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June 23, 2014 | 14 Comments

Create A Face Sticky Easel Activity

create a face sticky easel activity for preschool

This post was supposed to be about multiple things children could create on a sticky easel but when the first idea – make a face – was such a huge hit with my daughter I knew this would stand alone as a great easel activity. Seeing how she expanded this from a simple easel activity into storytelling and pretend play was a highlight of my week . The benefits to this activity aren’t just the creative ones, there are also language, emotional development, fine motor, and even opportunities to count. Oh and it was really fun too!

Gather your materials. You will need some contact paper and collage materials. We used beads, gems,craft sticks,feathers, googly eyes, and grabbed some pipe cleaners mid-way through the activity. While we used an easel with a white board you could simply tape the contact paper to a table or wall if you don’t have an easel, using a regular marker for the outline.create a face activity for kids supplies

Start by attaching your contact paper on the easel sticky side out.sticky easel make a face

Draw the outline of a face. I did ours on the white board but you can draw one right on the contact paper.sticky easel create a face storytelling activity

Set up the collage materials in the paint cup holders.create a face art activity for kids

Time to invite your creative genius to the easel… and sit back and watch.create a face and storytelling for preschool I am amazed at what happened. I expected her to create a face but I wasn’t expecting the level of storytelling that happened in our playroom. She immediately started talking to the face who was also almost four and had lost her mom at the store. This storyline began because she used a craft stick for the mouth which gave the face a sad look and mentioned ( to the easel not me) ” You look sad what’s wrong?” As she continued to add little bits and bobs the story got deeper but she never stopped adding things…create a face easel activity for preschool eventually they were at a store looking for their moms and trying on earrings, make up, and beautiful hats. create a face and encourage languageStill more gems and eyes were being added. Only when they found their moms did the activity end. I sat in our book nook quietly taking photos and enjoying being a spectator to her imagination.create a face easel activity for kids

What she may not have realized is that while she was creating this story she was working on literacy development, practicing empathy, and fine motor skills too.

Filed Under: Age Preschool, Age: Toddlers, Easel Activities, Emotions, Free Choice Activities, Preschool Crafts | 14 Comments

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14 Comments

  1. Faigie says

    June 24, 2014 at 9:51 am

    What a wonderful extension of collages. Perfect if someone wants to do a collage without the gue.

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  2. Robin DeLamaater says

    July 13, 2014 at 5:59 am

    Loved that you shared the storytelling part of this experience. What did you do with the piece of work when it was ready to come off the easel?

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    • Allison McDonald says

      July 13, 2014 at 2:28 pm

      It’s still up! She keeps playing with it so we’ve left it up! Soon I will ask her if she wants me to take some photos of her new creation and then ask her to help me take it apart. We use and re-use all those collage materials.

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  3. Theresa says

    April 30, 2015 at 4:24 pm

    Does the materials come off the sticky paper

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    • Allison McDonald says

      May 2, 2015 at 6:29 am

      Yes !

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  4. Tina says

    April 27, 2017 at 4:14 am

    To save it would you add more clear contact paper over it?

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    • Allison McDonald says

      April 28, 2017 at 1:47 pm

      You totally could!

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