CORN ACTIVITIES
Submitted by LauraMarie
Bubble wrap corn prints-
Pre-cut corn on the cob shapes. Paint bubble wrap shades of yellow-print
corn. I add green leaves and we decorate the room with them till
it looks like a corn field!
Corn roll paintings
Using the feed corn on cob you can buy at the local feed store(Agway
where I live)
Children roll the corn in paint and then roll it onto paper. The ends
of these cobs also make pretty flower prints. I hang them in the hall
and see if the families can guess how they were made. When we are all done
with this project I rinse the corn cobs and we leave them outside our windows
for the squirrels-they love them and no waste!
Corn syrup painting
We add food color to light corn syrup and the children finger-paint
with it. Very long drying time but pretty- pastel and shiny
when dry.
Unpopped corn in the sensory table.
Goop -made with corn starch and water in the water table.
Homemade corn bread
Homemade marshmallows-made with corn syrup(for one class with severe
egg allergy)
Corn tortillas
Popped corn
Colorful Popcorn Balls
Just follow the directions to make about 15 three-inch balls.
Ingredients and Materials:
12 cups popped popcorn (about 1/2 cup of kernels)
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) margarine
one 10 1/2-ounce bag miniature marshmallows
one 3-ounce package of any flavor of gelatin
cooking spray
waxed paper
colorful plastic wrap
curling ribbon
decorative stickers
Directions: Pour the popped popcorn into a large bowl. Melt the margarine
and the marshmallows in a microwave-safe bowl on high power in a microwave
(about two minutes). Add the gelatin; then stir the mixture well. Pour
the mixture over the popcorn, stirring until the popcorn is evenly
covered. Allow it to cool slightly.
Spray cooking spray on a child's clean hands. Direct him to shape
a handful of the mixture into a ball and then set the ball on waxed
paper until it cools completely. Wrap the ball in colorful plastic
wrap; then tie the ends with curling ribbon. Have each child decorate
his ball with stickers.
CORN NAPKIN RINGS
Submitted by Marilyn
Last year with my 3's class we made napkin rings for our Thanksgiving
feast. I took paper towel rolls and cut them into 2" sections. Then
the children painted the paper towel rolls wtith colored glue
(orange, yellow, brown, green) I then had then roll the gluey
paper towel rolls on trays holding a mixture of dried split peas,
yellow corn kernals, dried black beans, kidney beans and just about
any type of dried, colorful bean or pea I could find in the supermarket. After
that dried (2 days) the children used Modge Podge (found at any craft
store) and coated the entire napkin ring. We placed pretty
paper napkins alongside colorful Thanksgiving plates and it was a
huge hit with the children and parents. <
CORN
We just completed our corn unit today by shucking ears of corn, cooking
them, and then eating the corn. Delicious! We also made
Indian corn by snipping paper strips and gluing them on to corn shapes
cut from graph paper. Large black crows were made for classroom
by painting shapes with black glue and adding black feathers, orange
beak, and eyes. Well, then the class had to make a scarecrow
to scare away the crows and protect the corn!
Easy corn pudding
2 cups fresh corn ( could substitute frozen I would think)
3 eggs slightly beaten
2tsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. butter
1 1/2 tsp salt
pinch peper
2 cups milk
combine corn,sugar,salt,and paper.Add eggs and mix. add butter to milk,
heat until butter is melted. blend in milk to corn mixture. Put into
baking dish, bake at 325 for 1 hour or until knife comes out clean.
Indian Corn
As a tribute to the fall season, fill your room with these decorative
works of art that resemble Indian corn. To make an ear of corn, trace
a corncob shape onto construction paper, and then cut on the resulting
outline. Crumple small pieces of brown, orange, yellow, red, and
black tissue paper. Glue the tissue paper to the corncob cutout to
resemble corn kernels. When the glue dries, complete the activity
by wrapping a large piece of tissue paper around the cutout to represent
cornhusks. Mount these harvest projects on a wall or bulletin board,
arranging them in columns among tissue paper leaves and stems to
resemble cornstalks.
CORN
Submitted by Marilyn
Take corn on the cob and let it dry out a bit. Then dip the
corn cob into fall colored paints in a tray and have the children
roll it across their papers. Also use the end of the corn. Another
idea, I took a large piece of bubble wrap and laid it out on the
entire table. The children used rollers and large brushes to
paint directly onto the bubble wrap. Then they pressed a corn
shaped piece of construction paper onto the wrap. When lifted
off, it looked like Indian Corn. Make corn on the cob of snack. Make
popcorn for snack.
I also use this song with a parachute. When singing with the
children each child has a yellow ping-pong ball and we throw it onto
the parachute and make it jump:
"I'm a little popcorn in a pot,
heat me up and watch me pop,
When I get all fat and white I'm done,
Making popcorn is so much fun"
We pretend the pot is getting hot (parachute) then it is sizzling,
then just right for the ping- pong (make believe popcorn kernals) to
be put on top of the parachute. They love it!!! Make
corn bread with the children for their snack.
POPCORN SONGS & ART
Submitted by Jan of the KOS Loop
See the Little Kernel
See the little kernel in the pot, (crouch down)
Turn on the heat and watch it hop. (hop)
When it gets all warmed up, it will pop. (jump)
Mmmm, it tastes good when it’s hot.! (lick lips).
Popcorn
You put the oil in the pot
And you let it get hot.
You put he popcorn in
And start to grin.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle
POP!
I’m A Little Kernel
Tune: I’m A Little Teapot
I’m a little kernel in a pot,
Turn on the heat and watch me hop.
When I get all warmed up, then I’ll pop,
Umm, I taste good when I’m hot!
I Am Popcorn
Sung to: Frere Jacques
I am popcorn, I am popcorn.
In the pan, in the pan.
Watch me start hopping,
Watch me start popping,
Here I go -- POP! POP! POP!
Now I’m ready, now I’m ready.
Puffy and white, crunchy every bite.
Here comes the butter,
Here comes the salt.
Here I go -- Now I’m gone!
Popcorn Popping
Sung to: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Popcorn popping, oh, what fun!
Popping big and white.
We will wait until it’s done,
Then we’ll grab a bite.
With a pop, pop here,
And a pop, pop there,
Here a pop, there a pop,
Everywhere a pop, pop.
Popcorn popping, oh, what fun.
Popping big and white.
Art:
Popcorn Wreaths
For each child cut out a cardboard wreath shape and punch a hole in
the top. Provide the children with glue and popped popcorn./ Then
have them glue the popcorn all over the wreath. When the glue
has dried, string ribbon or yarn through the holes in the tops of the
wreaths to make hangers.
Corn and Fall Trees
Submitted by MEG
Items needed:
Popcorn
Die cut tree or freehanded one
Glue
Powdered Tempra (orange, green,brown,red,fall colors)
Directions:
To celebrate Popcorn Month and make Fall trees, pop corn as usual.
Let corn cool.
Place tempra powder in individual bags, one bag for each color. Place some popped
corn in the bags. Shake.This will make Fall leaves for your tree.
Using a die cut or freehanded tree that is cut out, glue the "leaves "on the
tree.
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