Table Turkey

materials needed:

latex type glove without powder inside

permanent markers

foam sheets in red, orange or brown

Make a template for the gobble and feet. I found a gobbler on line that I used as a reference. Remember the feet need to be joined for the ballon knot to have a place to go through.

Trace templates on foam sheets and cut out apart.

Blow up glove ahead of time and tie in knot. I bought the large so it was hard to tie the knot. Wrapping it around a fat sharpie helped.

My program was for 6 and up so I let them cut out the foam pieces, but if you wanted to have younger children just cut out the pieces ahead of time. Fold the feet in half and cut a small X to insert the balloon knot through.

Color the feathers ( fingers)

Add eyes to the head ( thumb) and a few wings on the side.

Gobble, gobble

We made monsters from candy after hearing spooky stories.

The monster body/head are from 2 gum drops. Bananna runts make the horns. White chocolate chips turned backwards for eyes and extreme for tongues. I also gave them a string of twizzlers pull aparts that they used in different ways.

I gave the children the basic parts, showed them how to use a toothpuck to make holes for the candy and let them have fun making their own creations.

Halloween bag puppets

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda – A Tween Program

I started off by reading the first few pages of the book, so that everyone would know what it was about. We also spent a little time discussing what the book was about.

Using the book “The Star Wars: Craft Books” By: Bonnie Burton we found a felt craft idea and made felt Yoda finger puppets.

We also watched this YouTube video by the author Tom Angleberger on how to make your own Origami Yoda.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/TA4VJbqFQuw

I created a word search activity for them to do and the first one who finished won a copy of the book. Here is the word search and anyone can use it if they would like.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z-1uX9F42Y4h_Q6punPRA-ksV09eiDTlID0Fp9EEfWQ/edit?hl=en_US

We also used this pattern to make an extremely simple origami Yoda finger puppet and added pipe cleaner lightsabers.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DhXHp6KThJAyaYF9d-69Q99s038LTr2fNBHmfT341gE/edit?hl=en_US



Snake puppet craft

materials:
pair of wiggle eyes
party blower
green construction paper or foam sheets
stapler or glue


To Make:
Decide how long you want the snake to be and then cut strips out of the green paper/foam of equal length and width.

cut out double snake head with neck connecting them ( diamond shape with neck coming out of top of diamond to bottom of second diamond shape)

cut a small slit in the neck of the snake head

connect you strips in a chain pattern either by gluing or stapling each piece in a circle interlacing with the previous piece

insert the party blower mouth section through the slit from the front of the mouth (You may want to fold the head section in half first)

glue wiggle eyes on head
connect the chain to the snake head below the slit
Now read a story with a snake so all your little listeners can hiss along with you.

Tween Program Ideas

Here are some tween program topics that I have already done programs on. If you want further information on any of these, just let me know.  -Jessica M.

Tween Gaming

Christmas Cards

Making Games

Paper Bag Albums

Fun with Yarn

Going Green

Microwave Cooking

Sewing 101

Vintage Valentines

Create SRP Decorations

Guardians of GaHoole

Mad Science

Candy Sushi & Anime

Duct Tape Wallets

Mothers Day Crafts

Paper Airplanes

Summer 2010:

1- Diary of Wimpy Kid

2- Ice Cream Day

3- Percy Jackson

4- Pirate Party

5- Paper Bag Album

6- Gaming

7- Luau

8- Gardening

Bunnies Visit Toddler Story Time

Bunnies from the Chesapeake Guinea Pig Rescue visited story time! What a wonderful surprise just in time for Easter!!! They were lopeared rabbits, named Braxton and Harley.

Egg-citing!

With Easter just around the corner and birds building nests, I thought that eggs would be a good topic for storytime this week.  We are exploring the different kinds of eggs. 

Some good books are:

Grambling, Lois.  Can I have a stegosaurus, Mom? Can I? Please?

Gravett, The odd egg
Heller, Ruth.  Chickens aren't the only ones

Flannel board story:
"Three eggs in a basket" found in Sierra, Judy.  Mother Goose's Playhouse
 "Mother Hen" : clip art pictures for traditional rhyme
            Five eggs and five eggs
            That makes ten
            Sitting on top is Mother Hen
            Cackle, cackle, cackle
            What do I see?
            Ten fluffy chicks
            As yellow as can be!

Activity:
 Prepare plastic easter eggs with a small photo of something that hatches from an egg.  I found clip art photos of various birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects.  Make enough for one for each child.  Place in a basket.  Let children open their egg in turn and talk about what is inside.

Music: "The chicken walk" found on the Wiggles Go Bananas CD  with shaker eggs, of course!

This is the Way We Mix the Dough

Here is a fun song to do with scarves...

This is the Way We Mix the Dough

(Sung to the tune of "Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush)

Use the scarves to pretend to make a pizza. Mix, knead, stretch, toss and twirl the dough (scarf)!

1. This is the way we mix the dough, mix the dough, mix the dough. This is the way we mix the dough to make a pizza pie.
2. This is the way we knead the dough...
3. This is the way we roll the dough...
4. This is the way we toss the dough...
5. This is the way we spread the sauce...
6. This is the way we sprinkle the cheese...
7. This is the way our pizza bakes, pizza bakes, pizza bakes. Take it out and eat a slice, our yummy pizza pie!

Caterpillar - Butterfly Craft

Caterpillar that turns into a butterfly in his cocoon.

This craft is to make a caterpillar that turns into a butterfly in his cocoon. Here is the butterfly pattern that I used:

Then I cut out the butterfly wings and the body (which will be used as the caterpillar).

Then I decorated the butterfly wings and decorated the caterpillar with pom-poms, a pipe cleaner, and wiggle eyes.

Next I added velcro on both sides so that the body will stick to the wings.

Finally, you roll the butterfly wings up and put it in the toilet paper tube (that I covered with brown paper to make my cocoon). In the picture below you can see the velcro. So when you put the caterpillar in the cocoon, try to stick it to the velcro on the wings. That way when you pull it out, he will transform into a beautiful butterfly.

Let's Celebrate the Wind

We can fly kites, and planes and watch the wind blow the windmills. We made our own windsocks! We'll use the parachute as well to help celebrate our windy day!

Glove Fish Craft

Please find directions in the comments below.

Mouse Craft

The previous craft can also be done as a mouse. Just follow the same directions as the post below.

Owl Craft

Owl Craft:

To do this simple owl craft you will need a pinecone, cotton balls (any color) or poly-fil, two feathers, and construction paper.

Instructions:
1) Precut the eyes and beak out of construction paper.
2) Pull the cotton balls apart and stuff the pinecone with small pieces. No glue needed for this part.
3) Glue the feathers on as wings and glue the eyes and beak on.

Enjoy!

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