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April 29, 2010 | 7 Comments

Rattlesnake Craft

Rattlesnake Craft

If you follow me on Twitter you may have seen my tweet on Sunday that we found a snake in our backyard.  My husband was mowing and saw it. As soon as my son woke from his nap, all three of us went searching and found it again.  I love finding wildlife in my backyard ( well when it’s small and non venomous anyway), it makes learning about a specific animal so much more fun. We immediately went online to find the exact species, what it ate and how big it would get. Sadly after a nap yesterday my son wasn’t as into making his own rattlesnake craft as I guessed he’d be ( or at all), although he liked the snake book we read . Oh well I can’t win them all!

  1. Gather your materials. You will need 2 toilet paper rolls, or a paper towel roll cut in two, some sticky back foam, some jingle bells, googly eyes ,glue,  scissors , a knee high or leg of panty hose , and a pipe cleaner. Rattlesnake craft
  2. Start by having your child cut the sticky back foam into shapes.  We are using up scraps so they were already in smaller pieces, if you have large sheets you may want to make it easier for your child by cutting them into strips that are easier to handle. Rattlesnake Craft
  3. Put the rolls inside the panty hose, along with the jingle bells.Rattlesnake craft
  4. Tie the end.
  5. Peel off the backing and add the shapes. You can even fit in a patterning lesson if you want ! Rattlesnake craft
  6. Add the tongue . I threaded the pipe cleaner through then twisted it into the right length with a v on the end.Rattlesnake craft
  7. Add glue for the eyes. Rattlesnake craft
  8. Add eyes. Let rattlesnake craft dry. Rattle snake 008

Books

The Snake Is Totally Tail by Judi Barrett is a great book for teaching about animals. It doesn’t go into great depth for each animal instead if focuses on the one most obvious attribute of them all. What I love is that for toddlers they are able to see that easily in the pictures as you read the story. It seems simple and sorta average at first but sit down with a child, read it and its simple genius is blatantly apparent!

greedy python

The Greedy Python by Richard Buckley and  Eric Carle is a fun fable about a snake that is so greedy he eats all the animals in the jungle, even ones much larger than him like an elephant! My son thinks this book is hilarious and loves that the animals work together to escape their fate.  The story gets even sillier when the greedy snake ends up eating his own tail!

Snake

Snake (Watch it Grow)by Barrie Watts is a wonderful non fiction choice to learn a little more about snakes.  The book covers a snakes life from egg right through the life cycle to laying eggs. What I liked about this book was that each page offers the reader main points as well as more in depth text, which makes it easy to adjust to a wide range of ages. For toddlers or young preschoolers you can simply read the page titles and discuss the pictures, where older or more interested kids can sit for the full text. We enjoyed this book a lot.

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7 Comments

  1. GISELE says

    April 29, 2010 at 5:36 am

    Hi, we’ve done 2 snakes this past week: http://kidsindoors.blogspot.com/2010/04/cobra-reciclada-2.html and
    http://kidsindoors.blogspot.com/2010/04/cobra-de-garrafa-pet.html
    If you’d like to take a look.
    Love your blog! gisele

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  2. Jen says

    April 29, 2010 at 6:30 am

    What a cool learning opportunity! A fun snake activity that I’ve done with my past students- draw a circle on white paper and draw a spiral. My students colored the pattern of the coral snake(which we were learning about) onto the paper. Next cut the spiral and hang your curly snake from the ceiling! They looked great in the classroom. Fun to teach difference between King and Coral- I think there is a poem. One is poisonous and the other is not. Your rattlesnake activity is so cute.
    .-= Jen´s last blog ..Featuring Imagination Soup! =-.

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  3. Rebecca says

    April 29, 2010 at 10:50 am

    Adorable snake!!
    .-= Rebecca´s last blog ..Sad News for a Bloggy Friend =-.

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  4. Amber says

    April 29, 2010 at 11:30 am

    I am sheepish to admit that I am terrified of snakes, regardless of how dangerous they actually are (not). If I found one in my yard, I might just have to hide indoors for a week or two. 😉
    .-= Amber´s last blog ..A Van Down By the River =-.

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  5. Gwen says

    May 3, 2010 at 8:50 pm

    You might also like the Gum Chewing Rattler by Joe Hayes – thanks for all your great ideas!

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