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| Candy corn filled with torn construction paper. |
This simple, craft for early learners is perfect for the sharing of sweets at Halloween because every child can taste one piece of candy corn without it costing too much or spoiling their appetites. It is a project that also is a great opportunity to discuss the idea of layers, or of order or the number 3, of course.
The action involved with tearing paper helps to develop the young students small motor skills. These skills will be needed desperately when students begin to write their letters and numbers! Projects like the following are likened to ''exercise'' for the fingers. The more young students ''exercise'' their hands, the better prepared they will be when writing with other tools.
The action involved with tearing paper helps to develop the young students small motor skills. These skills will be needed desperately when students begin to write their letters and numbers! Projects like the following are likened to ''exercise'' for the fingers. The more young students ''exercise'' their hands, the better prepared they will be when writing with other tools.
Supply List:
- 8 x11 standard sheet of black construction paper
- white school glue
- white pencil
- orange, white and yellow construction paper for tearing
- candy corn pattern (below)
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| Use white pencil to draw candy corn. |
- The teacher will first need to draw a candy corn pattern similar to the one shown in the example here.
- Cut out the pattern and trace around it on top of a piece of black construction paper. The teach will probably need to prepare this step as well and possibly step three. It is really up to the instructor to decide if his or her students can accomplish these first three steps.
- Draw the three divisions using two lines where the colors of candy corn are to be pasted.
- Young students should tear small pieces of white paper and glue these on to the first or top layer of candy corn drawn on the black background paper.
- In the center, youngsters should paste a layer of ripped orange paper.
- And third, at the bottom of the candy corn, is where students should fill in the space with the ripped yellow paper.
- Take the time to talk with the preschool students about what else is white, orange and yellow during the Fall. They may respond with ''ghosts'' being white, ''pumpkins'' being orange and ''leaves'' being yellow.
- Take care to also discuss that candy corn has three distinct layers in a particular order. Use vocabulary like: top, middle and bottom and first, second and third or one, two and three.
''Chicken feed'' or ''candy corn'' was
invented by George Renninger.
