Sunday, November 3, 2013

How do I make a giant Igloo for my preschool class?

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Meghan


I am a preschool teacher and we are doing themes for our summer camp and one of them is an artic theme. I want to make a giant igloo in the corner of the room that the kids can walk in and out of. Any suggestions on how I can do that? I would like to some how make it out of butcher paper. Any ideas would be great. Or any ideas I can add to help decorate the room for our artic theme would be awesome. Thanks.


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If you don't have or don't want to collect that many milk jugs, how about a dome shaped tent? You can find them at fairly low prices and, if you don't plan to use it for real camping outdoors, you can get a cheap one. Draw block shapes on the butcher paper and then use it to cover the tent.

Please be sure children learn that people in the Arctic do NOT live in igloos. Read up on it and give them authentic information about life in the Arctic.

I didn't read the other answers all that closely, but here are some ideas:

Put up pictures of Arctic animals. Use them later to go on an Arctic animal "safari".

Freeze water in various shaped containers. You can put in food colouring to give them colour. Float them in your water table for "icebergs".

Have kids make "Ivory Snow" pictures and put them up around the room.

Teach kids to cut out snowflakes. Hand those up around the room.

I love having kids make decorations for the room rather than teachers doing it.

What affordable two-man tent and sleeping bag is the best buy!?




MichaelL


I need to buy a compact, lightweight tent for a cycling holiday in France. Can anyone recommend something relatively cheap (under £75) and a decent sleeping bag? Thanks


Answer
I highly recommend this ...
Coleman 2008 SunDome 7-Foot by 7-Foot 3-Person Dome Tent
http://www.amazon.com/Coleman-SunDome-7-Foot-3-Person-Orange/dp/B001C1A362/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1248165586&sr=1-1&tag=aor-sale-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957

This past weekend was my first experience with this tent - a simply awesome performer for under [...] bucks. I sealed the seams on the rainfly the day before and upgraded the tent stakes all for an additional $[...]. Set-up was a breeze and took under 10 minutes (I placed a tarp down below). Good thing, because the rain came 5 minutes later in buckets and lasted all night. The tent held up like a champ with no leakage what so ever. The size was just perfect for two adults and a few gear bags (or a kid). Highly recommended!

Coleman Ash Canyon 25-Degree Rectangular Oversize Sleeping Bag
http://www.amazon.com/Coleman-25-Degree-Rectangular-Oversize-Sleeping/dp/B0009PUQ28/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1248166146&sr=1-9&tag=aor-sale-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957

This a nice and comfortable sleeping bag. The zipper works nicely and it is a very nice and roomy sleeping bag. It rolls up nice and fairly compact compared to my old one. I am very happy with it and would recommend it to anyone interested in buying a sleeping bag.




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What is this flexible wire called that is used for these kind of tents... and where do i find them. Thanks.
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Hi Ryu, cool name btw

Those are widely known as playtents, igloo tents, or just childrens tents. You should be able to get them from any good toy store and some are sold with the tube and other accessories.

Here's a link to try to make your own [follow the highlighted link]:
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2008/07/how_to_make_a_tent.html

Heres some more inspiration:
http://giverslog.com/?p=3994


I dont know what country you're from but I''l try my best to show you where to buy them:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Kids-Play-Tent-House-Tunnel-Hut-Indoor-Outdoor-Bag_W0QQitemZ190364139143QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxq20100112?IMSfp=TL100112014001r25585

http://cgi.ebay.com/Kiddie-Coupe-Childrens-Play-House-Car-Tent/160393630327

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Girls-Kids-Pink-Princess-Adventure-Play-tent-in-bag_W0QQitemZ130364248931QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxq20100205?IMSfp=TL100205041002r27553

http://www.ss42.com/toys/playhouses.html

Try a google search for you own country:
http://www.google.co.nz/search?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1W1ADFA_en&q=play%20tent&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw

Hope i helped a bit :)

Thanks

Tinkerbell




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