Dream Catcher

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Materials

Plastic lids like those from butter tubs

Yarn

Adult scissors

Instructions

1. Prepare the lids by cutting slits or notches in theedge, all the way around the outer edge.

2. Show the children how to wrap the yarn aroundthe lid, pulling into the notches.

3. At the end, leave extra yarn to loop and hangthe dream catcher from.More to doCircle time: Explain the idea behind the dreamcatcher: The web of the dream catcher filters alldreams. Good dreams pass through the centerhole down the feather to the sleeping person. Thebad dreams get caught in the web and can't getthrough. Ask what dreams they might want thecatcher to catch, and what dreams they would liketo get through.More art: Feathers, beads, or stones can be hungfrom the bottom of the dream catcher.

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