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Sensory Shoebox Collages

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Materials

Shoeboxes, one per child

Paper materials with interesting textures cut in small samples, such as sandpaper, foil, tissue,crepe paper, corrugated cardboard, wax paper, bubble wrap

Glue

Scissors

Instructions

1. Invite children to touch the different kinds of paper and talk about how they feel the same andhow they feel different.

2. Give each child a shoebox and glue. Encourage the children to cover their shoeboxes with thesensory materials.

3. After the samples have been glued and the glue is dry, encourage the children to feel the differenttextures with their fingertips.More to doMore art: Invite the children to paint their collages. Have the children build a 3-D structure usingthe textured materials.

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