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August 24, 2008 | 7 Comments

Inspired By You !

Sticker
Zoo !

Sam from Edmonton is the mastermind behind this very creative and easy activity, pretty impressive for a 3 year old! While drawing he asked his mom for animal stickers to put in his zoo! I have added a few steps for the younger crowd, but there is no need to add the steps if you don’t want to. Thank you to Sam and his mom Katalin for sharing this fantastic idea with me !

  1. Gather your materials. You will need a piece or two of paper, glue, scissors, some animal stickers and your choice of crayons, markers or colored pencils.
  2. Cut 2-3 cages paper out of the lighter paper, you don’t have to do this step if you child can draw the cages themselves, but if not this is a good way to lengthen the activity for children who may benefit from that.
  3. Have your child draw cages, depending on their age they can do a basic one or something more sophisticated with signs and walk ways. If you are using the cut out cages have them color them here.
  4. Add your zoo animals! Have your child identify which animals they are choosing and what sounds they make or of they are older ask them what would happen if a monkey and lion shared a cage!
  5. Color the zoo background
  6. Glue the cages on !
  7. Now you have your very own zoo .
Huge Thanks to Sam , my son loved this craft and we have been doing variations of it for days now, and I have been able to make dinner in peace!

Books!


” 1, 2, 3 To The ZOO” by Eric Carle is fun counting book perfect for toddlers. Actually as I type this my toddler is reading it. There are no words, just pictures and numbers and that makes it perfect for toddlers who are just learning both numbers and animals because parents can read it slowly counting , naming the animals and making the animal sounds, or more quickly just counting!

” Good Night Gorilla” by Peggy Rathmann is a silly story about a zookeeper and his charges that follow him home to bed. Luckily his wife is on her toes and gets those silly animals back to the zoo ! This book is good for the 1-3 crowd , after that most kids I know have lost interest in the limited text. I love to use this book as a bedtime story.

” Inside a Zoo in the City” by Alyssa Satin Capucilli is a rebus read along , so children who can’t read words yet can help read this with pictures put right into the text! The story is repetitive and builds with one animal and page at a time. Preschoolers love these books and the repetitive nature of it makes it interactive and fun!

Filed Under: Age Preschool, Age: Toddlers, Animal Activities, Children's Book Reviews, Inspired by You, Preschool Crafts, Sticker Zoo | 7 Comments

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7 Comments

  1. Joyce says

    August 25, 2008 at 10:20 am

    We have those exact stickers! We’ll have to try this one later.

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  2. Qing says

    August 25, 2008 at 11:52 am

    I just discovered your blog and what a wonderful find! The crafts are good and I can’t wait to try some with my almost 4 year old. And I love the songs! Thank you so much for putting this together!

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  3. Allie says

    August 26, 2008 at 2:10 pm

    Thanks for checking us out!

    Joyce- get them at Target ? They aren’t the easiest to get off the paper but they stay on once you pop them on your art work so I can’t complain too much.

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  4. MoziEsmé says

    August 31, 2008 at 2:45 am

    Cute idea! I’m getting all excited about Z week (a couple of months from now) . . . We’ll have to plan a trip to the local mini zoo.

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  5. Andrea says

    November 12, 2008 at 9:50 pm

    Can’t wait to try this one with my animal lovers!

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  6. Anderson's Mommy says

    April 17, 2011 at 12:33 pm

    Super cute and easy! I can’t wait to do this with my 3 year old!

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  7. Susan says

    March 28, 2015 at 2:13 pm

    Thanks so much for sharing!

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