Fun Craft Activity for New Year's Eve

 Fun New Year Activities for Kids

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Are you looking for some fun activities to do with the kids for New Year's Eve?

Make a New Year's Eve Clock Craft Activity

One of the symbols always associated with New Year's Eve is a CLOCK.

New Year Paper Plate Clock

In this activity students can make a paper plate clock to use on New Year's Eve.

~ Make a New Year's Eve Clock!

Fun Paper Plate Clock

Material

• paper plate
• number stickers or crayons/markers
• paper fastener
• piece of foam or heavy paper to make clock hands.
• scissors 

Paper Plate Clock Supplies

Assist younger students in making their paper plate clocks. Older students may need more of a challenge. Perhaps they could make the numbers on their clocks with Roman Numerals.

Roman Numeral Clock

Save the paper clocks to use with math measurement lessons in the new year!    

Paper Plate Clock Craft Activity

For more examples of paper plate clocks, directions, and some cool telling time resources for kids, click on the link below:

~ http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2012/02/paper-plate-clocks-round-up-and-telling.html


Happy New Year!

  

Make a Fun Christmas Paper Plate Clock!

 

Here is a fun idea that combines math and a holiday!  Make a fun paper plate clock with your students! This is an easy and fun craft to make in math class!

This paper plate Christmas clock has a gnome theme which seems to be a popular theme this year. I am seeing adorable gnomes in almost every store I visit!

Christmas Paper Plate Clock

At this time of year the children are so focused on the holidays! Use that interest to try some activities that have a holiday theme and are also educational.

A fun paper plate Holiday Clock can be made with the students then used to teach or review Telling Time or Elapsed Time.

You can make lots of clocks with a simple paper plate. Use a white paper plate and paint it a fun color, or use any of the fun colors found at dollar stores (usually 20 plates for $1.25), or a seasonal decorated paper plate found at supermarkets, craft stores, etc.

Paper Plates to use for Craft Activities

Supplies Needed

• paper plates
• sticky foam numbers (or a marker to write the numbers)
• heavy paper or foam to make the clock hands
• scissors
• paper fastener (1 per plate)
• Construction Paper or Christmas stickers (optional)
• Paint + paint brush, Markers, Crayons (optional)
• Glue (optional) 

Christmas Paper Plate Clock

The Christmas clock pictured directly above was made with a plain red paper plate. The tree in the middle of the  plate is a paper gift tag that can be glued or fastened to the center of the plate to give the clock a festive look. Children can also design or color their own trees with drawing or construction paper and crayons. The clock hands are made from foam sheets purchased at a Dollar store. The foam clock numbers were also purchased at a Dollar Store (200 numbers in a package)! A package of paper fasteners was purchased at Staples.

Have fun at Christmas Time learning about Time!

For more examples of paper plate clocks and some cool telling time resources for kids, click on the link below:

~ http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2012/02/paper-plate-clocks-round-up-and-telling.html

 

8 Free Fun Number Counting Puzzles for Kids

Do your students love puzzles?

Here's a fun way to help young kids reinforce their basic counting skills of numbers 1-100 while working with number puzzles. 

Free Number Puzzles for Kids

By using these fun number puzzles the children will be using their fine motor skills to make cute pictures with a woodlands animal theme while also practicing their math skills of counting and skip counting (number sequence).

Counting is done by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s.

Number Sequences included in the set:

• Counting by 1s - Numbers  1-10 (3 puzzles)
• Counting by 1s - Numbers  11-20
• Counting by 1s - Numbers  21-30
• Counting by 2s - Numbers  2-20
• Counting by 5s - Numbers  5-50
• Counting by10s - Numbers 10-100

Children put the puzzle pieces into the proper number sequence. The puzzles are self-correcting in that the proper number sequence will reveal a picture. For these puzzles, the pictures revealed will be some woodland animals.

There are 8 puzzles in this set with different number sequences so that you can decide which number sequence your students need to work on. Each puzzle has 10 pieces.

Counting by 1s

                                                                   Counting by 5s

Counting by 2s

Counting by 10s

All you need to do is print the puzzles, cut into strips, and laminate if desired. I like to print them on photo paper or cardstock.

You can download these 8 puzzles for free from my TpT Shop.  Just click on the picture above or the link below! 

   Link: Free Number Puzzles

Woodland Animals Counting Puzzles

Have fun with math!

To view more Number Puzzles and Skip Counting Number Puzzles at my TPT store, click on the link below:

Lots more Number Puzzles for Kids!