We decided to make a D Dinosaur, since I've been working on letters with Elliot (before he goes off to kindergarten in a few weeks). And while this is a common pattern, I decided to make it more interactive, but turning it into a puppet for the kids using the craft sticks!
I started by cutting out a letter D shape, then I free-hand cut some legs, a tail, head, neck, and triangles for spikes/horn/ears. I let the kids glue them on, and then they wanted to decorate their D-Dinosaurs with glitter glue and pom poms. While they were making them, they were each crafting stories about their dinosaurs. Elliot decided to make his a meat-eating Elliotosaur, while Lucy preferred hers to be a vegetarian Lucyosaurus. And luckily, they made their dinosaurs friends, so that the Elliotosaur wouldn't eat the Lucyosaurus. (Their banter back and forth about their dinosaurs is one reason I decided to turn them into puppets! Because each of them have wonderful story-telling imaginations!)
After they dried, I added the craft sticks, and voila...D for Dinosaur Foam Puppets!
Meet the very scary ELLIOTOSAUR
And the majestic LUCYOSAURUS
And here they showing off their D's!
I've sketched out how to turn other letters into animals, so there may be more letter puppet friends for Elliotosaur and Lucyosaurus in the future!
XOXO,
Marcia
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