Craft ideas
for play
Themed preschool activities
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Slither snake - role play paint activity
Make snake paint stampers that can be finger pushed across paper and
card, creating trails of paint.
Give your craft snaketers and role play with them using foliage ,
twigs and leaves.
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Black outline snake templates - colour snake template
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Display area resources:
A plain canvas covered in metallic wrapping
paper as the base.
2 x long brown plastic ornamental grass stalks
- available from many florist and miscellaneous stores.
A shredded green serviette or tissue paper
to resemble grass.
Shallow trays for paint colours
Optional – PVA glue to attach the green paper
strips
Paper to mark make on.
Selection of pre made snake stampers and
blank paper and mark making tools for child led innovations.
Have fun dipping, slipping and sliding snake
stampers over the paper flooring. Extend to finger painting and
dipped, dragged chunky lengths of yarn/string or acrylic wool.
About snakes
Risk, health, safety, first aid:
Snake bites in the UK are rare.
The only venomous snake is the Adder - viper.
Adders are most commonly encountered in long grass
during April through to October or on sand dunes.
Snakes strike in self defense if they feel threatened,
if they are suddenly disturbed or provoked.
They are timid and with enough warning will leave
an area.
St
John Ambulance - poisoning
Enable children to protect themselves and provide
information on how to avoid bites when outdoors
-- turn stones over with a stick, lift gently
and replace.
-- play in long, deep grass that has been checked,
noise cleared.
-- not to approach or touch a snake that looks
'dead or sleeping.
About UK snakes information from Woking.gov.uk and the
legless lizard, slow worm |
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