New Year Celebration

Materials

refrigerated sugar cookie dough

slips of paper

baking sheet and oven

white T-shirts (one for each child)

fabric paint or fabric markers

black and white crepe paper streamers

number stickers

number cookie cutters

Instructions

1. Beforehand, make instruction cards by drawing symbols of activities on
index cards (see steps below). Laminate them for durability.
2. Encourage the children to do a variety of camping activities by following the
steps on the instruction cards.
3. Draw a tent on the first card, signaling that the children should put up a tent
or drape blankets over a table. Assist them in putting up the tent. If using a
tent, keep the zipper open.
4. Draw a sleeping bag on the second card. Children should put the sleeping
bag neatly inside the tent.
5. Draw a picnic tablecloth on the third card, and help the children set up a
picnic table with a tablecloth and dishes.
6. The fourth card is a campfire, so children may set up sticks or cardboard
tubes and tissue paper to look like a campfire. Demonstrate how to crumple
newspaper to look like rocks to make a fire ring around the campfire.
7. Draw a pot or pan on the fifth card. Children can pretend to cook dinner over
the fire, and serve it to their friends.
8. On the last card, draw a tape recorder. Encourage children to choose a book
and a tape from pre-recorded camping books, and listen to it while lying on
the sleeping bag.