Pretty Parasol Baskets
[30 Minutes]
Encourage your child to make fancy parasols, filling them with flowers or candy. These make great spring gifts for loved ones!
You'll need:
1 semi-circle of cardboard 1 long pipe-cleaner stapler or tape 1 paper doily scissors collage materials and glue and/or crayons
What to do:
- Cut a semi-circle out of cardboard.
- Explain to your child what a parasol is and how it is used. (It is an umbrella to protect people from the sun.)
- Invite her to decorate the cardboard on both sides.
- Bend the cardboard to form a cone. Staple or tape it along the seam.
- Help your child poke 2 holes near the top of the cone and to insert the pipe cleaner as a handle.
- Cut the center out of a doily and help your child push it into the cone. She can bend the edges over the cone edges.
How to use:
Let your child fill the parasol with holiday candy such as jelly beans or fresh flowers.
Let's Talk: Ideas to Explore Together.
- How did you decorate the outside of your parasol?
- What things can you put inside?
- Would you like to receive a parasol as a gift?
Useful information:
While you are having fun together, this activity helps your child develop small muscle skills and eye/hand coordination.
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