School Bus "Catch-Alls"



Material Needed:

1 empty 64 ounce milk or juice carton
yellow paint
paint brush
black marker
black construction paper
glue stick
scissors
Xeroxed copies of pictures of the children

Before Class:

Have an adult cut a rectangle out of one side of the carton using an Exacto knife.

Directions:

1.  Paint carton yellow.  Let Dry.  Repaint if necessary with a second coat.
2.  Cut out  1 1/2" square pictures of children to become the "windows" on the bus. (This can be a picture of them and  their best friends or perhaps their "table mates" for the year).
3.  Cut out 4, 2" circles from the black paper to use as the wheels on the bus.
4.  Glue the wheels and the pictures onto the dried yellow painted carton. let glue dry.
5.  Complete the bus using the marker to draw on the headlights, frame the windows and personalize the bus.
* If the carton has a pour spout, draw a face on it and attach a blue construction paper hat to make it into the bus driver.

Now your bus is ready to transport supplies or hold papers.

This craft addresses wrist motion activity in the painting of the carton as well as sustained grasp of the paint brush.  Cutting skills are addressed on the straight and curved lines levels.  The assembly of the bus addresses position in space as well as eye-hand coordination.  If you are working on tactile issues, substitute finger paints and use paste for the glue.