Happy Groundhog Day!
It's Groundhog Day 2015, and I thought that I would share some pictures of some crafts and activities that I did with Tert (1st Grade) and Filia (Preschool) today.
First, we went online and checked out the video put up by the Washington Post to see if Punxsutawney Phil (the world's most famous groundhog!) saw his shadow.
(Turns out, Phil did see his shadow, which means that we have to settle in for another 6 weeks of winter. This didn't come as much of a surprise, as we've gotten over two feet of snow in less than a week. :-/)
We looked at some fast facts on Phil. It turns out he is spoiled rotten with a heated burrow and is fed dog food and ice cream before his big day.
I went online and found some great preschool activities for the kids. Enchanted Learning has some awesome printables. I put links throughout this post to the worksheets I used, but if you google 'Groundhog Day Preschool Worksheets' you will find a lot more.
Happy Groundhog Day! coloring pages (Click here to print it out)
I found this Winter/Spring worksheet on a Kindergarten blog. (Click here to print it out.)
Next we did an adorable Groundhog Day Craft. It was very simple but Tert and Filia loved it! This blog has a better tutorial, but hopefully mine will help you get an idea of how it works...
2 Blue Construction Paper Circles
1 Green Construction Paper Circle, cut in half
2 Groundhogs (Click here for a groundhog template) and 1 groundhog shadow
1 glue stick
1 pair scissors
Cotton Balls
Cotton Balls
Crayons
Permanent Marker
Cut out your circles so that you have 2 blue circles and 2 green semicircles.
(I forgot to get a picture of this part, but you also have take 1 of your blue circles and write on the top of it 'Spring is Coming Soon.' Then flip the bottom of it up and write 'Six More Weeks of Winter.' The picture above from the original tutorial might make better sense.)
Glue your green semicircles onto your blue circles.
Your two blue/green circles should look like this. Next, take your Spring/Winter Circle and glue it to the circle with no writing.
Glue cotton balls to the sky to make clouds.
Decorate the Spring side. Glue one of your groundhogs onto the grass.
Now glue the Spring/Winter circle on top of the circle with no writing.
(I also added some tape so it would be extra secure)
Decorate the winter side with cotton balls. Glue the groundhog and its shadow onto it.
You're done!
Spring is coming soon! :D
Six more weeks of winter. :(
Since we have to settle in for six more weeks of winter, we decided to settle in with some cups of hot cocoa.
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