Most of our craft ideas are born out of what we have around the house. We happened to have these green paper cups leftover from a party and when I looked at them, the colour made me think of monsters so that’s exactly what we made them into!
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- paper cups
- pipe cleaners
- googly eyes and/or eye stickers
- permanent markers
- tape or glue
If you want to attach legs to your little critter, poke the ends of pipe cleaner through the cup and wrap the ends around (see image below).
You can also use a similar technique to add antennae by poking pipe cleaners through the bottom of the cup (which is now the top).
Use googly eyes, stickers and permanent marker to decorate and personalize the monsters.
What I like about this monster craft is that it is very open-ended. Children can use a variety of methods and materials to create a unique little monster friend that will not look like the others. They can even name their monster.
You can set out other monster craft materials such as sequins, glitter, gems, and feathers to further decorate these little guys. You can attach these with clear tape or glue.
These would be cute to make for Hallowe’en or to go along with a Monsters party.
A few years ago, the kids enjoyed playing in this Monsters Sensory Bin.
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At first, our daughter found it too overwhelming to create patterns with many colours included. I had originally included five bead colours in the bag but took out two colours until she mastered patterning with those and then I put those colours back in.
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Using the cardboard cutout, your child can create patterns or shapes with the string. They can also use the cardboard to create a bit of a weaving wheel.
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You can even adapt this busy bag for elementary ages by writing fractions or by using the cards to reinforce teaching about place value.
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This offers excellent fine motor practise as well as offering the opportunity to further skills in sorting and patterning.
Then of course my other kids came along and I got another life lesson in how unique each child is. Some of my younger kids cannot sit for long periods of time and do not have the attention span or interest to do a traditional art project. There 
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