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Terri Thompson

Thing 1 and Thing 2 Puppets

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Since Dr. Seuss’s birthday is coming up soon (March 2), I thought it would be fun to celebrate with a few crafts and activities.

The Cat in the Hat is one of our favorites. I can’t even begin to tell you how many times we’ve read that book!

So, using that book as our inspiration, we made these fun Thing 1 and Thing 2 craft stick puppets.

Make Thing 1 and Thing 2 Puppets inspired by Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat

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Supplies Needed:

Jumbo craft sticks
Red paint (or red marker)
Blue & white craft foam
Glue
Black marker (we used a Sharpie)

 

We began by painting our puppet’s clothes.The girls painted about 2/3 of their craft sticks red, leaving the top 1/3 for the faces.

The girls then used the black Sharpies to draw their faces.

 

Using our sticks to help with the size, we drew our hair onto the blue craft foam.We also used a penny to trace our circles for our shirt labels.

 

After we cut out the hair and circles, the girls glued them to their puppets.Then came the agonizing wait for the glue to dry before we could play.

The wait is always agonizing for the girls! Is it the same for your kids?

Thing 1 and Thing 2 have been having fun all over the house now and we’ve been having a blast with them!

What is your favorite Dr. Seuss book?

 

You can find more Dr. Seuss ideas here: 10 Ways to Have Fun with Dr. Seuss

Find more book inspired fun here: 

Cardboard Tube Yeti Craft inspired by The Thing About Yetis

Balloons Over Broadway: Book and Craft

The Very Hungry Caterpillar DIY Board Game

In the Tall, Tall Grass Book + Craft

Make Ten with Green Eggs and Ham at Better Than Homework

A “New” Newsletter: The Weekly Wrap-up

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Thank you to all my newsletter subscribers who’ve been sticking with me even though you haven’t seen a newsletter in your email inbox for quite awhile. I didn’t feel that my original newsletter was beneficial to either me or you. So I’ve been working on a new format and have created the Creative Family Fun Weekly Wrap-up.
What can you expect?
  • A quick list of all that I posted in the last week. If you want to read a post, you can click over to the blog to see it.
  • A snapshot of what I’ve been pinning in the past week. I won’t overwhelm you. I’ll just provide you with 3 to 4 fun ideas.
  • One fabulous and fun “way to play” for the weekend.
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10 Ways to Play This Weekend: Week 27

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  1. Play in a chicken-themed sensory bin with Connecting Family and Seoul
  2. Have a letter sounds race with Inspiration Laboratories
  3. Write your own zigzag book with NurtureStore
  4. Join in on The Great Backyard Bird with The Educators’ Spin On It
  5. Play with a homemade cardboard construction set with Happy Hooligans
  6. Paint by number – on your windows – with Dilly-Dali Art
  7. Do a science experiment inspired by hockey with Creative Family Fun
  8. Ask your kids to teach *you* something with Mama Scout
  9. Have fun with snow spray painting with Reading Confetti
  10. Create footprint faces with Baby Brainstorm
How are you going to play this weekend?

Let’s Pretend: Red Store

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Playing store is not only fun, it’s a great way to learn.

We learned about math, taking turns, and even colors when we opened up our Red Store.

It’s perfect for Valentine’s Day or any other day!

While we were setting up, I sent the girls all over the house looking for things that were red.

They found toys, books, blocks, piggy banks, ribbon, boxes, and more. Since we were setting up a red store, we were only going to sell red things.

It was as much fun to look for the red things as it was to actually play store.

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After we found everything, we set about making price tags, on red paper of course!

Instead of using dollar amounts, we used simple numbers. AJ (age 3 1/2) has been very interested in numbers and counting lately, so I wanted to keep this at her level. For example, if you wanted a red piggy bank, you would need 11 coins.

Lizzie (age 5 1/2) was even able to work on her addition by buying more than one thing at a time.

This was a perfect way to spend a cold and snowy afternoon with pretend play, Valentine’s Day, and math all rolled into one.

Now we just need to have a green store for St. Patrick’s Day!

10 Ways to Play This Weekend: Week 26

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  1. Make mosaic photo Valentines with Crafts by Amanda
  2. Play with sparkly Valentine play dough with NurtureStore
  3. Make a shape snake for Chinese New Year with JDaniel4’s Mom
  4. Do some science experiments with conversation hearts with 2 Big, 2 Little
  5. Make a dip-dyed Valentine banner with Creative Family Fun
  6. Make pretty heart pencil toppers with Red Ted Art
  7. Play a fraction matching game with Royal Baloo
  8. Go on a Valentine scavenger hunt with KC Edventures
  9. Make a 3-D Chinese paper lantern picture with Inner Child Fun
  10. Have a glow-in-the-dark dance party with Crayon Freckles
How are you going to play this weekend?