Letter X: X-Rays: Craft, X-Ray Match, X-Ray Light Box (Day 2)
After reading a couple X-Ray Books from our Letter X Booklist, we did the following activities.
X-Ray Craft: We talked a little more about X-Rays and I showed Easton a picture of a "hand x-ray" on my phone. I told him we were going to make an x-ray of his hand. However, once I brought the black paper and chalk out he forgot all about the x-ray, and just wanted to draw. So, that's what we did. After a few minutes of drawing, he was ready to make his x-ray craft. We talked about how the arm has two bones and how each finger is made up of bones. Here's what you need:
X-Ray Light Box - DIY from Happy Hooligans: This was such a neat activity! Most light boxes are expensive, so I was so excited to find a DIY light box tutorial. This was so easy to make and very affordable. You may even have everything you need at home! Click the title "X-ray Light Box - DIY" for a complete tutorial with pictures. Here's what we used:
X-Ray Craft: We talked a little more about X-Rays and I showed Easton a picture of a "hand x-ray" on my phone. I told him we were going to make an x-ray of his hand. However, once I brought the black paper and chalk out he forgot all about the x-ray, and just wanted to draw. So, that's what we did. After a few minutes of drawing, he was ready to make his x-ray craft. We talked about how the arm has two bones and how each finger is made up of bones. Here's what you need:
- Black Paper
- White Chalk
- Glue
- Q-Tips
Have your child place their arm/hand onto a piece of black paper. Draw around his arm/hand with chalk. Draw lines of glue where you'd like your child to place the q-tips (bones). Have child place q-tips on the glue. Hang on the fridge to revivew the letter X this week!
X-Ray Match from Tried and True: Easton had so much fun with x-rays today! I found the neatest pretend play X-Ray Pictures on Tried and True. We matched x-ray pictures to their matching drawn pictures. You'll need to print the X-Rays on Vellum Paper, but the drawn pictures can be printed on regular printed paper (see below). I showed Easton the three animal X-rays first. We talked about each of the pictures and I'd have Easton guess which animal he thought they belonged to before matching them. We did a similar thing with the human x-rays.
- Clear, Plastic Bin (make sure the bottom of the bin is flat, so the pictures lay flat)
- Wax Paper
- Tape
- LED Camping Light (OR a strand of Christmas Lights)
- Translucent Items - we used our X-Ray Pictures and Blokus Pieces
1) Tape wax paper to cover the entire inside of your bin (this is the trickiest part!)
2) Turn on the light and place the bin upside down over the light. That's it!
3) Use x-ray pictures, blokus pieces, magna tiles or any kind of translucent items to play with!
We looked at all the X-Rays on our light box and talked more about each of the pictures. After a few minutes, Easton was ready for something new. I brought our our Blokus Pieces and Easton had a lot of fun pretending with the game pieces. We "built" houses with the pieces and reenacted the story of the three pigs. Later in the week, my sister brought magna tiles over to use with our light box. We had lots of fun!
2) Turn on the light and place the bin upside down over the light. That's it!
3) Use x-ray pictures, blokus pieces, magna tiles or any kind of translucent items to play with!
We looked at all the X-Rays on our light box and talked more about each of the pictures. After a few minutes, Easton was ready for something new. I brought our our Blokus Pieces and Easton had a lot of fun pretending with the game pieces. We "built" houses with the pieces and reenacted the story of the three pigs. Later in the week, my sister brought magna tiles over to use with our light box. We had lots of fun!
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