Little Gorilla Craft

 
Letter G was the letter of the week, and we read Little Gorilla by Ruth Bornstein. This is a cute book about a little gorilla who is loved by everyone in the jungle, but when he starts to grow big, he isn’t sure if everyone will still love him.

We made a craft to show Little Gorilla growing up.

Supplies:
washable brown paint
brown yarn
gorilla face printable
banner paper or white cardstock
glue
piece of colored cardstock or craft foam


First get your student’s foot full of brown paint. I covered the bottom of a plastic shoe-box with paint and had my daughters step in it and then step onto banner paper.

 
Next, cut out the footprint after the paint has dried. I had three of my children do this craft so that we could have 3 different sized gorillas.


After the footprint is cut-out, adhere onto colored cardstock or craft foam. Cut small pieces of brown yarn and glue onto the top of the foot.

 
Print and cut out the gorilla face and ears and glue onto the top of the foot.

 
Here is Little Gorilla growing up!

Check out what else we did for letter Gg week over at Totally Tots.

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Garden Fun Project for Kids

Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia--- I can still remember that commercial for Chia Pets. I think I owned at least one or two in my life. It was always fascinating to see how the seeds grew and made wild hair on the Chia pet. When thinking about an activity to do with my toddler and preschool for our recent letter of the week unit, I knew creating our own homemade Chia Pet would be perfect!

Supplies:

Grass seed
Potting Soil
Egg shells with the top portion removed
Toliet Paper tube
Water
Sharpie Marker

Before starting, carefully remove the top portion of an egg. Remove the yolk and wash out the egg shell.  Cut down a toilet paper tube so that it becomes a holder for the egg. Next have your child fill the egg with soil.

Place  grass seeds in the soil and then cover with more soil.

  

Carefully water the egg-shell garden.

 
Draw silly faces on the eggs with a marker. Give them some TLC, sunshine,and water, and after awhile they will grow groovy hair. The perfect table-top garden for kids!

P.S. You can cover the toilet paper tube with cardstock to make a pretty holder. My kids were too impatient and wanted to make their garden right away! You can also paint the egg shell before planting.

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