Christmas Chains

Materials

colored paper

Instructions

* Christmas Day is December 25th.
1. Cut colored paper into 1" x 6" rectangles (see the illustration on the
next page).
2. Demonstrate how to bend a rectangle to make a circle and glue the
sides together.
3. Put another rectangle through the circle, make a circle with it, and glue
the sides together.
4. Encourage the children to continue in this fashion to make their own
paper chains.
5. If desired, encourage the children to make patterns with the colored
papers in the chains, for example, red, green, white; red, green, white; and
so on.
6. Have groups of children connect their chains and measure them across
the room.
7. Ask each of the groups to connect their chain to the rest of the chains to
see how long the classroom chain is.
8. Use the long chain to decorate a Christmas tree or areas around the
room.