Straw Mosaics

Someone on Pinterest posted a craft that involved hot-gluing straws onto paper to make three-dimensional straw mosaics.  (Of course, I can't find it now.  I'll post it later if I do.)  However, arming my kids with hot glue just doesn't seem very...prudent.  So, here's our take on straw mosaics.

Each child had his or her own bottle of Elmer's, and they shared a pile of straws of various colors which I had snipped into different lengths.  They glued them to the paper in all sorts of designs.  We even tried making letters with them.  This was a simple, fun craft.  I recommend using cardstock or heavy paper to support the glue and straws.