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Description

Making Squirrel ears and tail, with a fashion show at the end

Resources

Scissors
Coloured pens or pencils
Stapler
Craft materials (for example, tissue paper, pipe cleaners, stickers)
PVA glue
Card for the ears, tails and headbands (enough for set one per person)
Piece of string (enough for one per person and long enough to go around their waste)

Instructions

On the card, draw a pair of ears and tail with enough for each person to decorate and then cut them out before the session starts.
Cut enough pieces of string for everyone, making sure they’re long enough for everyone to tie around their waists.

1. Ask everyone to sit in a circle and explain that you’re all going to make your own squirrel ears and tail to dress up in.
2. Give everyone two ears and a tail to decorate with the craft materials. Make sure you have enough adult volunteers around to help anyone who needs it.
3. While everyone’s decorating their ears, an adult volunteer or young leader can measure around everyone’s heads to create a band to attach the ears too with card.
4. Once everyone is finished with their creation, they can place it to one side to dry.
5. When all the ears are dry, staple the ears to the band and attach the tail to the string ready for everyone to dress up in. It may be best if an adult does the stapling.
6. You could then create a fashion runway for everyone to walk down and show off their ears. Parents and carers could be invited to watch your Woodland Fashion Week and sit on chairs, just like the real Fashion Weeks around the world. People could walk in pairs if they feel nervous, or they could even pretend to be a squirrel. It’s OK if people don’t want to walk down, perhaps an adult volunteer or young leader could show off their ears and tail for them.

Tags

• Get Creative
• Squirrel Appreciation Day

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