5-18-2017 -- In this post, I will be sharing a "rhino" craft idea. This was a craft project that Lauren did in Brightly Beaming Resources' (Step 3: Sound of the Week) home school curriculum for the "rh" sound as in "rhino". This is the most fun part of the curriculum, making the art projects. This rhino was created using a small disposable plastic cup for the head, empty can for the body and thin cardboard tubes for the legs.
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MATERIALS FOR THIS RHINO CRAFT:
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* small plastic disposable cup * empty paper can / tin can * white masking tape * white heavy weight paper * scissors * scotch tape * handheld cutter * thin cardboard tube / cardboard * googly eyes * poster paints * regular paint brush * tiny paint brush * paint mixing tray * glue gun * hot glue stick
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READY FOR KID BEFORE STARTING ACTIVITY ALONG WITH OTHER MATERIALS:
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* Small disposable plastic cup covered with masking tape with cuts made in the middle (for the horns) and on both sides (for the ears)
* Empty paper can covered with white masking tape. If you don't have paper can, you may use tin can and cover whole can with white masking tape.
* Cut horns, ears (small circles), and tail patterns
* Cut cardboard tubes (for legs) or if you don't have cardboard tubes, roll a cardboard into a tube.
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DONE BY ADULT OR PARENT:
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* Rhino's Head: Take a small disposable plastic cup and cover it with white masking tape, this will allow the child to be able to paint the cup. Make a cut in the middle and both sides of the small plastic cup where the child will insert the horns and ears later.
* Rhino's Body: Take an empty paper can preferably with a similar size as the small plastic cup, if you're using a paper can with a colored label on top, peel the top layer to reveal the cardboard material underneath. Cover the tin part at the bottom of the can with white masking tape to allow the child to be able to paint it as well. If you don't have a paper can, you may use a tin can. Cover the tin can with white masking tape.
* Rhino's Legs: Take a thin cardboard tube and cut them into short pieces just enough as legs for the rhino. If you don't have thin cardboard tubes, take a cardboard and roll into a thin tube, glue the end with hot glue and cut to desired length as rhino's legs.
* Rhino's Tail, Ears & Horns: Take a white heavy weight paper and draw the ears (by tracing a small coin), horns, and tail patterns on it.
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DONE BY CHILD:
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* Cut the tail, ears, and horns pattern
* Paint head, body, horn, ears, and tail of rhino
* Decorate/Glue parts and pieces of rhino together
* Add details on rhino
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STEPS IN DOING THIS RHINO CRAFT:
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1. Let the child paint the head, ears, body, tail and legs of the rhino with any choice of paint in dark colors aside from what is shown (example: black, gray or dark brown)
2. Next, let the child paint the horns with gray paint. After that set all the painted pieces aside to dry for a couple of minutes.
3. Once the painted pieces are dry, let the child glue the head to the rhino body using hot glue with supervision. You can put hot glue on the spot and assist your child in gluing the part on it.
4. Next, let the child insert the horns into the cut made in the middle of the plastic cup earlier.
5. Next, make a small fold below the round ear pattern and let the child insert it into the cut that was made at the sides of the plastic cup.
6. Then, let the child tape the tail at the end of the rhino's body.
7. Next, let the child glue the tube legs one by one below the body using hot glue. Put hot glue on the spot and assist the child to glue the legs in place. Leave the legs as it is or let the child add some details at the bottom if they want using a tiny paint brush.
8. Now, it's time to glue the googly eyes. Allow the child to choose any size of googly eyes they want. Put hot glue on the spot and assist your child in gluing the part on it.
9. Finally to complete the look of the rhino, let the child draw some nostrils and mouth at the front using paint and a tiny paint brush.
10. And that's it, the "plastic cup and empty can rhino" is DONE. This rhino can even be use as a toy afterwards
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Learning is more fun when accompanied by music. Check out "The Rhino Song" music video below by (big world club) with a good tune and fun lyrics about a rhino that you can show and sing with your kid(s)
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