Pattern-Pillars

What do you get when you cross butterfly week with a lesson on patterning ?

 Pattern-Pillars of course!!!

These are fun and easy.  Cut out lots and lots of 1" circles of all colors.  A punch gets the job done pretty quickly. 

Adding machine tape was the perfect background.   Last year the kids picked their length and each tried to outdo the other. This year we decided the length and it was still even too long for the attention span of some. 

We worked in groups if two. Each child choose 2 colors and started gluing them down. 

The heads were random circles left over from another project   They added sticker eyes and drew a mouth. The mouth was supposed to be big so he could eat a lot!  Some were pretty funny. 

Then they climbed all over the door trying to eat the vine.

SKILLS INVOLVED: deciding 2 colors, gluing, patterning, drawing a mouth, following instructions, fine motor

WOULD WE DO IT AGAIN: Definitely.  We did this last year later in the school year with longer strips of paper and more complicated patterns.  It is always fun!

RECYCLE FACTOR:The circles were cut from scraps.  The adding machine paper was a donation.  The heads were leftover from another project.  The vines on the door were left from the monkeys.