<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a1192c76-5321-4f0d-8c1b-ce22791bc265/FD0FB805-5A6D-40DC-81BA-D7E63AD15F92/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.skiptomylou.org/2008/08/19/bloggy-book-and-craft-a-thon-day-4/" href="http://www.skiptomylou.org/2008/08/19/bloggy-book-and-craft-a-thon-day-4/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.skiptomylou.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.skiptomylou.org/2008/08/19/bloggy-book-and-craft-a-thon-day-4/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.skiptomylou.org/img/B8140E4A-169B-4277-A478-10D0ADC0318B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.skiptomylou.org/2008/08/19/bloggy-book-and-craft-a-thon-day-4/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.skiptomylou.org/img/A727301C-18BF-480F-8B01-F8020C5D2810" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.skiptomylou.org/2008/08/19/bloggy-book-and-craft-a-thon-day-4/"><P>Supplies: white paper - any kind will do glue sticks old magazines</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.skiptomylou.org/2008/08/19/bloggy-book-and-craft-a-thon-day-4/"><P>Directions: 1. Have the child pick out an animal they want to create. 2. Rip the magazine pages into small pieces. You can do this or the child can, it just depends on the skill set. 3. Have the child glue the images on the paper to create the animal (refer to pictures). Done.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.skiptomylou.org/2008/08/19/bloggy-book-and-craft-a-thon-day-4/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.skiptomylou.org/img/C14E2B10-8803-4311-BA43-896C864DE090" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.skiptomylou.org/2008/08/19/bloggy-book-and-craft-a-thon-day-4/"><P>I had my son (age 5) do this project and it kept him busy for a solid hour. At first he wanted me to rip the pages but after he saw how to do it, he took full control of the project.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.skiptomylou.org/2008/08/19/bloggy-book-and-craft-a-thon-day-4/"><P>*For older children you may want them to paint pieces of paper in solid colors. Then in true Eric Carle style, have them cut out the shapes to form the animals.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.skiptomylou.org/2008/08/19/bloggy-book-and-craft-a-thon-day-4/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.skiptomylou.org/img/51EF0C2F-661A-443F-BE5E-4BA841F2130F" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/FD0FB805-5A6D-40DC-81BA-D7E63AD15F92/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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