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Make a clock with moving hands

Clock with moving hands123456789101112big hand: the minutessmall hand: the hoursSet the clock: 3 o'clock - half past 7 - quarter past 10 - quarter to 6When do you get up? And when do you go to bed?cut

For parents

How to make it

about 25 minutesmediumwith help from an adult160 gsm paper

  1. Colour in the edge of the clock and the two hands.
  2. Cut out the clock and the hands along the dashed line.
  3. A grown-up makes a hole in the middle of the clock and in the circle on each hand.
  4. Put the small hand on the clock first, then the big hand, and push the split pin through all the holes. Bend the legs open at the back, not too tightly: the hands need to be able to turn.
  5. Practise together: set the clock to 3 o'clock, half past 7, quarter past 10 and quarter to 6. The big hand shows the minutes, the small hand the hours.

Print on thick paper, or glue the clock onto card (an old box, for example).

What you need

  • Colouring pencilsFor fine areas and small hands
  • Children's scissorsWith a rounded tip; don't let young children cut on their own
  • Split pinsFor movable arms and legs
  • Thick paper (160 gsm) · optionalFor paper models and cards that need to stand up
Make a clock with moving hands · Kleurhoek