Photo via Molas & Co

Supplies:

• A pack of clothespins
• White card stock
• Markers, colored pencils, or crayons
• Glue
• Scissors

Photo via Molas & Co

Directions:

1. Start by tracing or drawing animal pictures onto your card stock. Make sure the mouth is horizontal and will line up with the clothespin openings.
2. Color or decorate the animals in whatever way you choose. Be creative!
3. Cut out the animals and glue them to the sides of the clothespins. Make sure you have two different pieces to cut out, like in the pictures.
4. Put on a show with your animals or hang them up around your room!

 
Have fun! And if you do the craft, share it on social and tag us!

Let’s do a quick montage! Like they do in the movies!

In August we learned all about parrots, and learned a couple of football gambits from Jesse, Jay and Savannah.

In September Stanley had two full career changes! Pig and Small became lifelong friends! And Charlie Bumpers used desensitization techniques to overcome his Halloween fears!

We wrapped up in October with an animal parade, a skiing sock and pup, and a lifesaving dog. 

 
That wraps it up for this season, but we’ve got exciting changes in store for Spring 2015 titles.  In addition to reviews, we’ll also be showing blog tour followers story time ideas, crafts, flannel board patterns, discussion questions, and more extension activities!  You can thank our guest bloggers for that! As always, visit our website for free Teachers Guides.

• Monday 10/6 Green Bean Teen Queen
• Tuesday 10/7- Geo Librarian & Kid Lit Reviews
• Wednesday 10/8- Chat with Vera
• Thursday 10/9- Blue Owl & The Fourth Musketeer
• Friday 10/10 Sally’s Bookshelf

While you may not have whales in your pond or tigers in the forest behind your house, you do have lots of Autumn nature to discover!

So, print out this Fall Scavenger Hunt list (or make your own!), grab your scarf, and head into the great outdoors!

I don’t know about you, but nothing makes me hungrier than an adventure.

You know who else loves adventure? Mouse from Can I Come Too?

With a few healthy ingredients and some circle-cutting skillz, you can make a tasty snack to accompany your Can I Come Too? story time.

This one’s so cute, you might buy a cage for it and name him Paul.

Ingredients:

• 1 Boscoe pear (those are the brown ones!)
• 1 slice of cheddar cheese
• 2 round, thin slices of carrot
• 1 strip of green onion
• Cream cheese
• String cheese
• 1 sharp knife

Directions:

1. Wash the pear and slice it in half so it lies flat on the plate.
2. Pull apart one strip of string cheese and slide it under the back of the pear to create a mouse tail.
3. Using your knife, cut several small circles out of the cheddar cheese.
4. Dab a little cream cheese on the small end of the pear; press one of the cheddar cheese circles onto the cream cheese. (This will make a mouse nose!)
5. Use two dabs of cream cheese to make mouse eyes above the nose.
6. Using your knife, cut two horizontal slits into the top of the pear above the eyes.
7. Stick the carrot slices into the slits to make ears.
8. Cut two more slits–this time they should be vertical and on either side of the nose.
9. Take your green onion, chop it into 6 smaller pieces.
10. Stick three onion slivers in the left vertical slit and three in the right.

Voila! Adorable and healthy! Could you ask for a better adventure treat?