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ART GAMES  
 

SHAPE ANIMALS
Materials: For this game you will need a ball of play dough or clay and a stack of cards with pictures of animals on them.
Game:
Three to four players sit around a table with a stack of cards (up-side-down) and a ball of clay in the middle of the table.
Each player takes a turn drawing a card, looking at the picture and then laying the card down so the others can not see it.
Then the player takes the clay and starts to make a clay model of the animal.
The other players, then try to guess what animal the child is making.
If no one guesses after 2-3 minutes, the player, turns her card over for everyone to see.
 
Note:
There are no real winners or losers in this game, just a lot of fun.
 

STICK SHAPES
Materials: For this game, you will need some small craft sticks and picture cards (with pictures of geometric shaped objects, such as, evergreen trees, teepee type tents, houses, boxes, blocks, etc.
Game:
Set out the cards (up-side-down) and the craft sticks.
Three to four players sit at a table and choose one person to begin.
The first player, draws a card but doesn't show it to the others.
Then, he takes the craft sticks and builds the object out of the sticks.
Others try to guess what the object is.
If no one guesses the object after about three minutes, the player turns over his card and another player takes a turn.