Stress Relievers

(Have fun--there are no mistakes!)
Supplies: Balloons+flour+funnel+marker

How to: 
1) Fill balloon with flour to palm size. 
Balloon will naturally expand.
2) Tie balloon closed. 
3) Draw a face or design.
4) Squeeze to relieve stress!! 

Take a photo and post them, send to friends or to GAAC for us to post!

Stress Relievers 1
Stress Reliever 2

Flextangles

Flextangles are so much fun to create and play with. They are a nice activity because they don’t take a lot of materials, but can easily kill some time.

The Flextangle template can be found by clicking on the link below. The instructions are even on the template, so there is no need to include them here.

Materials

 

 

Tips

  • A tacky glue such as rubber cement or tacky craft glue is best. Glue sticks will not hold the paper together well.

Source

You-in-a-Cup Pop-Up

This is our little version of a jack-in-the-box. But instead of a clown jumping out, it's you!

Materials

  • Yogurt container or other plastic container with lid

  • 2 pieces of construction paper of equal size cut into 1-inch wide strips

  • Printed photo of kid's face

  • Glue sticks

  • Scissors

Instructions

  1. Make a paper accordion spring: overlap 2 paper strips at the ends to form an L shape. Glue or tape together. Tightly fold the bottom strip over the top strip. Repeat with the opposite strip. Continue doing this until the length of the strips are folded. Tape or glue the other strips onto the folded strips when needed. Glue the final flaps together. You now have a paper spring. 

  2. Glue one end of the spring inside cup. 

  3. Cut out and glue the picture of the kid’s face to the other end and place lid on top. When opened, the face springs out at you.

 

Georgia O'Keeffe Flowers

The famous artist, Georgia O'Keeffe, is known best for painting huge flowers. Here's our O'Keeffe inspired paintings. Go ahead and give this fun project a try!

Materials

  • Large pieces of paper

  • Paint (any kind)

  • Paintbrushes

  • Big artificial flowers for examples/inspiration (optional)

  • Paint shirts

Instructions

  1. Let the kids pick a flower they like and their colors. Mix new shades if necessary.

  2. Paint! Encourage the kids to paint the entire canvas - the flower should be pretty large and have a background.