I always like to check my email (and rss feeds) in the mornings as most things arrive overnight (being in Australia and all :) Well, I was so inspired by
Laura at My Montessori Journey and
this post that as soon as breakfast was finished I put this tray together!:
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White paint on a plate + a melon scooper + a little rubber ball (it's the same colour as the scooper so a bit hard to see in this photo. Laura used a marble which would be good but since we didn't have any I went with rubber) + a shaker of silver glitter + a container with a piece of black card inside.
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Place the ball into the paint using the scooper and turn the plate around until the ball is covered and then scoop it out...
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... and into the container on top of the black paper where you roll the ball around until you have created your very own spider web!
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A generous sprinkle of glitter.
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And finally, attach a plastic spider with 'blu-tak' ( I took the photo of the tray set up before I tracked down the spiders, but they were on the tray too).
With extra white paint and black paper left we did a few extensions - different coloured glitter and using a skewer to write with. Lots of fun! All of the credit to
Laura - her blog is soooooo good and her classroom parents must adore her :)