Thursday, July 22, 2010

stART ~ A House for Hermit Crab

Welcome to stART! I hope that you will enjoy our story and art project and maybe even share your own too. All I ask is that you link back to A Mommy’s Adventures so that everyone can see all the other great projects that everyone shares too! The linky will be open all week.

I added a stART tab in my navigation bar to make it easier to search for past stART projects. Be sure to check it out!! All the books that we have read and did a stART project for are listed in alphabetical order.

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This week we read A House for Hermit Crab, by Eric Carle.  I remember reading this story with the first graders as we prepared them for the new adventures that second grade would bring.  Emily enjoyed seeing all of the different see creatures that helped make the hermit crabs shell special.

After reading this book I knew Emily would love to to decorate her own hermit crab and shell so I gave her this template for the hermit crab and shell, markers, glue, sequins and tissue paper and let her go to work.  She knew exactly what she wanted to do and only wanted my help in opening the glue bottle!   IMG_4533IMG_4534 IMG_4535IMG_4536

After Emily finished decorating her hermit crab and shell I cut it out and glued it onto a piece of blue construction paper and sand paper.

17 comments:

Gidget Girl Reading said...

that turned out cute love all the sequins

Anonymous said...

Emily always does such pretty work. Great bling on the hermit crab!

Anonymous said...

Isn't it amazing how well they do and how confident they get from craft activity to craft activity?! Wonderful.

She made a beautiful crab!!

Maggy

Christy Killoran said...

We love that book. Cute project. Emily did a great job!

Mama to 5 said...

very cute! We like this book too!

Fun Frugal Mommy said...

The hermit crab is adorable.

sbswtp said...

Such a cute project!! I love the way it turned out :)

An Almost Unschooling Mom said...

Her crab turned out beautifully!

Unknown said...

SERIOUSLY, your girl's got some mad art skills! Way to go Mama!

Anonymous said...

This turned out great! She did such a great job on it!

Amanda said...

Who knew crabs could be cute!

Charlene Juliani said...

Very cute....Love it!

Julie said...

I love it! What a cute hermit crab!

Anonymous said...

The project looks wonderful. I love this book.

Natalie PlanetSmarty said...

I am so impressed - this is a great book, and Emily created beautiful art. Awesome!

Katie said...

That's the prettiest hermit crab I've ever seen. I love how intent Emily is on her work!

Kristin Young said...

In a quick moment of flexibility after being buddied up with the first grade class across the hall from me, we googled for a printable hermit crab & did this activity with my kindergarteners and her first graders together. They all loved it. Thanks for sharing so many great story activities! :)

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