LEARNING ENGLISH IS FUN & EASY: December 2011

How do we make sure that our favourite person stays by our side at most times? Simple - we frame their photographs and keep them in a place where we can always see them. What fun if we could make the photo frames too! And it is not at all difficult.
The things you need:

1. Ice Cream sticks.

2. Adhesive.

3. Colours.

4. Thick string or wire.

Step 1

Collect around 15 ice cream sticks. For the base of the frame, stick the ice cream sticks as shown in the picture.

Step 2
Leave half-an-inch space from all the sides and glue four sticks on the base to make the upper layer of the frame.

Step 3
Slide the photograph through the gap.

Step 4
Take a thick wire or a string to make a loop. Stick the two ends of the loop at the back of the frame. You can now hang your photo frame.

You can draw a variety of patterns on the side of your photo frame with the help of crayons.

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Fairy tales - Rabbit & The Tortoise

Skip To My Lou

Rain, Rain Go Away

Finger Puppets

You’always watched puppets on television. Now, here’s your chance to create them! And you know what? Its simple as 1, 2, 3! What you will need:

•Brightly colored felt, fabric, scraps, or paper

•Pieces of paper for designing your puppets

•Strong glue in a tube with a fine nozzle

•Scissors

•Poster paint

Draw your designs for puppets on paper before you make them. Look at pictures of animals or people to get some ideas, then simplify them. You may also use fairytale characters. Or if you like our pictures, use them! Once you’ve drawn out the design, it is called a ‘template’.

Lay the template on a piece of felt and draw around it twice. Draw the puppet features on other pieces of felt. Cut out the body pieces.

Spread a fine line of glue around the curved edge of on piece of the body, leaving the bottom edge free. Press the two body pieces together.

Now carefully cut out the puppet’s features that you drew on the other pieces of felt. Remember to cut out two arms, two legs, etc.Arrange the cut out features on the body to see how they look. If any part doesn’t look quite right, try making another version of it.First glue the legs and arms (or wings and paws) to the back of the body. Then glue the rest of the animal’s features on to the front.