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Emotion Eggie Card

Playful Learning

Ages: 3-5

30 minutes

Grownup needed

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Ages 3-5 are crucial for children's emotional cognitive development. During this period, children begin to understand and express their own emotions while recognising others' feelings. This emotional awareness development has a profound impact on children's social skills, learning, and psychological well-being. This activity helps children better understand expressions and emotions. You can conduct this activity at home with just some old cardboard.

Materials Needed

Card stock
Googly eyes
Pencil markers
Scissors

Craft supplies are arranged on a light wood-grain table. From left to right, there's a piece of brown cardboard, a small pile of googly eyes, a blue pencil, two white marker pens (one with a black cap and one with a red cap), and a pair of black scissors. These materials appear to be gathered for a children's craft project.

Step-by-step tutorial

Step 1

Take a piece of cardstock, draw an egg shape with a pencil and cut it out.

On a light wood-grain surface, two hands position a rectangular piece of brown cardboard. A blue pencil, held in the right hand, is drawing an oval shape onto the cardboard. This appears to be the beginning stage of a craft project.

Step 2

Use this egg card as a template to trace the same shape onto the remaining card stock. Cut out all the egg shapes.

Two hands are shown on a light wood-grained table. The left hand holds down a piece of brown cardboard while the right hand uses a blue pencil to carefully draw an oval shape on the cardboard. This scene suggests the initial steps of a crafting activity.

Step 3

Select one of the cut-out egg cards and cut it in half.

Several oval-shaped pieces of brown cardboard are scattered on a light wood-grain table. Two hands are in the frame, with one holding a piece of cardboard and the other using scissors to cut it. The action suggests the cardboard ovals are being prepared for a craft project.

Step 4

Use the bottom half of the cut egg card as a template to draw guidelines on the lower portions of the other egg cards.

On a light wood-grain table, several oval pieces of brown cardboard are visible. Two hands manipulate one of the ovals, which has a line drawn down its center. The right hand uses a blue pencil to continue drawing on the cardboard. Other similar cardboard ovals are scattered nearby. This scene suggests a craft project in progress.

Step 5

Using markers and googly eyes, create different expressions on your egg cards.

Nine oval-shaped pieces of cardboard, resembling potato shapes, are arranged on a light wood-grain table. Each cardboard potato has a different facial expression drawn on it, including happy, sad, angry, winking, surprised, and silly faces. Some have googly eyes attached. These appear to be part of a children's game or craft activity.

Step 6

Cut along the guidelines on your decorated egg cards.

On a light wood-grain table are several oval-shaped pieces of cardboard decorated with various facial expressions, similar to emojis. Two hands are visible; one holds a cardboard oval while the other uses scissors to cut it. The oval being cut has a partial face with a winking eye and a pointing hand drawn on it. This scene is likely part of a craft activity involving creating mix-and-match faces.

Step 7

Try mixing and matching these expression cards!

Two hands hold a length of bright teal yarn against a light wood-grain background. A simple overhand knot has been tied in the yarn. A small, folded piece of light purple pipe cleaner is visible at the top left corner, suggesting it might be used later in the project. The image appears to depict a stage in a crafting activity.

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