Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater

Supplies:
Orange construction paper
Another sheet of paper any color
Pictures of men and women
Glue
Scissors

Directions:
Cut out a large pumpkin shape that will fit on a 8x11 piece of construction
paper. Cut a window shape in it. Have the children find pictures in a magazine or catalog of a man and a woman to represent Peter and his wife. Glue the lady inside the pumpkin looking out the window and glue the pumpkin on the other sheet of construction paper then glue Peter on the side of the pumpkin. I then add the words of the nursery rhyme on the page also. You can do several other pages of different nursery rhymes and make a book for the children. They like it when they can take it home to read it to Mom and or Dad

Twinkle Stars

Supplies:
Star shape
Glue
Sparkles
Hole punchers
Yarn

Directions:
Use a pre-cut star shape or have the children cut it out and glue on sparkles and glitter to make it twinkle. punch a hole in one point to wear it as a necklace.

Old King Cole Crowns

Supplies:
Heavy paper
Collage materials
Scissors
Glue

Directions:
Cut crown shapes out of heavy paper. Have a wide variety of materials available for decoration. ( buttons, lace, paper, tissue paper, macaroni) Let the children glue the collage material to the crown. When it dries staple to fit the child's head.

Humpty Dumpty

Supplies:
Red paper
White paper
Scissors
Glue
Crayons or markers

Directions:
Trace an oval and get the kids to cut it out. On a bottom of a piece of construction paper, get the children to tear some red construction paper to look like bricks and glue it on the bottom. Get the kids to draw facial features on the oval. Glue the oval on top of the brick wall. For legs, I used strips of construction paper folded accordion style.

Week 44: Nursery Rhymes

*Suggested Reading*
Sylvia Long's Mother Goose by Sylvia Long
Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose: One Hundred Best-Loved Verses by Mary Engelbreit
My Very First Mother Goose by Iona Opie
The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright
New Adventures Of Mother Goose The by Bruce Lansky

Items needed this week:
Orange construction paper
Another sheet of paper any color
Pictures of men and women
Star shape
Glue
Sparkles
Hole punchers
Yarn
Heavy paper
Collage materials
Scissors
Red paper
White paper
Crayons or markers