Inside: Free printables for Groundhog Day.
Kids love puppets. It doesn’t matter how simple they are. And that’s why my classes always love this Groundhog Day activity.
This is a new and improved update of a five-year-old post, but these are still my favourite go-to Groundhog Day activities so I wanted to be sure to share them again.
DIRECTIONS FOR POP-UP PUPPET:
1. Cut 5″ strips from 14″ by 9″ brown construction paper (one for each child).
2. Cut 1.5″ green paper strips the same length as the brown. This will be for the grass.
3. Glue a thin strip of cotton fluff along the top edge of the brown paper (as shown above). This is the snow.
5. Fringe the green strip and glue under the snow. This is the grass.
6. Give everyone a copy of the poem (download below) and have them cut the poem in a cloud shape. Glue under the grass.
Mr. Groundhog down below
Pops up through the fluffy snow
Wide awake he wants to play
Spring is on its way
HURRAY!!!!!
7. Draw bones, rocks, spiders, ladybugs, etc. onto the soil with felt pens. Then glue the ground into a cylindrical shape.
8. Cut, color, and glue the groundhog to a craft stick.
9. Chant the poem while popping the groundhog up and down through the burrow.
My students love this little puppet and want to play with it all day long!
GROUNDHOG REBUS STORY:
We read the The Weatherman story together a few times (it’s great for predicting words that make sense), and then I get the kids to cut and glue the missing pictures (we don’t cut out the words).
They colour it, then we practice reading the story some more.
DOWNLOAD all the above activities!
Update: All the pics are now in black and white.
And here’s a really cute activity I found at Artists Helping Children:
Source: Artists Helping Children
These are the books we read.
Go To Sleep, Groundhog! is my personal favourite.
CLICK HERE for some more fabulous Groundhog Day Books and some free groundhog clip art.
Grab some FREE GROUNDHOG TRIVIA CARDS.
Hope you enjoy this. Please be sure to leave a quick comment if you snag the freebies 🙂
I also have a groundhog paper bag puppet your kids will enjoy. You can find it in my TPT store.
I love the pencil topper!! Super cute!!JenniferFirst Grade Blue SKies
Cute!I love the new look of the blog and your signature!❀Beth Ann❀Taming My Flock of Firstiesbakteach16@gmail.com
Thank you Barbara! I love the groundhog freebies. I just can't believe how fast the year is going!DeeFirst Impressions
I love this! You have been my inspiration for adding a lot more art to our day. Thank you so much. I have to blog about the things we've done so you can see them, but I have to take pics first. You are awesome!First in Maine
I don't have Groundhog's Special Secret. I'm gonna have to put that in my BN shopping cart soon. Thanks for sharing!KimberlyFunky First Grade Fun
Groundhog's day is one of my favorite. I love the rebus story.Thanks for sharing.Deanna
Thanks so much for stopping at my blog and introducing yourself. I also love the pencil topper and the puppet with the ground is also cute. I can see why kids love that. So three dimensional. Come around my blog on Tuesday for a Ground Hog Day surprise and give away. Clar
Thanks, everyone. I really appreciate you taking the time to leave such sweet comments.
HOW CUTE is this!! Wow…thanks for calling to my attention that it's almost that time too. Where did my year go??? ღDeAnneFirst Grade and Fabulous
So cute! Love the puppet for groundhog day and the rebus story is just what I need. Thanks for sharing.Petersons-Pad
Love all of this groundhog stuff! Thanks so much!LoryFunforfirst.blogspot.com
LOVE your blog! So glad I found you (via you finding me – ha!). Glad to 'meet' another Canadian blogger friend! Thanks for the Groundhog Day activities. That's next on my to-do list for the weekend!Ѽ AlessiaMrs. Albanese’s Kindergarten Class
I LOVE your groundhog activities! I am a student teacher and I have been searching far and wide for the perfect groundhog activity! Now I have it! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I hope you dont mind if I mention this (and your blog) when I make this on my blog listed below! Again, thanks.Miss SJust Teaching…Kindergarten