stART--The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry, and the big hungry bear

That is a long title for a book, but it sure is fun to read.  To go along with our red theme this week, we all enjoyed reading this book and making a big red strawberry at the end.  Then, I let the kids decide how they wanted to "protect" their strawberry from the bear. 

First we started out with some red construction paper, and a small piece of green foam for the top leaf.

Then I drew a strawberry shape on the red paper for the kids to cut out.

 

 I traced a leafy pattern on the green foam and cut it out for him.  Then they put some dots for the seeds.

  

 Then, they chose how to disguise.  For the smallest tot, I chose for him to cover it in a blanket, so I just gave him some sticky back fabric to put on his strawberry.

  

 My 3rd grader loves this story so she couldn't pass up doing the craft with us.

  

 She chose to draw the glasses and mustache disguise like in the book to trick the bear from getting her strawberry.

 

The kids really enjoyed making this, maybe because they love strawberries so much and can hardly wait to eat them again.

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