and it has flowers on it”.
”I love the blue one, it’s bumpy and has sparkles on it”.
”I’m putting buttons on. I like the colours”.
The glue on our houses was still a bit wet, so we decided to put them up to dry. When we put all our houses together, we decided it looked like “a wee village!”
It was so much fun making our houses and we can’t wait to see what else we can create!
