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EnchantedLearning.com Hole Punch Paper Mosaic Craft More Crafts Make a simple paper mosaic by glueing colorful hole-punch circles to paper. You can adapt this craft to make a beautiful card for Mother's Day, Father's Day, Valentine's Day, a birthday, or other special occasions when a home-made card is the best.

Supplies:

Hole punch White paper for the base (or try another color) Pencil Glue stick (preferably one with a colorant that lets you see where the glue has been applied) Construction paper (or other colorful paper, like magazine pages, old gift wrap, ...) Optional: an old egg carton (for organizing the circles as you work)

Decide on a design you want to create. Remember that the final picture will be made using tiny circles. Some simple choices are a caterpillar, worm, snake, flower, butterfly, tree, rainbow, or ice cream cone. Have the children come up with their own ideas. Using a pencil, draw a simple sketch of the design on paper.

Punch a lot of holes in colorful paper. An old egg carton is useful for organizing the circles as you work.

Using a glue stick, cover your pencil sketch with glue.

One at a time, place a colorful paper circle on the glue (moistening your fingertip a tiny bit helps pick up the paper). Note: After you have put the paper on the design, you can slide it slightly to put it exactly in place.

Continue placing the circles until your picture is done. Let the glue dry.