Pickles for My Picnic

It's summertime and picnics are on the schedule. I've done some other posts for PICNIC that needed one more fun activity! I have an interactive rhyme about a jar of pickles for our lunch.  I made a large jar shape and added the light grey lid shape with silver fabric paint. I made about 30 pickle circles with felt and used dark green fabric paint for the peel and white fabric paint for the seeds.  I can hand out the pickles and tell the kiddos to listen as I give a clue. I then say, "If you're wearing sandals today, bring up your pickle and add it to my jar.". I'll continue with different clues,  If your name starts with (say a letter); or if you have a dog for a pet... We'll celebrate together when the jar is full of pickles! Pickles are so much Fun with Friends at Storytime!

                                      

Pretty Parrots

 

I've been thinking of a Pirate Storytime theme and of course I needed Five Pretty Parrots! These were a bit tedious but I'm so pleased with my pretty parrots!  I deconstructed and tweaked a Google image to make my set. I can use these to play our favorite game, "Which One is Missing?". The kiddos never get tired of that activity.  After we've finished the rhyme I say, "Let's play a game!" We review the colors of the parrots and then I say, "Cover your eyes". I step in front of the felt board and reach behind me to grab one of the parrots. I step aside so that they can see the board and then I say, " Open your eyes"! They love it!  The older kids get it quickly and the younger ones learn how to play quickly too!      Here are other Pirate posts; Pirate Treasure and Ahoy Matey!.  

Pirates and parrots can be a lot of Fun with Friends at Storytime!

Two Delicious Pickles!

 Happy Summer time! Just in time for picnics I have a new finger puppet set.  Here are my Two Little Pickles.  I just used a Google image and jazzed them up with fabric paint, and googley eyes.  These two make me smile 

Two little Pickles in the fridge being chill.

One is Sweet and the other is Dill.

Roll away Sweet… Roll away Dill.

Come back Sweet...Come back Dill.

Two little Pickles in the fridge are so chill!

One is Sweet and the other is Dill.  

Be sure to smile when you say 'sweet' and pucker up after you say 'dill'.  LOL!

Yummy pickles are so much Fun with Friends at Storytime!  

Fingerpuppet Flowers

 

Here's another Finger puppet set to use during Spring and Summer! 

Two flowers in the garden,

they smell so sweet!

One named Posey and one is Pete.

They smile and nod to 

everyone they meet

A pretty flower, Posey and 

a happy flower, Pete.

Flowers are so pretty and Fun with Friends at Storytime!

Tulips in a Row

 

I wanted a new flower set when I do a Flower theme at Storytime  When I ran across a sweet rhyme about 5 Little Tulips on Pinterest I had to make it! 

5 little tulips in the meadow grew.  "Hmmm, I said, "I bet they smell pretty too!"

So I bent down to sniff, but they tickled my nose!

Ah-ah-choo! Oh no! Away 1 flower blows.

repeat with 4,3,2, and 1.

I used a simple Google image to deconstruct to make my colorful tulips.  I did hot glue the leaf to the flower so it wouldn't be floppy.  Tulips make me happy!

Flowers are so much Fun with Friends at Storytime.

 

Flowers in Springtime

 

It's Springtime and I am ready for flowers!! All the colors!!  I made a new set to use when I read, What Does Bunny See? by Linda Sue Park.  I plan on placing each flower on the felt board as I read that color page.  I am especially in love with the tiger lily and pink water lily. We can play, Which One is Missing? with this colorful set!  This was a tedious set to make but it turned out better than I hoped!  Flowers are so much Fun with Friends at Storytime.

Two Little Bunnies (fingerpuppets)

 

Here's a new fingerpuppet set in time for our spring bunny theme at storytime!

Two bunnies in the garden. The farmer shouts, "Stop!"

One bunny is Hippity and the other is Hop.

Hurry away Hippity! Hurry away Hop!

(the farmer left, let's call them back)

Come back Hippity! Come back Hop!

Two bunnies in the garden. The farmer shouts, "Stop!"

One bunny is Hippity and the other is Hop!

Here's the link for the other bunny posts I have made,  Bunny  Bunnies are so much Fun with Friends at Storytime!