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CRAFTS

 

Clothespin Superheroes PAGE 178

Use yarn of just markers to dress up the clothespin like a hero of your choosing. 

Quill.com (an Iowa Educators Consortium partner vendor) sells both peg style and flat wooden clothespins in packs that are very affordable making each clothespin approx. $0.10 to $0.15 :)

 

On the blog Geekykool.com, there are step-by-step instructions how to do this craft using craft sticks to use as bookmarks.   

 

Build a super vehicle!

How do you want your hero to travel? 

  • Build hovercraft type vehicles or boats using styrofoam trays, or small styrofoam plates, and straws, craft sticks, paper or plastic bags for sails.  Once complete, set them on the floor in front of a fan and watch them take off. 

    • Engineer how to make them go farther and faster or the most stylish

  • Build O-wing planes.  Use a straw and tape one small paper loop in the front, and a larger paper loop in the back.  That's it! Let it fly!

  • Have older kids tackle the engineering superhero cars on PAGE 212 or view the ALSC blog for detailed instructions. 

 

ACTIVITIES

 

Balloon Race PAGE 179

After coloring their own super hero, hand each kid a balloon. (Use a hand pump to blow them up--BUT DON'T TIE THEM!) Tape their hero onto the balloon and then tape the balloon onto the starw already threaded on the yarn/string.  Make sure all yarn pieces are the same length and anchored to the floor, wall, table or chair.  Making the ending point all the same helps determine which hero finishes first, but it's not necessary.

  • Younger kids may not have the patience for setting up their balloon on the yarn and straw.  In which case, you can just have them release their balloon on the count of three.  Set up villains or people to "rescue" and see if any of the heroes land near them. 

 

 

Create New Stories

  • As a group fill out the Madlib on PAGE 193.

  • For older children, provide newspaper comics and white out and allow them to mix and rewrite their own story. 

  • Give the kids time to plan and present their own puppet show having their puppet perform a heroic feat. 

  • Help kids share their "alter ego" by interviewing them with a pupet asking about their super powers and daring adventures. 

 

 

 

 

SONGS, RHYMES & FUN ON THE WEB

 

Marvel.com has a number of games you can share including Create Your Own Superhero

 

 

Build-A-Hero

PASSIVE PROGRAM

 

Encourage participants to write their own comic.  

Provide markers and examples of graphic novels for inspiration. Leave out the reproducable on PAGE 194 to give kids a starting point.

 

Use the Superhero Profile on PAGE 189 and let kids start imagining all sorts of adventures with their own hero.

 

Draw Caricature Cartoons

Set these caricature templates on a table for patrons to trace.  If you provide tracing paper they can easily select their features and create fun cartoon characters. (Check back later for added clothes and accessories.)

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