Owl Puppet!
This craft is a fun way to encourage pretend play which our kids are not getting enough of according to the experts! So many toys and activities are passive and we need to get them using their imaginations, it will amaze you what comes from their little but very creative heads! So make a puppet and encourage them to have a puppet show!
- Gather your materials. You will need an old cereal box or other cardboard, some paint, a paintbrush, popsicle sticks, a pen, glue, some buttons for the eyes, and scissors.
- Draw a big oval, 2 small ovals, a triangle, and some wings (wings aren’t pictured because I added them later – but you can do it right away!).
- Have your child paint the large oval a light color. We chose white.
- Paint the triangle and the wings a darker color. We used brown.
- Paint the eyes a bright fun color. Ours are red.
Let everything dry. - Paint the popsicle stick any color you want.
- Cut out, or have your child cut out the shapes.
- Glue the triangle onto the top of the oval.
- Glue on the eyes.
- Next, glue the buttons in the middle of the eyes.
- Glue on the wings.
- Glue the popsicle stick to the back of the owl puppet and let everything dry.
- Have a hoot with your owl puppet!
Song!
The Little Brown Owl
Hoo Hoo
Went the little brown owl one night
Hoo Hoo
Went the little brown owl,
Hoo Hoo
Went the little brown owl one night,
And they all went hoo hoo hoot!
But we all know owls go ,
la di da di da!
a la di da di da!
la di da di da!
We all know owls go
la di da di da
they don’t go hoo hoo hoot!
Books!
“The Owl And The Pussy Cat” by Edward Lear and Stephane Jorisch. The classic poem is brought to life with whimsical but pretty illustrations. The story of true love sailing off on a beautiful pea green boat is a classic for a reason, it’s melodic and will appeal to children in many age groups. I had to memorize this in grade 3 for Madame Griffin and still hold it dear to my heart!
“The Sleepy Owl” by Marcus Pfister is a cute little story about an owl who overslept. The author is well known for his “Rainbowfish” character but don’t overlook this adorable and happy story!
Hilary says
You are so very cute in your videos. You inspire me. I’m going to try this w/ my daughter. THANKS SO MUCH for your fun site!
Aspergertopia says
I stumbled upon you in a late night, can’t sleep blog surf. I’m so glad I did. You are very inspiring and you have given me so many ideas for my upcoming homeschool year.
Oooh, and I love your videos. They are so cute!
Thanks so much.
MommySurvivalGuide says
Another book I love and grew up with is “Owl at Home” which is an “I Can Read Book” but there is no reason a smaller child can’t be read the story. It’s been around for several years for a reason!
Another book about owls that I like is “Owl Babies” which is great for older toddlers/preschoolers who miss their parents at childcare/preschool.
Keep up the good work!
-Alicia
http://www.mommysurvivalguide.com
Rachel says
Stumbled on to your blog from someone else and can’t remember who – love the ideas and the owl song, it was great!!
Erin says
We made the owl tonight! Once my daughter saw me looking at it she couldn’t wait until tomorrow. So perfect for our Fall study. Many of the books we are reading like Earl the Squirrel and Possum’s Harvest Moon have owls in them. My DH thinks it is too cute.