The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China. Every year, the 15th day of the eighth lunar month is a day of family reunion. In order to let children feel the atmosphere of Mid-Autumn Festival better, the kindergarten has carried out a series of Mid-Autumn Festival theme activities, among which the most popular one is creative manual DIY. Next, let's take a look at how these lovely Mid-Autumn Festival handmade works are made!
DIY Mid-Autumn Moon Cake
Materials: flour, sugar, sesame, red jujube paste, mayonnaise and water
Steps:
1. Mix and stir the flour, sugar and water, knead them into dough and leave them for 2 minutes.
2. Divide the dough into small pieces and knead into balls.
3. Crush the spherical dough, put red jujube paste in the middle and wrap it into a circle.
4. Put the wrapped moon cakes on the baking tray, brush with mayonnaise and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
5. put the baking tray in the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
DIY Mid-Autumn Lantern
Materials: red, yellow, green, blue and purple colored paper, scissors, glue and string
Steps:
1. Cut the colored paper into rectangles, and the size can be determined according to your own needs.
2. Fold the two ends of the rectangle in half, and cut the two corners into a zigzag shape with scissors.
3. Glue the two ends together to form a cylinder.
4. cut a circular opening at the top and bottom of the cylinder.
5. Pass the string through the circular opening and hang the lantern.
6. Cut the colored paper into patterns of different shapes and fix it on the lantern with glue.
DIY Mid-Autumn Moon
Materials: yellow, white and black colored paper, scissors and glue
Steps:
1. Cut the yellow colored paper into a circle as the main body of the moon.
2. Cut the white colored paper into many small circles as the clouds of the moon.
3. cut the black colored paper into the shape of branches.
4. Stick the clouds around the moon with glue.
5. Stick branches under the moon to form a beautiful Mid-Autumn Moon.
The above is the method of making handmade works of Mid-Autumn Festival in kindergarten. Children not only exercise their hands-on ability, but also feel the strong atmosphere of Mid-Autumn Festival. I hope that children can better understand Chinese traditional culture and feel the beauty of Mid-Autumn Festival in such activities.