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[Ruthierhyme]

With permission to post .. I've just recieved this question from a reader:

I found your site while looking for inspiration for making 2008 calanders. (We have the little calanders that stick on the bottom. It is a special needs class of 9 children so reception KS1 type activity. Any ideas?

we have done a variety of things for calendars in the past. we are preschool, so could be adapted

1. hand prints - link thumbs and do upsidedown on paper, then where thumbs join paint a circle for a head. looks like an angel? (sorry bad description i think)http://www.geocities.com/theartkids/...rst/angel.html like this, forgot the other hand print

2. we have taken a pic of the child and got them to decorate a frame

cant think of any more at the mo
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[cabin]

We sometimes go for just plain handprinting, although this year we might try mounting a small square of 'binca' that the children have sewn themselves.

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[Chelltune]

My son brought one home that was on cardboard covered in material to make it look pretty. They had done an imprint of the children's hand in clay then filled it with plaster of paris. The hand was then stuck on the cardboard and a calender attached. Terrible description but I can post a photograph as I still have it.

Do you take photographs of the children? How about doing something with a picture of the children at work/play.

I did marbling (oil paints on water - stir up and dip paper) with a similar group. Some children cut shapes with their papers - others we just trimmed and mounted on card.