Art and Craft Time

Since it's the week before Easter you might soon have a couple of empty egg cartons around if you decide to dye eggs. Don't throw them away just yet. Your child can use them for a simple arts and craft project. Make an ant or spider out of them. Flip the empty egg carton upside down. Cut an egg partition out for a worker ant or spider or two egg partitions for the head ant. Have your child paint this. At a craft store pick up a bag of colored pipe cleaners. They are flexible and come in many colors. You can pick up some rolly eyes at the craft store as well, or glue dried beans or rice for the eyes. With the pipe cleaners poke holes in the egg partition for antennas for the ant or legs for the spider.