Willie Wolf
by Helen Cowles LeCron
Willie Wolf will gulp
his food,
Though his mother calls him
rude,
Though his brother hides his
eyes,
And his sister almost cries.
('Course she knows that cry-
ing's silly,
But she's so ashamed of
Willie!)
Oh, the dreadful bites he
takes
When he's eating pies and
cakes!
I should hate to have to see
him,
But I'd hate far worse to be
him!
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| Find the fox before he eats the gingerbread boy. |
The Gingerbread Boy
Puzzle-Find The Fox
by Helen Hudson
The little old woman, and little old man
Follow Gingerbread Boy as fast as they can,
But he quickly eludes them as onward he hurries;
And cat, dog and pig and a hen hen then worries.
But alas, for our boastful and bold little friend!
With wiley old fox he soon meets his end!
If with your sharp eyes you search over this sheet
Old Reynard himself you will very soon meet.
Peterkin Puppy
by Helen Cowles LeCron
Peterkin Puppy just lived in a
hurry!
Petterkin Puppy could never sit still!
He'd rush through the house in a terrible
flurry,
And, oh, all the dishes he'd break and
he'd spill!
He'd race by the vases and set them to
rocking,-
He'd rush through the kitchen and
tumble upstairs,-
He'd brush past the table (oh, wasn't it
shocking?)
And scatter the books and tip over the
chairs!
"Hurricane Peter," the neighbors all
called him,
"hurricane Peter," he's called to this
day!
Shouldn't you think that the name would
have tamed him?
Puppies should always take care when
they play!
Little Charlie Chipmunk
by Helen Cowles LeCron
Little Charlie Chipmunk
was a talker. Mercy me!
He chattered after breakfast and
he chattered after tea!
He chattered to his father and he
chattered to his mother!
He chattered to his sister and he
chattered to his brother!
He chattered till his family was
almost driven wild!
Oh, little Charley Chipmunk was
a very tiresome child!
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| Find the Goat Peter hidden in the mountain pasture. |
Find the Goat Peter Puzzle
by Helen Hudson
Happy little Heidi
With her flowers fair
Revels in her freedom
And sweet mountain air.
Faithful goat-heard Peter
Now is watching near;
If you search this picture
You will see him - here.
More About Heidi:
3 Good Cheers!
Three good cheers for old December!
Month of Christmas trees and toys,
Hanging up a million stockings,
For a million girls and boys,
O, dear December, hurry on.
Oh! please---oh, please come quick;
Bring snow so white.
Bring fires so bright,
And bring us good Saint Nick.
Progressive drawings are for beginners. Exercises like these teach more than fun! Young students learn that shapes make up larger drawings or can be found inside of larger drawings. They also learn to take directions, to watch and be patient and to solve problems through a series of smaller steps.
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| Santa Claus is so round and jolly. Make him a part of a larger drawing so that students may expand their thinking. Encourage them to add more details to their drawings and to color in the spaces as they like! |
More Santa Claus Themed Crafts:
Download and print out the pattern below. The dotted lines indicate where the image will be folded to continue the tree silhouette seamlessly after it is unfolded. The number of images "linked" together in one continuous chain is determined by the length of the paper being cut. Use a very thin paper to make your cutting easier. Cut away the areas indicated by the design. (see image above and read text on the pattern below. This paper-cut may be used as a border around a Christmas bulletin board in a classroom or as a paper chain for the Christmas tree if you like.
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| Christmas Tree Chain Pattern |
More Christmas Tree Themed Crafts:
The following illustrated Christmas toys may be duplicated larger, smaller, or the same size by the use of a grid drawing system. Read about Enlarging and Reducing Pictures Here. After learning this method you can use these pictures as patterns for ornaments, artwork or for making a picture with them. Illustrations include: a rocking horse, drum, ball, football, wheelbarrow, Noah's ark, wooden tree, sail boat, candy cone, trumpet, sled, book and lamb on wheels.
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| Teaching students to transfer images by drafting a grid and making comparisons reinforces many math and artistic skills. |
Here is a game that you can make and play with your friends. All the materials needed are easy to collect around the house. This is a kind of fishing game and is fun to play on winter evenings.
Trim the Christmas tree below with the illustrated ornaments below after coloring and cutting them out. Use the printable cover for Christmas poems to decorate the front of your book. We have many Christmas poems for students to include inside their book of poetry at our Belsnickle Blog and also our Doll Blog Here.
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| Students can color the tree green before pasting ornaments on top. |
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| Color, cut and paste these Christmas ornaments on to the pine tree above, turning it into a Christmas tree! There are so many ornament types here: angels, bells, birds, stars, candy canes, drums, horns, houses, soldiers and snowmen! |
Below are "snow babies" for students to color as they wish, cut out and paste to their packages this Christmas. Snow babies have a long history in our country.
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| Six snow babies per printable for Christmas gift tags. |