SCHOOLS IN THE PROJECTDIREZIONE DIDATTICA STATALE-1° CIRCOLO-“MIMMO BENEVENTANO” Ottaviano – Naples, ITALY

DIMOTIKO SHOLEIO VLACHATON Vlachata, Kefallonia, GREECE

C.E.I.P. CASTILLO QADRITCadrete, Zaragoza, SPAIN

GIMNAZIA S PREPODAVANE NA CHUZHDI EZITSIPleven, BULGARIA

SCOALA CU CLASELE I-VIII GADINTIGadinti, ROMANIA

SZKOLA PODSTAWOWA NR 171 im. STANISLAWA STASZICA Warszawa Wesoła, POLAND

TRADITIONAL

IN MODERN TIMES

Dolls

BULGARIA

National dolls – GIRL and BOY

Paper Dolls

Copy shapes on a piece of thick paper. Cut the doll’s body.

Cut the doll’s clothes.

Stick these clothes on the doll’s body.

Braid hair in pigtails. Stick it on the doll’s head.

Colour hands. Then draw its eyes, mouth and nose.

Fold the skirt and stick at the back. Fold the boy’s trousers and stick at the back.

POLAND

Mazovian dolls – GIRL and BOY

Paper Dolls

Copy shapes on a piece of thick paper. Cut the doll’s body and clothes.

Make clothes of crepe paper, fabric, plasticine, beads, and coloured paper. Use similar colours. Stick to the shapes.

Make clothes of crepe paper, fabric, plasticine, beads, and coloured paper. Use similar colours. Stick to the shapes.

ITALY

Paper Dolls

Print shapes on a piece of thick paper. Cut the doll’s body and clothes.

Make your own designs.

Paper Dolls SPAIN

Aragonese dolls – GIRL and BOY

Copy, cut, fold, and play!

Paper Dolls GREECE

Copy, cut, colour, fold, and play!

Paper Dolls ROMANIA

Costumes from Roman

Use paper dolls ideas to make your own doll from Neamt county or Roman town.

Folk Barbie DollsROMANIA

Make traditional costumes and dress any Barbie dolls.

Other Dolls ITALY

GREECE

POLAND

◘ A newspaper◘ Cloth◘ Needle◘ Cotton thread◘ Wadding or wool◘ Black buttons◘ Felt-tip pen or acrylic colors

What you need

ITALY

First draw and cut a doll pattern using a newspaper

Put the pattern on the cloth and draw the border lines. Make it two times

Cut them

Next, sew both the body panel and sew the arms and legs pieces together, with right sides facing each other.

Then turn the arms and legs right side out.

A pencil or a chopstick can be a handy tool to help with

pulling them right side out if you have trouble.

Next,sew the arms and the legs

Using black wool prepare long hair

Sew the hair on the top of the head on the center part line

For finishing the face felt paint or embroider.For felt simply use glue.

You can easily paint on a face using acrylic paint or some felt-tip pen.

You can embroider nose,mouth and then sew two black buttons as eyes.

If you want you can dress the doll

GREECE

What you need to make a face ◘ Papier mache paste◘ 2 Forms for the face◘ 2 pieces of cloth◘ Strong thread, needle◘ Wool◘ Knife, roll◘ sandpaper◘ Acrylic paints◘ sawdust

POLAND

Roll papier mache paste between wet pieces of cloth

Put over a mould, remove cloth, cover with another mould.

Turn upside down and press hard, remove the top form

Cut excessive papier mache paste from all sides

Let it dry, then cut the edges with a sharp knife

Smooth with sandpaper and paint the face

Glue the fabric to the face

Fill with sawdust, sew and fasten hair. Paint eyes and mouth

Different shapes of dolls. Draw, cut, sew, fill with sawdust.

To move sawdust in thin arms or legs use a long thick needle

Enjoy your time making your own doll POLAND

GREECE

Clay Dolls

Ancient dolls were made of clay.

Here we are making some.

Decorate the shapes and let them dry

Corn Toys

ROMANIA

Corn Dolls

POLAND

Autumn Toys

◘ Chestnuts, acorns◘ Ashberries, leaves◘ Toothpicks, skewers ◘ Scissors◘ A knife ◘ An awl, thick needle or compass

What you need

Make holes for toothpicks to join acorns or chestnuts

Join acorns or chestnuts with wooden sticks

Decorate with plasticine, brocade, cotton wool, coloured paper

WindmillGREECE

Draw lines on a square piece of paper , the way you see it below.

Cut the diagonal lines two centimetres away from the center.

We cut 4 lines like these.

Fold the edges one by one and nail them on wood .

PuppetsROMANIA

ITALY

BULGARIA

GREECE

SPAIN

POLAND

PuppetsGREECE

PuppetsROMANIA

PuppetsBULGARIA

PuppetsITALY

Puppet ToysPOLAND

First draw your design on a thick paper

Cut all parts separately, draw on cardboard, cut again

Paint all the parts and mark holes for strings and joints

Make holes in the body and other parts

Fasten with paper clips

Attach strings to let your character move

Ancient City Model

POLAND

To make such model you needa piece of cardboard or board or styrofoam for a baseand some materials for the city walls and buildings.

Here you can see a variety of materials as paper, cardboard, matches, sticks, wooden boards, styrofoam, plastic, aluminium foil, straw, hay, and other materials

You can use your models and puppets to play, learn and appreciate!

WHERE AREALL THE PEOPLE?WHAT ARE THEY

DOING?

POPIEL IS COMING!

THEY ARE WAITING FOR THE PEASANTS!

IT IS LATE. LET’S GET

READY FOR THE FIGHT!

The RoosterBULGARIA

Copy the patterns twice. Body on yellow paper, bill and crest on red paper and wings on paper of a different colour.

Cut the shapes.

Glue the body parts together. Put the bill, the crest and stick between them.

Glue the wings. Draw eyes and tail.

Don’t forget to say the rhyme!

CaterpillarITALY

What you need

◘ A green paper◘ A cap◘ Scissors◘ Felt-tip pens◘ A pencil◘ A rubber◘ A straw◘ A thin thread or string

Draw ten circles on the paper using the cap. Then cut the circle.

Cut ten pieces of straw not too small (2 cm)

Put every circle on a rubber and push the tip of the pencil on the centre of the circle to make a hole.

Now make a node to the string and thread the first circle. Then put the piece of straw and the second circle

and repeat until the end. Make a node to finish.

Draw a smiling face. The caterpillar is ready to eat an apple!

GymnastBULGARIA

What you need

◘ Cardboard with a design◘ Small wooden sticks◘ A straw for drinking◘ Glue◘ Thread◘ Scissors◘ A pencil◘ A needle

Draw a line around the shown patterns. Cut them.

Glue them as shown in the picture.

Put the needle with the thread through the elements as shown. Tie up the thread.

Glue the coloured pattern of legs on the cardboard

Measure the milimeters on the straw and cut it.

Make small holes in the straw as shown.

Put small sticks through the holes and glue together small pieces of paper.

Put the needle with thread through the holes as shown in picture 9.

Be careful to thread it without crossing. Press together the sticks endings below the straw and

watch the gymnast performance.

PuzzleITALY

What you need

◘ A thin sponge◘ A sheet of paper◘ Scissors◘ Felt-tip pens◘ A pencil◘ Glue

Make a drawing as big as the size of the sponge. Colour it with strong colours.

Glue it on the sponge.

On the bottom of the sponge draw the lines as the ones for a puzzle.

Cut to obtain the pieces of the puzzle.

POLAND

Folk Toys

What you need◘ Foam – light material made of foam between two cardboards◘ A bookbinder cutter◘ Paper-clips or wire ◘ Pliers and pincers to cut and form wire◘ Acrylic paints◘ Glue

Make a drawing and cut the forms for the body and parts.

Draw the form on foam and cut.

Paint all the parts.

Join the parts with glue or wire.

Now play and appreciate!

The HorseBULGARIA

Cut the shape of the head twice. Paint and pin the head to a thick, long wooden stick. Pretend to ride a horse.

Pottery-pipe Barduche

BULGARIA

Barduche is filled with water and you blow through a small opening. You can hear very interesting sounds – such as

bird singing.

Trace the shapes on paper and draw traditional Bulgarian patterns. Colour the jugs.

Boats

Paper ShipITALY

What you need

◘ Two wooden clips for hanging clothes◘ One big toothpick or skewer◘ A white sheet of paper◘ Felt-tip pens◘ A pencil◘ Glue◘ Scissors

Take off the metal piece from the clip. Glue together the smooth parts. You can colour the parts.

Cut a small sail using the white sheet of paper. You can decorate it.

Using the toothpick make a hole in the bottom of the sail and let it pass through and then a hole on the top. Glue the toothpick in the centre of the ship.

Now try to sail the ship in the water!

Ships made of Pine Bark

POLAND

What you need

- A piece of pine bark

- A sharp knife

- A piece of cloth or paper

- Some plasticine

- Skewers

- Glue

- Paint and anything to

decorate your boat

- Scissors

Cut the shape of your ship with a knife. Use a piece of pine bark. Remove some bark inside

Cut the sails. Use cloth or paper.

Make a hole in the bark to put the sticks as masts. Glue them or fasten with plasticine.

Fill with plasticine to balance the ship.

Play with your ship after rain in a puddle!

The Walnut BoatSPAIN

MATERIALS: Nuts Corks Plasticine Short sticks Paint Paint brushes Clothes Scissors

BOAT 1Colour the corks and let them dry.Cut out a triangle of clothe and colour it.Fix the cork, the stick and the clothe.It is ready to sail!

BOAT 2Take the rind of half a nut and fill it with the plasticine.Cut out a triangle of clothe and colour it.Fix the rind, the stick and the clothe.It is ready to sail!

Sound toyμαράκες

GREECE

Use an aluminum can of biscuits or a soft drink , put some seeds in it (e.g. rice , lentils , beans

etc) and attach a wooden handle on it.

Then , wrap it in paper and decorate it .

Sound toyrattle

GREECE

Put a nail on a wooden stick and fasten a string with a little bell on it.

Do the same again until you have put about 4 to five little bells .

Sound ToyZambomba

SPAIN

 It consists of a bottomless receptacle elongated in whose mouth tightens skin membrane with a rod at its centre. As with other folk instruments, there is tremendous variety in size, shape and materials.

MATERIALS

container (tin, pot, clay pot)

papery skin

reed

string lists

rod

bolts or pins

paper to decorate the can.

TOOLS Cutter files.

Cane (dried, peeled and sanded joints) of about 0.8 cm wide by 20 - 30cm long, and just cut a knot, leaving the bottom closed down hubs, these rods are found abundantly along rivers and streams.

The container – a clay pot or an old vase or other material as a tin can. From about 15 to 20 cm. mouth. We stave carefully, especially if it's clay, but enough with some holes. It is better to have more space for sound output. In the case of the can it is not necessary, just place inside a circle of cardboard.

Decorate the pot or can.

We introduce the skin in cold water for two hours when it is soft, place the bottom end of the rod in the centre and tie tightly with a thin rope through the bottom skin thickening around the knot so that it is well fixed but without piercing the skin with the cane. After that it is necessary to cross it with a pin (in this case must be made in advance a very fine hole with a drill) or with a few pins.

The skin about 25 cm diameter (bigger than the mouth of the container). We can get from buying a Christmas tambourines patch of skin and dismounting. Some musical instruments stores also sell them but are usually more expensive.

Stretch the still wet skin over the mouth of the container and fastened with a strong rubber (someone can help us as we tie two or three turns of rope around his mouth) and pull the skin on its ends to achieve the greatest tension to remove wrinkles as possible (no matter if there is any). There are several more rounds of rope until it is tightly bound

We remove the rubber and cut the remains of two or three cm skin below the bond and let it dry. The next day we can play the “zambomba” rubbing the rod with wet hands.

Sound ToyΤhe Rain Pipe

GREECE

Take the inside cylinder of kitchen paper or a cylindrical box of chips and pierce it with awls for

cooking meat.

Pierce it with as many awls as possible and then cut the edges that come out of the cylinder.

Close one side of the cylinder and put a handful of seeds inside it (e.g. rice , lentils , beans , corn). Then close the

other end.

Finally , decorate the exterior.

When you move it , it will reproduce the sound of rain.

Sound ToyKołatka

POLAND

Take a small board and a stick.

Make a hole in the middle of the board. Put the stick to the hole.

Fasten another, smaller ‘hammer’ and attach it to the big one as in the picture.

Now shake it and make a knocking sound.

Plasticine ToysSPAIN

TrainGREECE

We put two packets of cigarettes one on top of the other and we wrap them in paper to make a train carriage.

We stick a piece of wire on one side to connect the carriages .

We connect the carriages.

We put the train engine in front of the wagons and we draw windows and doors on the wagons.

TrainROMANIA

Cut the shapes printed on cardboard, fold along the lines and glue to make a train.

Traditional Toys

SPAIN

A Snake that Bites Its All

SPAIN

MATERIALS:

The body of the snake (it can be made of thick card) Eyes (you can draw them if you don’t have stickers) A ring Sandpaper (only if it is a wooden snake) Thread Felt tip pens

Sand the parts made of wood.

Colour the snake and the ring with felt tip pens.

Stick the parts of the body with glue.

Stick or draw the eyes.

Now it is ready to play!!!

Now you have got the snake.Match the snake’s tail with the ring using the thread.

Coloured TopITALY

First draw a circle on a thick paper

Cut the circle

Make coloured dots on the circle

Fix a pencil in the centre and turn to see the colours

KiteGREECE

We create a regular hexagon using canes and strings.

We cut and decorate a piece of paper .

Then we stick the paper round the hexagon, leaving the canes out.

We cut sheets of newspapers and we put them together fixing the tail of the kite.

We put strings to shape and a pyramid of strings to hold the kite. (each side equal with the ray of the circle),

We put strings to shape a regular triangle for the tail (each side equal with the ray of the circle)

The Fishing Game

SPAIN

What you need

Crayons, felt tip pens,… Scissors Paper clips Sticks (1 for each child) Magnets String Handouts with pictures of sea animals (1 for each child)

Print shapes of different kinds of sea creatures. Paint them or decorate as you wish.

Cut out the animals very carefully. Protect with plastic.

Attach one paper clip to each animal.

Tie the string to the stick and to the magnet to make a fishing rod.

You are ready to go fishing!!

Catch the BallSPAIN

“METE LA BOLITA” GAME (Bottle)

Materials:

Empty plastic bottles (1 for each pupil)Thin colourful papersStringGlueScissorsSilver foil

Instructions:

An adult has to cut very carefully the bottle with a cutter. We need the upper part of the bottle.Cut stripes of colourful papers.Stick the papers to the bottle with glue and decorate it.Make a ball with a piece of silver foil. Make sure that the string

remains inside the ball!!Open the bottle and put the string inside. Then close the bottle.Now you can play!!!

BallsGREECE

Clay BallsGREECE

Make the balls from clay and leave them to harden or bake in the oven.

Eco ToysSPAIN

Eco ToysPOLAND

Use any recycling materials

Play, Learn, Appreciate!