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Say Cheese Please

Engagement Time

20 Minutes

Say Cheese Please is designed to improve your little one’s art and craft ability while teaching them that with a little imagination ordinary household object can be turned into fun toys.

Materials Required

Small Cardboard Box 2 x Bottle Tops of Different Sizes or One Bottle Top and One Button/5c Coin Foil Paper Pens/Pencils Glue Sticky Tape Plastic Sleeve

Method

In Say Cheese Please you little one will get the chance to pretend to be a photographer with their own self created camera. To begin you will need to cover the cardboard box with white paper which can then be decorated to personalise the camera. The larger of the two bottle tops should be fixed to the front of the box using sticky tape to form the lens. The smaller bottle top or coin can be glued or sticky taped to the top of the box to form the button and a piece of paper stuck on the back to be the view finder. If you wish any other buttons can be drawn onto the box. Once you have finished putting the cardboard box camera together you can cut the plastic sleeve so that the opening is at the top and sticky tape the sides to the back of the camera. This will form the view finder and your little one can begin drawing pictures to pop into this sleeve. Once the pictures are drawn your little one can begin taking photos and simply pull out a picture for each photo taken.

This activity develops skills in these areas:

Creative Arts Activities

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Webhead
09 April, 2009

After playing with toys - get a real camera, take photos and make an excursion to the local photo printing shop so your children can experience the full circle process. After you have printed off the pictures, you can stick these to poster paper and make a montage! Fun, fun, fun.

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