

| "Starfish" by Edith Thacher Hurd. Lovely cut-paper collages placed on multicolored, watercolor ocean backgrounds make this easy-to-read title a treat for the eye. Read Inside this book. |



| Step 1 Give each child a square of sandpaper, and let them decorate it with oil pastels. You don't need to press very hard because the paper is pretty gritty. |
| Step 2 Make sure you use lots of different colors, and spread them out a bit over the square. The more variety you put into it, the more dazzling your starfish will be. |



| Step 3 Cut out a starfish shape from the paper. Save the scraps to cut little circles and other shapes for your creation. |
| Step 4 Arrange your starfish, and glue it to a sheet of black construction paper. Cut out a wavy shape from your white paper and glue it on the side. |
| All Done! Use the space to write all about Starfish, or even a little poem. We used ours to think of an adjective for each letter in the word Starfish. Be Creative! |





