DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Paper Strip Earth Globe Craft
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This craft of the planet earth makes a cute decoration for Earth Day. You can tie a piece of ribbon to the brass fastener and hang it up or you can use it as part of a table centerpiece.
I have provided a map of earth template for you to print out, but you can also use an old map that you happen to have laying around -- Kaitlyn is talking about doing a neat project where she makes globes using recycled tourist maps from different places she's visited and hangs them around her bedroom!
Materials:
- brass fastener
("brass brad")
- hole punch,
- printer,
- paper,
- scissors,
- glue.
Craft Instructions:
- Print out the template of choice. I normally prefer to let the kids color in their own black and white templates but for this particular craft I like to use the color template. You could also use a real map if you happen to have an old one laying around (sometimes you can get books full of old ones at used book stores).
- Before we start cutting, decide whether you're going to try to keep your strips in the right order. If you do, your globe will look a bit more like the actual planet. If you don't you may end up with pieces of Europe sitting in the middle of North America. It looks cute either way so don't get too stressed out about it!
- Cut out about 12 identical strips from the map paper. If you're using the template, you can use the longitude lines on the map to act as a guide for cutting.
- Punch a hole in each end of all the paper strips.
- Stack them all one on top of the other.
- Put a brass brad through all of the holes on one end and put another brass brad through all of the holes on the other end.
- Make a "U" shape with all of the paper strips and fan them out to make a globe.
Craft Templates:
- Close template window when done printing to return to this screen.
- Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).
Template (color) or (B&W)