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Why do it? /He aha e mahi ai?

So tamariki can:

• Have an opportunity to be creative
• Practise their problem solving skills
• Get better control in using scissors

• Make a present to give someone.

How to do it / Te tikanga mō tēnei mahi:

• You need A4 paper (coloured paper is good, especially black paper), scissors, sticky tape and coloured cellophane
• Help your tamaiti fold the paper in half and then into quarters
• Show them how to cut different shapes and sizes into the folded edges of the paper
• Open out the folds and see what shapes have been created
• Carry on with folding and cutting until they’ve had enough
• Decide on a ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ side of the paper
• Help them to cut pieces of cellophane to tape over the holes on the wrong side.
• The finished ‘stained glass’ looks good taped to a window so the light shines through the coloured cellophane