The Mittens

We had our first snow this week and it was beautiful. However it’s also been feeling like the arctic, so we needed an indoor craft. For our The Wilds pop-up class, we paired this craft with reading “The Mitten” by Jan Brett and some winter-themed sensory bins. Enjoy!

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Supplies

Cardboard Sheets
Corrugated Cardboard
Cotton Rope
Tempera Paint(we love Blick colors best)
Glue
Scissors
Pencil

Directions

• First: Draw and cut out a mitten shapes from the your cardboard sheets. The cardboard sheets are a little easier to cut than boxes you get in the mail. But those work great too!

• Paint your mittens! I used Blick Fluorescent Blue, Fluorescent Green, Light Purple, Turquoise, Green, and Fluorescent Purple. I always mix with white.

• Next: I had some scrap corrugated cardboard and cut into smaller shapes. You can either paint them first or paint them once they are glued onto the mittens. The kids did both in class. We thought the corrugated cardboard kind of looked like “knitting” from the story.

• Last: Let them dry and pretend play!

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