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Today I am going to show you a super fun project that my students worked on this week.
This summer we planted a garden. My husband diligently set up a plastic fence to keep out the rabbits. We watered it and were proud of ourselves. Within a couple weeks, rabbits had bit large holes through the fence and eaten all of our sprouts and seeds. Total bummer! Even though we replaced the plastic fence with a wire one and replanted the seeds, it was too late. The only thing we got this summer from our garden were some mini pumpkins. After removing the plastic fence and rolling it up, I got the idea to save it and use it for a large weaving project!
To prepare for this project, I cut up long strips of fabric and cut off manageable lengths of ribbon. I had donated pieces of fabric in my stash and I bought a HUGE box of ribbon for very cheap from NAEIR (free membership for teachers, super low prices, but stock rotates daily).
I cut the fence into 4 large pieces and I still have enough leftover to do this project again. My first graders started the group weaving and then other kids worked on it throughout the week when they had extra time.
The directions I gave were to tie the strip on the edges, weave through the slots and then tie the ends again. After the weaving was done through each of the slots, I told them to go back in and slide over some of the fabric and fill in gaps wherever they could see through. They could also tie on little bows or hang pieces from the fencing.
Here are the finished weavings hanging in our school.
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I really like this latest project. Lots of kids can participate and create!
I love your idea! How did you hang the finished pieces? Were they lightweight enough to use tacks on your bulletin board?
Yep! It’s really light and I just used T-pins to hang them on the bulletin board.
Love this!
These are beautiful!! Would live to pick your brain sometime about putting a blog together. I am blog illiterate ☺
Thanks! Maybe I will write a blog post about tips for starting a blog!
Beautiful! I may give this a try for my kindergarteners and first graders. Thank you!
Where did you go to buy the fence?
We bought ours at Home Depot or Menards (garden area).
Love it! Thanks for sharing.
Love these!! Love your blog!
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