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ANZAC Day
Egg Carton ANZAC Day Wreath

Egg Carton ANZAC Day Wreath

by | Apr 1, 2019 | Art Ideas, Special Days, Years 1 & 2, Years 3 & 4, Years 5 & 6

There are a lot of different ANZAC Day Wreath ideas out there. This one is budget friendly and offers the opportunity to get your students involved as well!

You will need:
– a large piece of foam board (or cardboard from a box)
– at least two egg cartons (more if you want more poppies)
– acrylic paint: red, black and green
– scissors
– stanley knife
– string
– skewer
– lead pencil
– craft glue
– Lest We Forget template
– paintbrushes
– sponge dabber (optional)

Making your wreath:
Make your wreath from foam board or cardboard.
1. This can be done by marking the centre of your cardboard with a pencil. Measure a piece of string from this centre point to the edge of your cardboard (leave a little extra before cutting. And from the centrepoint, move your string around to make sure the string doesn’t leave the cardboard – if it does make it slightly shorter).

Measure the string.

2. Tie one end of the string to a skewer and the other to a lead pencil. Stand the skewer on the centrepoint you created earlier and pull your string tight. The pencil should now be facing down towards the cardboard.

Pull the string tight. Skewer should be on the centre point and the lead pencil facing down towards the cardboard.

3. Keeping the string pulled tight move the pencil around the skewer. Your pencil should be creating a circle on the cardboard.

Keep the pencil pulled tight and draw a circle around the skewer.

4. After you have completed this large circle. Draw a smaller circle inside the large one by using the same technique (just make sure you make the string shorter.

Do the same to make a smaller circle inside the larger one.

5. Use a stanley knife to cut along both circle lines that you have created. You should now have a wreath shape.

Use a stanley knife to cut out the wreath.

Create your poppies.
6. Take your egg cartons and cut away the lid and any extra parts. Leaving you with the egg cup tray (note: don’t through away the extra pieces and lid – you will use those to create your leaves).

Cut all parts off the egg cartons except for the egg cups.

7. Use a stanley knife to cut out each individual cup and then use scissors to tidy up any excess from the cups to make them look neater and more uniform.

Cut out each egg cup.
Tidy them up with scissors to make them look neater.

8. Paint each egg cup with the red paint and then use your sponge dabber (or a paint brush) to paint the centre of each egg cup black.

Paint the egg cups red.
Paint the centre of each egg cup black.

Create your leaves.
9. Put the poppies aside and take the lids and excess pieces from your egg cartons. Paint the green all over. Leave to dry and then cut out leaf shapes from them.

Paint the extra parts from your egg cartons green.
Cut out leaf shapes from the green egg carton pieces once they have dried.

Bring it all together.
10. Take your cardboard wreath shape and glue the Lest We Forget banner to the bottom of it.

Glue the Lest We Forget Banner to the bottom of your wreath.

11. Using craft glue, adhere the poppies to the cardboard wreath.

Secure the poppies to the wreath using craft glue.

12. Use the craft glue to attach the leaves to the wreath as well.

Use craft glue to attach the leaves.

And you are done! Well done 🙂

The finished product.

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LEST WE FORGET.

ANZAC or Remembrance Day Pool Noodle Poppy Art

ANZAC or Remembrance Day Pool Noodle Poppy Art

by | Aug 8, 2018 | Art Ideas, Australian Curriculum, Foundation, Years 1 & 2, Years 3 & 4

Stuck for ideas on how to commemorate this year’s ANZAC Day or Remembrance Day? Why not try this simple art idea in your classroom. It takes very little time to set up and looks extremely effective when displayed in your classroom.

What you will need:

  • Pool Noodle (cut into smaller pieces about 10cm thick)
  • Acrylic/Washable Paints (red, green, black)
  • Lest We Forget Template
  • Small green leaves
  • A3 cartridge paper (this paper is thicker than normal A3 paper – if you don’t have any on hand, normal A3 paper will be fine, just be careful about how much paint is used so that the paper doesn’t become too soggy)

How to create:

  1. Dip the pool noodle into the red paint. Dab onto the A3 paper. Covering the paper with as many ‘poppies’ as you would like.
  2. Dip the leaf into the green paint and stencil on the outside of the pool noodle ‘poppies’. Stencil as many leaves as you feel is needed.
  3. Using your thumb or other finger, dip it into the black paint. Press the painted finger into the middle of the pool noodle ‘poppies’.
  4. Cut out the Lest We Forget Template and glue on top of the art work. And. You. Are. Done! Well done 🙂