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Glue monsters

15 Comments Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade

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Recently, my mom (i.e., my kids’ Grandmum) was over helping with our homeschool preschool day. Just for fun, we decided to make glue monsters with the kids. This was a great project that combined arts and crafts, colors, science, and imagination all in one!

Colored Glue Monsters creative craft project #artsandcrafts #Halloween #giftofcuriosity || Gift of Curiosity

Although you can buy colored glue, we decided to make our own colors. Grandmum and I poured small amounts of glue into some tiny cups, and then we let the kids chose their own colors. They added drops of liquid watercolor to make the colors they wanted.

Glue monsters creative craft project || Gift of Curiosity
 

And then they stirred the color into the glue. We thought it looked prettiest when the color was marbleized rather than uniform.

Glue monsters creative craft project || Gift of Curiosity

The kids started by pouring their colored glue into some cookie cutters.

Glue monsters creative craft project || Gift of Curiosity

It seemed like a good idea, but it didn’t work out since the glue leaked out.

Glue monsters creative craft project || Gift of Curiosity

Then we just tried to make some free form shapes. XGirl loved spooning colored glue onto her paper.

Glue monsters creative craft project || Gift of Curiosity
 

And she loved mixing the colors together as well.

Glue monsters creative craft project || Gift of Curiosity

XGirl’s designs were all pretty free form. QBoy, on the other hand, wanted to create a specific image. Here he is adding a nose to his creature.

Glue monsters creative craft project || Gift of Curiosity

But the activity really got exciting when I brought out the googly eyes and sequins. The kids wanted all of their glue creations to have eyes and some bling.

Glue monsters creative craft project || Gift of Curiosity

It took the glue monsters a few days to dry, but in the end, we had some pretty cool looking creatures!

Glue monsters creative craft project || Gift of Curiosity

Note: One thing I didn’t expect was how much the glue would contract during the drying process. Any long arms coming off of the glue monsters contracted back during the drying process so that all the creatures ended up shaped more like blobs.

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Filed Under: Arts and Crafts, Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade Tagged With: glue, monsters

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15 Comments

  1. Beth

    April 5, 2013 at 4:59 am

    These are such CUTE monsters! What a fun, playful idea!

    Beth =)

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  2. Coombemill

    April 5, 2013 at 6:56 am

    These look brilliant!

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  3. Louanne

    April 5, 2013 at 12:48 pm

    Adorable. We are going to give this a try. Thanks.

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  4. Jana@ How To Run a Home Daycare

    April 5, 2013 at 8:31 pm

    Hee Hee, so cute. What a neat idea because my son LOVES glue.

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  5. Dawn

    April 6, 2013 at 5:26 am

    This looks fun! I wonder if I used food coloring paste if that would work as well? Might have to experiment.

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  6. Ann @ My Nearest and Dearest

    April 8, 2013 at 11:06 am

    Oh I love these! So cute and suitable even for little ones to make.

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  7. Tracey@We-Made-That

    April 10, 2013 at 1:14 pm

    Those are cool! And I agree the colors are pretty all marbleized! Thanks for sharing on We Made That!

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  8. Savannah

    April 11, 2013 at 8:19 am

    I think these are great. What a fun activity to enjoy with the kids. Thanks for sharing on HammockTracks.
    -Savannah

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  9. Julie

    April 11, 2013 at 9:07 am

    Those look like a lot of fun. We do so many things with trial and error. The cookie cutters seemed like a good idea to me too.

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  10. Ashley

    April 11, 2013 at 11:34 am

    How did you get them to come off so cleanly? I tried using glue to make window clings in the same way and it curled up and didn’t want to come off! Maybe we will try again! Thanks for sharing at Mom’s Library!

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    • Katie

      April 11, 2013 at 11:51 am

      I don’t know, it really wasn’t a problem for us. We made them on parchment paper – maybe that was the trick?

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      • Ashley

        April 14, 2013 at 6:24 am

        Maybe. We will use parchment paper if we try again!

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  11. Beth

    April 12, 2013 at 3:22 am

    These are beyond cute! What a fun, playful idea!

    Thanks so much for linking it up at TGIF!

    Beth =)

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  12. Carrie

    April 12, 2013 at 1:06 pm

    How fun and cute!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!

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  13. Karyn

    April 12, 2013 at 7:09 pm

    He he! These are so cute!!! Thanks for linking to Share It Saturday! I am featuring you tomorrow.

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