Stuffed Animal Storytime

These are photos from our library's "Stuffed Animal Sleepover" in January 2012. We have so much fun!

Cow Tipping! (Bowling)

For our Hank the Cowdog D.E.A.R. book club (1st-5th graders), we went cow bowling. All you need to make these bowling pins is 10 empty Pringles cans and the right clipart...super easy, and the kids had a great time "tipping" the cows. This activity would go great with any cow or farm-related program.

Pete the Cat & Color Mixing

I use the following (self-composed) rhyme with Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, by Eric Litwin, to illustrate color-mixing. Graphics were borrowed from the "Pin the Shoe on Pete" printable at Pete the Cat's website:

Pete had a pair of blue shoes.

What a lucky fellow!

He stepped in a pile of bananas.

They were colored yellow.            

He squished and swished and stomped around,

Like you have never seen,

And when he looked down at his feet,

His shoes had turned bright green!

Pete had a pair of red shoes.

Red, yes, it was true.

He stepped in a pile of blueberries

They were colored blue.

He squished and swished and stomped around,

And then he took a bow.

When he looked down at his feet,

His shoes were purple now!

Pete had a pair of yellow shoes.

"It's all good," he said.

He stepped in a pile of strawberries.

They were colored red.   

He squished and swished and stomped around,

Although I don't know why.

When he looked down at his feet,

His shoes were orange, oh my!