Construction-paper Sentence Examples

Use stock paper or construction paper to put a coupon book together.

He was in black, unaffected by the cold or the light settling over him, outlining him like glitter on black construction paper.

Toby had drawn him on black construction paper with silver glitter outlining the shape of a man.

The glitter and construction paper picture was back on the fridge with no sign that any fairies had emerged from its depths.

Instead of a traditional tablecloth, use a piece of butcher's paper or glue/stitch together multi-colored sheets of construction paper.

This method involves the use of colored construction paper that can be folded and cut to represent halves, thirds, fourths, and other amounts.

Origami flowers can be made from a variety of materials, including origami paper, patterned scrapbook paper, gift wrap, tissue paper, and construction paper.

For a colorful option for children, consider construction paper.

However, construction paper can be harder to fold.

Draw a "pattern" on the construction paper of whatever clothes you'd like your puppet to wear - a dress, pants and a shirt, etc. Cut these out and then glue to the middle of the toilet paper roll.

These can be easily made with construction paper or even notebook paper.

Have your children make a construction paper chain for the tree.

Have your kids make loops of red and green construction paper to use as a tree garland.

Cut strips of construction paper or other colored paper and form into chains by taping links together.

Each child can design his own Indian headband from a strip of brown construction paper with feathers attached.

Making your special someone a construction-paper and glitter-glue Valentine is certainly personal, and certainly a fun gift - as long as it is given and accepted in the same spirit.

Place the construction paper on top, and have your child make some leaf rubbings by gently rubbing the side of a crayon over the leaves.

Preschool children can make their own counting books using construction paper and everyday objects found around the house.

Cards can be made by folding a piece of construction paper in halves or fourths.

In order to make a picture frame, fold one piece of construction paper in half and cut out a small square in the middle.

Line the picture with glue and place the center of the construction paper on top of it.

Placing a second piece of construction paper together with the first piece of constriction paper, punch holes around the two pieces of construction paper about a half inch away from the edge.

If yarn or a hole puncher is not available, the two pieces of construction paper could be glued together and a border can be created around the edges instead.

Once the children have planned out their shape pictures, they can glue the shapes onto the construction paper and then add details with crayons or markers.

Handmade invitations can be as simple as a piece of construction paper colored by your child or invitations made from pictures of your child.

Get back to your elementary school roots and take out the construction paper and glue - you can make a marvelous, personalized creation that your honoree will love.

Fold construction paper in a rectangular shape and let the child decorate the front of the card.

Arts and crafts-Pull out your craft bins, and let little ones create their own pretend sparklers using paper towel tubes, and strips of red, white, and blue construction paper glued to the ends of the tubes.

You can also encourage kids to create their own American flags out of construction paper and crayons to display on the fridge.

Cut out pictures, and glue them to construction paper.

In addition to the drawing table, you can line a card table with craft paper and fill buckets with scissors, glue, construction paper scraps and a bundle of self-stick google eyes.

If you choose to play pin the stem, cut several stems out of brown construction paper and have each child put his or her name on a stem.

Thanksgiving art activities can range from construction paper turkeys to festive fall flower arrangements.

Change it up a bit from the traditional construction paper feathers by adding glitter.

Another easy decoration for young children to make requires an apple, some gum drops or mini-marshmallows, toothpicks, glue, and brown construction paper.

Cut squares out of construction paper large enough to fully cover each candy heart, or use paper drinking cups to accomplish the same thing.

Heart Mobile-Cut out various sizes of hearts from construction paper in red, pink and white colors.

It keeps things fair and simple, and kids will love both making and using the colorful wheel that can be constructed out of construction paper or cardstock.

Include some drawings and a cover made of card stock or construction paper.

This can be as simple as making a top hat out of construction paper for the kids or making green, white and orange jewelry items (in the colors of the Irish flag).

Cut red and green construction paper into strips about two inches wide and have your kids (if you have kids) help you tape the rings together, alternating red and green loops.

You could also plan your layout on a piece of construction paper and secure the items to that so it is a lot easier to get everything in place before you try to stick it to the sheet.

Pull out the fall-colored construction paper and you're sure to be inspired.

Decorate the "handle" by covering with extra card stock, construction paper or wrapping paper.

Place a leaf on a piece of construction paper with the veined side facing up.

Cut the construction paper into 10-15 equal sized strips.

Creating construction paper crafts is a fun and inexpensive way to spend an afternoon.

Many of the following construction paper crafts are easy enough for small children to do, although you may have to help them with any cutting or gluing that is needed.

Create themed placemats using construction paper.

Now, have children cut out leaves from the green construction paper.

For this craft, you'll need to cut out alligators from green construction paper.

To add the pages of the book, use white construction paper or printer paper also cut into the shape of an alligator.

With a few crayons and a bit of construction paper to craft ears, manes, noses, and other details to be attached with glue or tape, your child could be an elephant, rabbit, lion, tiger, or bear for the day.

Animals, cut from paper plates or construction paper and decorated with any number of details can then be hung with thread from different points on the spiral.

For Independence Day, stars cut from red, white, and blue construction paper and glued onto your paper plate wreath make a great decoration.

For Valentine's Day, your children can decorate paper plate wreaths with hearts, flowers, ribbons, and chocolates made of tissue paper or construction paper.

Place the two pieces of construction paper in a stack and draw a house shape on the top sheet with a rectangle for a body and a triangle for a roof.

Cut out the shape, making sure to cut through both pieces of construction paper simultaneously.

Make Pokemon collages using construction paper as the background.

The kids can also draw and cut out their own related designs from various colors of construction paper.

Index cards or construction paper cut into card shapes work as the background for the cards.

Use paint, markers, crayons and construction paper to add the details to the masks.

A New Years Eve kids craft can be something as simple as a construction paper hat with the year written on it in glue and covered in glitter.

Cut the construction paper until it wraps around the coffee can perfectly.

They also require both black and yellow construction paper and school glue or tape.

Use construction paper to make arms, and glue them on the sides.

You can also just glue on construction paper stripes for brighter color.

Decorate the construction paper with stickers and your crayons or markers.

Create homemade magnets with any leftover card stock or construction paper or print out colorful Easter images from the computer.

You'll also need scissors, glue, construction paper or card stock, and paper glue.

Glue the dogs to heavy construction paper or cardstock to make a collage.

You can cut eyes, nose, muzzle, and ears out of construction paper in colors that contrast with the plate color.

If you have only white paper plates, you can trace a circle of construction paper using the plate as a template and then glue the construction paper to the plate for a colorful puppy.

Dipping a pencil eraser in poster or acrylic paint in a color that contrasts with the matte, stamp a paw-print design on the matte and on a piece of construction paper big enough to cover the can.

Line the shoebox with construction paper.

Create a volcano with crumpled brown construction paper and glue it to the back.

Glue the finished Easter bunny to a construction paper background.

Print out several different designs and bind them together with a construction paper cover to make a special homemade coloring book.

Measure around the circumference of each child's head and cut brown construction paper two inches wide to fit.

Draw four face masks on different colors of construction paper and cut them out.

Make a tepee easily with construction paper.

Cut the other piece of scrapbook or construction paper to fit the size of the frame.

Make a construction paper cover that says "Happy Mother's Day" and staple the coupons together.

For a creative approach, consider having children create 5-fingered turkeys (drawing around their own hands) on construction paper or use die-cuts for a shaped invitation rather than a plain card.

For example, to complete your Harry Potter theme you can make small wizards hats out of black construction paper and top each cupcake with a hat.

Some toothpicks and some colored construction paper are all you need, but if you happen to have some kid safe markers handy they will help as well.

Another way to go would be to create your invitations on black construction paper or card stock and hand write them with a gold or silver pen.

Cut out the shape of a sleep eye mask from construction paper.

Cut red and blue construction paper into the shape of starbursts or fireworks, and glue the invitation on each one for a colorful option.

For paper scrapbooks, don't throw away any papers you come across, whether it's the envelopes that your bills arrive in or construction paper cast-offs that your children only colored on one side.