This project is all about creative mark making combining pens and pencils with glue and glitter. Print off the templates for the snail body and shell. Give the children glue, glitter, pens, pencils etc. and help them to decorate their snail and snail shell.
EYFS Observations
| EYFS Learning and Development Area:
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Expressive arts and design: Exploring and using media and materials |
| Early Learning Goals: | Children explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques,
experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function. |
What to look for on this project:
| 16-26 months | How do the young children get along with using felt tip pens, crayons or pencils? What sort of marks do they make? How do they combine marks with the glue and glitter? Which do they enjoy using the most? |
| 22-36 months | What types of marks do the children make? How do they combine their marks with glue and glitter? |
| 30-50 months | What different marks do the children make on the paper? Can they draw lines and shapes? What do they tell you the shapes they have created represent? How do the children describe their pictures and patterns? |
| 40-60 months | Do the children choose particular colours for particular purposes? How do they combine glue and glitter with marks? What patterns do they create? Can they draw wavy and straight lines? Can they draw shapes and colour them in or fill them with glitter? |
How to hold a snail race
Put the snails in the centre of a circle. Put little stickers on the snails with numbers on them. The first snail to crawl out of the circle is the winner. (Warning: this task requires patience – our winning snail took 24 mins!)
More than just packs of printable art projects
Want more art projects with guided EYFS Observations? Want to do art projects with themes that matter like diversity, safety and health? Check out my printable Art project packs.
Childminding Best Practice Club – themed packs
Join the Childminding Best Practice Club and get monthly packs of themed activities emailed to you. As well as art projects with templates, each pack includes a planning guide to help you plan around a theme.
