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African Animal Fair
You'll need:
dough or clay,oven,paint
Directions:
Choose a dough recipe from the Idea Box's craft recipe section:
http://www.theideabox.com/ideas.nsf/craft+recipe
Demonstrate how to roll, knead, shape and mold the dough into African animals. Choose animals like: giraffe, crocodile, gnu, gorilla, lion, tiger, dik-dik, rhinoceros, gazelle, emu, cobra, or wildebeest. Paint figures and then air dry or have an adult bake in an oven on a cookie sheet for about 45 min. at 350 degrees.
Then display your African animals in a scene with construction paper grass, dirt, construction paper pond, trees, etc!