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DLTK's Crafts for Kids
McGruff the Crime Dog TP roll craft
Nina reassured me that... "McGruff actually is as fresh and young as when we grew up learning from him
to stay safe. He now even has his own web site and it is fun just for
kids. OK, for grownups too!"
You can find some "stranger safety" tips at the
FBI website
-- share these while making the craft. Talk about hot, warm
and cold situations (cold would be when mom comes up to them. Warm might
be when they're uncomfortable that someone may be following them. Hot
might be when they cross the street and the stranger crosses too)
Grownups -- when teaching stranger safety: BE WARY,
NOT SCARY. We don't want our kids to be panicked -- they will be able to
deal with stranger danger much better if they keep a calm head about them!
Teach stranger safety the same as you would fire safety -- when you teach them
fire drills, how to dial 911, etc you don't focus on what a horrible agonizing
death it is to be burned in a fire, right? When you deal with stranger
danger, focus on the skills and resources they need to avoid the situation, not
the horrid things that can happen if they are taken.
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ACTIVITY:
Have the kids put on a puppet show (older children
can do it for the younger ones). Put the crafts on popsicle sticks
to make puppets
Make up a little skit. I like to use Bob the
Builder as the stranger -- it's important that kids don't
"see" strangers as they do monsters, witches, or ghosts.
They need to realize that ordinary, even friendly, looking people are
strangers. They aren't necessarily bad people... we just don't
know them, so should be cautious around them.
For example, have the boy walk past Bob's house --
have Bob invite the boy inside to have a cookie. What should the
boy do? McGruff can pop up to ask and
answer the question. (read the
Or... have Bob drive up in his car (you can make
one of the car coloring
pages, cut out and put on a popsicle stick. Bob can ask the boy
for directions to the shopping center. What should the boy do?
(stay over an arms length away, etc). What if Bob asks the boy if
he can get in the car and direct.
Or... have the boy walking down the street with
Bob following. What should the boy do (cross the street).
What if Bob crosses the street after him? |
Materials:
 | a tp roll, |
| printer, |
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paper, |
| scissors, |
| glue, |
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crayons |
Instructions:
| Print out the template of choice. If you choose the black and white template, try printing it on brown construction paper.
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| Colour pieces, as necessary.
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| Cut out the pieces. This step may require
adult assistance and can be done prior to making the craft with the children.
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| Paste the large rectangle onto the tp roll.
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| Glue on the head, arms and legs.
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| Close the template window after 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). |
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