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Jack-o'-lantern Mini-Windsock Craft · Letter J Halloween Preschool Printable Activity

Materials:

• printer
• white paper or print directly to orange paper
• scissors
• glue stick

The craft for this activity is a simple and printable jack-o'-lantern mini-windsock.

A windsock is a conical tube used to tell wind direction and speed or as decoration.

The main skills to practice with the craft are:

• Following a set of four steps of assembly
• Scissor cutting skills
• Recognizing different lines: solid, dashed and dotted lines.
• Colors > identifying orange: the mixing of two primary colors, red and yellow.

Instructions:

• Print template and color, or print directly to orange paper.
• Handle for the windsock > Cut a strip of paper along the long side of the template,
  use a black or orange ribbon about 12 inches long. Set aside to attach later. Adult should help with this step.
• Discuss what is a dashed, dotted and solid line and identify these in the template.
• Tell the children they are going follow steps to make a fun ghost windsock.
  • Step 1: Cut close to the dashed line, all around the template.
  • Step 2: Cut along the dotted lines. Stop where the dotted line ends.
    Optional: add glitter glue to the template, wait to dry and continue to step 3.
  • Step 3: Apply glue to area marked with a upper case letter J and affix to the underside of lower case letter J.
    The word jack-o'-lantern, starts with letter Jj.  Assist with this step.
  • Step 4: Help children attach the handle to the undersides of the windsock with tape, glue or stapler.
    Good JOB, the ghost is ready!

Templates:

• Close template window after printing to return to this screen.
• Set page margins to zero (minimum) if you have trouble fitting the template on one page or review Print Help.

Jack-o'-lantern Mini-Windsock Craft:   color   B&W

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