![]() Nametags and other crafts: Check out this online event kit with ideas to celebrate Mo Willems’ books, including nametags, coloring pages, and more! Knuffle Bunny crafts: Visit this kit from HarperCollins, filled with crafts and activities relating to Willems’ Caldecott Honor book Knuffle Bunny: Thank You Cards: Offer construction paper, markers, glitter, and other art supplies for kids to make thank you cards. You can also serve ice cream, to celebrate Should I Share My Ice Cream? (Hyperion, 2011). Refreshments: Offer cookies and milk, as seen in The Duckling Gets a Cookie (Hyperion, 2012), or hot dogs as seen in The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog (Hyperion, 2004). ![]() Have a variety of activities because some will appeal more to preschoolers, and some will need the skill of an older child. If you run out of supplies for a station, just close it. Of course, you could hold the program any time of year, since Willems’ books don’t really focus on any holiday or season.Īs with all do-it-yourself programming, you can have various stations (tables), run by high school volunteers, offering crafts and games. Because the final book is titled The Thank You Book, (Hyperion, 2016), you could hold this program in November, relating it to Thanksgiving. In celebration of the final entry in the “Elephant and Piggie” beginning reader series, have a Mo Willems party! This type of hands-on program is likely to draw a wide age range, from preschoolers to elementary school-age children (ages 3-9).
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