So this past week we talked about the 2014 Winter Olympics. The kids in my class this year are very competitive. This can be a good thing and a bad thing! For one of the lessons we made little skiers. They came out super cute and the kids loved them. We punched out little people and clothing from our Sizzix stash and hot glued colored Popsicle sticks to their feet and tooth picks on the hands.
The next day was race day! I took 2 large white pieces of cardboard and taped them together. I had to use duct tape so it wouldn't come apart. I taped it to the table and to the floor, making a nice slope. We added blue painter's tape to the bottom of the skis so that they would go down smoother. And away we went!
We started to get a little fancy with sending them down backwards, doing spins, and even a few took flying leaps off the side!
The kids had a blast and kept asking to do more. We finally did a big race where they each raced my aid and her skier. We will be trying something like this again! It was very successful.
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