Materials
Cellophane paper in a variety of colors
Scissors
Glue
Wax paper
Popsicle sticks or craft sticks
Yarn
Instructions
1. Purchase inexpensive plastic headbands. You can find them in the hair caresection of department stores or drugstores.2. For each headband, first cut a pipe cleaner in half. Then, wrap 1 1/2 " (4 cm) ofthe wire piece securely around the headband, leaving 3 1/2 " (9 cm) sticking up.Repeat with the other half of the pipe cleaner to simulate ear placement.3. Enlarge ear designs onto white paper using thick black lines.4. Give each child a set of ears and encourage them to color them as desired.Encourage them to be creative try spots, stripes, or just bright scribbles!5. Help the children cut out the ears.6. Attach the ears to the headbands by lacing the pipe cleaners in and out throughthe middle of each paper design, fastening them in the back with tape.7. Encourage the children to act like pets as they wear their dog or cat headbands!More to doMore Art: Make cat faces using paper shapes. Cut out an oval head with circleeyes and triangle ears. Use pipe cleaners for the whiskers.Circle Time: Talk to the children about how to take care of pets. Also discusshow to meet new dogs safely.Dramatic Play: Set up an adoption center for pets, a veterinarian clinic, or a petsupplystore.Language: Have a Show and Tell presentation and ask the children to talk abouttheir family pets. If a child doesn't have a pet, he can talk about a friend's pet orabout a pet he wants.
