An Arts and Crafts Activity
Remember the old-fashioned radios, the ones big enough to sleep four? Try making one out of a large box – appliance boxes work extremely well.
Materials Required:
- Large box
- Crayons or markers
Optional Materials:
- Fabric
- Yogurt container tops
Instructions:
Remember the old-fashioned.radios, the ones big enough to sleep four? Try making one out of a large box – appliance boxes work extremely well. (You can sometimes get boxes from floor models at appliance stores).
Make a speaker grille on the front of the box with crayons or markers, or glue a piece of fabric on the front.
Add volume control and tuning “dials”; your child can draw the knobs with crayons or marker, or you can glue on yogurt container tops covered with colored paper or scrap foil.
Finally, cut a door in the back for four child to climb inside, as well as two side windows to let light in.
Now tune in for some lively radio listening.
Your child can sing, recite poems, read stories, present family and school news, or give editorials about the state of the house, the state of the world economy, and the meaning of the cosmos.
Suggest that your child pretend that he or she is a live talk show host.
Pick a topic, like the weather or dinosaurs, then fire off questions to the expert in the box. “And just how did that large gorilla get to the top of the Empire State Building?”
This Children’s Activity is sponsored by Zane Education – the home of online Visual Learning.
