Math Skills Practice with a Mother's Day Craft

Free from Your Recycling Bin

Got a group of kids that you want or need to make a Mother's Day craft with and the budget is running low? How about a picture frame that gives students lots of practice in measuring, geometry, calculating and all those wonderful math skills. Here's a lovely craft that any woman will love and it won't cost a thing with recycled materials. You can make this craft with most any age or group size.

What you'll need to gather:

--cardboard boxes from cereal, pasta or any other similar sized box For lesson design, divide students into groups and give each student in each group a box of the same size. The groups can problem-solve and work interactively to measure the dimensions for the frame.

--wrapping paper or wallpaper scraps

--sharp scissors or paper cutter for older students

--glue wash (school glue watered down) in containers from recycling bin (styrofoam trays, pie tins, yogurt cups, etc.) for wrapping paper. Invisible tape for wallpaper

--small foam brushes or paint brushes (for wrapping paper)

--old flat refrigerator magnets or tabs from soda pop cans

--hot glue gun

--photograph of each child

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