Weekly Challenge #10 - Climbing Critters

This, my friends, has been a very strange second half of the school year. I have missed seeing your faces and making with you in our CREATE space. However, the projects you have been doing at home and sharing with me have been amazing! I am so proud of your positive  attitudes in these challenging times. I am so looking forward to seeing your faces when we can go back to school.

Please watch the video below to see a sample of this week's project, climbing critters!

For this project you will need:

• drawing paper
• cardboard
• tape or glue
• straws (one is plenty - there is also a trick you can use if you don't have one)
• string or yarn
• markers/crayons/colored pencils
• any decorative items you may have (google eyes, pom-poms, fabric, etc.)

Watch the video below for the first part of your directions.

After cutting out your symmetrical critter from paper, trace it onto cardboard and then cut out the cardboard critter. Play the next video when done.

Now use marker, crayon, colored pencil, and whatever else you have on hand to decorate your critter. Then watch the next video.

Begin by making straws or attaching bits of straws you have to to the back of your critter. You want them parallel and at an outer part of critter (like the arms). When done, move on to the next video.

Quick edit! You probably want about 2 yards of string for each side. Create a tassel at the bottom of each section string. 

When done, move on to the next video.

Thread the string through your straws and then tie the non-tassel end to your hanger. You want the strings to be the same length. You can use some tape to secure the string to the hanger at the appropriate width. Now your done!

Watch the video below to see how to operate your climbing critter.

I hope you had fun making your climbing critter! I would love to see your creation! Please email me a picture or video to [email protected].