Mouse Eats all the Things!

 

This is one of my favorite  mouse, food, colors  books ever! The double page illustrations are wonderful and perfect for storytime. This mouse is adorable too!  I used an activity sheet that is available on Denise Fleming's website for my mouse pattern. You can't tell but he's about 7 inches tall to the tip of his tail. I made all my food pieces large too! I have a circle diecut for the blueberries and grapes and peas.  I just freehand cut out the other pieces and then used plenty of glitter glue to jazz them up! I end my flannelboard with a recap of all the colors by adding little 'crumbs' of each color onto the mouse. A ravenous mouse and colorful food is so much Fun with Friends at Storytime!

 

Baa Baa Black Sheep.

 

Here's a new nursery rhyme set for Baa Baa Black Sheep!  I made the bags of wool by using black acrylic paint on cotton balls. I added black fabric paint stitches to the sides of the bags.  I used my favorite sheep pattern for my sweet black sheep. This set would be great with a storytime theme of farm or sheep or yarn/wool!  I have a lot of these nursery rhyme sets  HERE.  We're having a lot of Fun with Friends at Storytime. 

Mermaids!

 

Here's my set of mermaids and mermen for Storytime. I found some cute Google pics that I deconstructed and tweaked to make my set. I embellished them with ribbon, sequins and glitter glue! I already had most of the sea creatures and things that I needed for my rhyme.  I have a counting rhyme that goes with them also.  Mermaid / Merman Fun.  We're having so much underwater Fun with Friends at Storytime!

Birds of a Feather

 

Spring is in the air and I've seen robins and cardinals and blue jays and woodpeckers and so many small chickadees and sparrows in my backyard I've been inspired! I found these beautiful bird patterns at Downeast Thunder Farm's lovely blog! She has many gorgeous patterns that she makes into ornaments. I tweaked them a bit because I am not stitching mine. I used hot glue and some fabric paint and glitter glue to make mine for the flannel board.  I've posted about bird storytimes before.  I also made the set that is on Melissa's blog, Mel's Desk.  Be sure and check out the Bird board on Flannel Friday's Pinterest Here!  I'm sure you can find several bird rhymes to go with these but I made up a quick little rhyme:  Birds in My Backyard to go with the 10 birds that I've made.  There are so many lovely books to go with this theme! Birds in Spring are so much Fun with Friends at Storytime!!

Mary At the Cottage Door.

  Here's a new nursery rhyme set!  I deconstructed  a Google image to make my Mary but I just free hand cut the cottage door and plate and cherries. I did add a little sparkle to the door and cherries and plate with glitter glue. This is a fun counting rhyme!

1 2 3 4  Mary at the cottage door;  5 6 7 8  eating cherries from her plate!  

Yum! Nursery rhymes are so much Fun with Friends at Storytime!

Mouse Loves Cheese Shapes!

 Here's a new game/rhyme for a Mouse that loves cheese shapes!  I had an old pattern sheet that I deconstructed for my mouse and the shapes were easy peasy. They're all about 3 1/2  to 4 inches tall.  I did make up a quick little repeating rhyme:  'Here's a little mouse looking for his lunch. He found a circle cheese to munch, munch, munch!'  Just change the name of the shape as you add another one to the flannelboard. Be sure to make munching noises as you have the mouse eat the shapes.  The kiddos always think that's hilarious! I can use this with a couple of fun mouse books...

We're having so much Fun with Friends at Storytime! 

Not a Flannel post---New Books for Old Themes!!

 Hey Ya'll!  We recently got a lot of new books at my library and I tested them on my 4 year old grandson. LOL! He loves books! Anyway, there were several that I thought would be great for storytime and so I'm adding the link to the storytime theme I've already done beside the book that would be a great addition to that theme! 

Dogs   or Transportation:  

This book has minimal text and nice large clear pictures! We thought it was funny!   It's a counting up to 10 and then subtracting back to 1 with a surprise ending. Fun!

Fathers  or   Hair/haircuts:                     

 The conversation between the father and child is charming. They both are so handsome with new, fresh haircuts at the end! We liked this one. 

Farm animals or Ducks or Emotions or Rain/Rainbow: 

 This is not a new book but it's a favorite! The ending is soooo satisfying.  My grandson really enjoys the buildup to the great ending! Smiles all around. 

Rabbits/bunnies  or Garden/veggies: 

  There's a tension between 'expert carrot growers' and then a mystery and a great resolution!  Some of the illustrations are a bit busy or intricate. But mostly it's easy to follow and lot's of fun! 

Music/ Rock and Roll: 

 Penelope the T-rex is back! We loved We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins and this title is just as tongue in cheek funny! Read it several times!! 

Nature  or Thankfulness!

 Oh My Goodness! This book is stunningly beautiful. We did a lot of looking and talking about these large clear pictures. There's minimal text that rhymes and the pictures are wonderful! This one was my favorite! 

Great books are so much Fun with Friends (and Grandchildren!) at Storytime.