scissors
construction paper
glue
crayons, markers, and/or colored pencils
paper towel tubes
small brown paper bag

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Week of January 1: The Hat by Jan Brett with a Hedgie in a hat craft
*hedgehog and stocking PDF (1 page)
*brown paint, markers, colored pencils, or crayons
*popsicle sticks (optional)
*brown pipe cleaners (optional)
*brown pine needles (optional)
*twine or brown yarn/string (optional)
*brown felt (optional)
*brown craft foam sheets (optional)
*brown construction paper
*1 googly eye 
*1 black pom pom
*liquid glue
*scissors

Week of January 8: The Mitten by Jan Brett with a mitten lacing craft
*mitten and animals PDF (2 pages)
*yarn or ribbon
*hole punch
*markers, colored pencils, and/or crayons
*scissors

Week of January 15: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats with a snowy picture using puffy paint
*glue
*shaving cream
*paint brush or use fingers
*construction paper
*PDF of boy from story (his snowsuit is red in the book) - (1 page)
***Mix equal parts glue and shaving cream

Week of January 22: There Was A Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow by Lucille Colandro
*PDF Printout (2 pages) trace or color, and cut out shapes (example included on first page)
*mini marshmallows or white construction paper (for teeth)
*Colored pencils, markers, or crayons
*scissors
*glue
*silver or white glitter glue (optional)
*white colored pencil or crayon needed to make snowflakes unless using glitter glue

Week of January 29: Groundhog’s Special Secret by Iris Hiskey Arno with a Groundhog craft
*PDF 
*popsicle stick
*green construction paper
*paper or plastic cup (I am using a 9 ounce Dixie cup) - you can have your child color or paint the cup or leave it as is
*liquid glue or a small piece of tape to attach the groundhog to the popsicle stick
*crayons, colored pencils or markers
*scissors


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Week of February 5: ABC Valentine by Pamela Jane with Bee Mine craft
*2 paper circles (one yellow and one black) - mine is about 4.5 inches in diameter
*one small yellow paper circle for the head - mine is about 2.75 inches in diameter
*3 red hearts (2 small for antennae and 1 medium size with “Bee Mine” written on it
*2 medium sized white paper hearts
*skinny black triangle for the stinger (could use a pipe cleaner also)
*4 inches of a black pipe cleaner
*2 googly eyes
*tape
*glue
*scissors
*black marker

Week of February 12: Presidents’ Day by Anne Rockwell with Abraham Lincoln Mask
* Paper or Styrofoam Plate with the middle cut out (see picture)
* 1 piece Black Construction Paper
* Black felt (or black craft foam or even just another piece of black construction paper)
* 2 Jumbo Craft Sticks
* Scissors
* stapler or hot glue

Week of February 19: Rosa by Lisbeth Kaiser with Bus Craft
*yellow piece of construction paper
*2 black paper circles (for the wheels)
*4 or 5 white paper squares or rectangles (for the windows)
*crayons, markers, or colored pencils
*glue stick
*scissors

Week of February 26: Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss with a Cat in the Hat hat
*1 red sheet of construction paper
*2 white sheets of construction paper
*glue
*stapler
*scissors


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Week of March 5: There's a Wocket in my Pocket! by Dr. Seuss with Wocket craft
*colored tongue depressors or popsicle sticks (painted or colored with markers)
*googly eyes (2 per stick)
*glue
*feathers or pipe cleaners
*black marker

Week of March 12: The Night Before St. Patrick’s Day by Natasha Wing with a Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow craft
*Light blue sheet of construction paper (background)
*1 inch X 9 or 11 inch strips of construction paper in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple (1 of each color)
*glue
*PDF of pot (please color black before class) and cloud cut out - please cut both out before class, you can cut the handles off of the pot if you prefer it without them
*pennies, plastic gold coins ($1 for a bag at Dollar Tree), yellow construction paper cut into circles, etc.

Week of March 19: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick by Lucille Colandro with a paper plate chick craft
*Paper plate
*yellow feathers or ripped up pieces of yellow construction paper
*Orange construction paper triangle (beak)
*Large googly eyes
*glue
*orange pipe cleaner cut in half

Week or March 26: Where Do Chicks Come From? by Amy E. Sklansky with a Chicken Life Cycle Craft
*5 small googly eyes
*red paint or red stamp pad
*paint brush
*black, yellow, orange, and red markers, crayons, and/or colored pencils
*PDF printed on card stock if possible (could easily be drawn out)
*scissors
*brown gift basket filler (or small scrap of brown paper cut into strips of paper) or brown yarn or brown marker will work
*feathers (Optional)
*liquid school glue



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Week of April 2: Bunny's Easter Egg by Helen Rossendale 
*hand traced and cut out onto preferred color
*pink marker
*black pen 
*small pink or black pom pom (Optional)
*2 small googly eyes (Optional)

Week of April 9:  The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle with paper bag puppet
*PDF
*paper lunch bag
*glue
*markers, colored pencils, and/or crayons
*scissors

Week of April 16: Lorax by Dr. Seuss with Lorax paper plate craft
*Paper Plate Covered in Orange Tissue Paper squares, orange construction paper, or painted orange
*School Glue
*Yellow construction paper (cut 2 handprints out and save scraps to make the Lorax’s eyebrows)
*Brown Pom Pom
*Large googly eyes (or White construction paper and Black Marker)
*Scissors

Week of April 23: Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert with butterfly life cycle craft/toy
*coffee filter (colored with markers or paint daubers and sprayed with water)
*spray bottle with water (for above)
*paper towel tube cut in half or toilet paper tube (can paint green before class or leave brown)
*wood clothespin
*pom poms or cotton balls (in preferred colors)
*pipe cleaner
*2 googly eyes

Week of April 30: From Tadpole to Frog by Wendy Pfeffer with Frog Life Cycle Lily Pad Craft
*Paper plate painted green (Please do this before class)
*PDF
*Scissors
*Brad paper fasteners (can find these at Walmart or your local office supply store)


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Week of May 7: The Night Before Mother's Day by Natasha Wing with Mother's Day card
*PDF
*One sheet of construction paper for background (preferably light blue)
*2 scrap pieces of construction paper in Mom's favorite colors (can use a whole sheet if you want but we only actually need 2 pieces that are 4 inches X 3 inches) 
*scissors
*markers, crayons, and/or colored pencils
*liquid glue
*mini pom poms (7mm-9 mm) or 1 1/2 inch strips of pipe cleaners (body of the butterfly)


Week of May 14: Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert with Rainbow garden craft
*White or light blue construction paper or card stock (background)
*Brown construction paper cut 2 strips 1.5 inches X 12 inches and 3 inches by 12 inches (these will be the dirt)
*5-6 Green popsicle sticks or green pipe cleaners
*Construction paper scraps in Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple (or white instead of all of these colors)
*Markers in Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple
*Scissors
*Glue


Week of May 21: The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle with flower mixed media craft
*Green construction paper
*White construction paper
*Yellow paper circle - approximately 3 inches (or 7cm)
*Red and yellow (or orange) paint (on a small plate or surface together - I will show the students how to mix the paint because we will not mix the colors completely)
*Dish sponge cut into a petal shape (could also use a potato or an apple cut into this shape) - this will be a stamp for our petals
*Scissors
*Glue


Week of May 28: The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle
*4 red handprints (either using red paint on white construction paper or hands traced and cut out on red paper)
*brown construction paper
*yellow paint (could use glow in the dark paint if you have it for the firefly’s tail)
*1 brown or black pipe cleaner (antennae)
*glue
*2 googly eyes
*small red pom pom (Optional)


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Week of June 4:  The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
*black construction paper circle (about 7 or 8 inches in diameter)
*black construction paper circle (about 2 or 3 inches in diameter - not needed if you are using a picture of your child’s face)
*picture of your child’s face (Optional)
*white crayon or colored pencil (only needed if you are not using picture of your child’s face for the ladybugs head/face)
*2 hands traced on red paper and cut out
*black marker, crayon, or colored pencil
*black pipe cleaner (or 2 small strips of construction paper for the antennas)
*scissors
*glue

Week of June 11:  The Night Before Father's Day by Natasha Wing
*PDF (Optional- could write out instead of printing it)
*paper plate painted gray or yellow (this will be a moon 🌕)
*foot print traced and cutout on construction paper (can be in any color -it will be a rocket ship 🚀)
*construction paper in a different color than the rocket for the wings and windows
*small circle object to trace for the windows (bottle cap would work great)
*red and orange strips of paper (about 1/4-1/2 inch by 5 or 6 inches) 
*glue
*scissors

Week of June 18: 
*PDF printed on white paper (Optional)
*Red construction paper cut into 1 inch X 11 inch strips
*Handprint traced and cutout on blue construction paper
*Glue
*Scissors
*Glitter Glue in silver, red, and/or blue (Optional)


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No Classes the week of June 25 through the week of August 13th 
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Week of August 20:
*Paper plate
*One green and one red pom pom
*One black or brown pipe cleaner
*Hole puncher
*String or twine
*Glue
*Scissors

Week of August 27:
*10 apple cutouts or an apple cut in half with red, yellow, and/or green paint and paint
*construction paper
*glue
*scissors
*picture of you or markers, crayons, or colored pencils to draw yourself



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Week of September 3:
*white paper
*large circle to trace on top of paper (needs to fit inside of paper)
*crayons, markers, colored pencils, and/or water colors

Week of September 10:
*PDF or handwritten labels
*construction paper: red, green, brown, white, and one color of choice different from the other colors
*glue stick
*scissors
*markers, colored pencils, or crayons

Week of September 17:
*PDF printed and cut before class if possible (if you prefer not to print, these can be handwritten on a piece of paper and cutout)
*Construction paper (color of choice, red, green, brown)
*Mini popsicle sticks (or popsicle sticks cut in half) or you can use white paper
*Brown or black marker, colored pencil, or crayon
*Small red pom poms or some small red circles cut out of construction paper (these will be the apples on the apple tree)
*scissors
*glue

Week of September 24:
*two pieces of construction paper (preferably light brown and dark brown but one brown piece of paper and one white piece colored light brown would work)
*scissors
*glue
*pencil



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Week of October 1: 
*handprint/armprint cutout in brown (please have this done before class if possible)
*1/2 sheet of paper for the background (light colors work best)
*red, yellow, and/or orange paint for the leaves (you could use any colors you wish)
*glue
**if you do not wish to paint you could also use tissue paper crumpled up as the leaves, or your child could tear or cut small pieces of paper as leaves.  I can demonstrate how to do these as needed.

Week of October 8: 
*a piece of construction paper cut into a circle or a paper plate (this will be the monsters face)
*construction paper in 5-6 different colors (can use scraps of paper as none of the pieces are huge) - these will be used to make the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, teeth, and teeth (in the book the monsters ears and nose are the same color)
-googly eyes (optional)
-glue
-scissors

Week of October 15: 
*Orange, black, brown, and green construction paper (brown and green can be scraps) - orange and black papers need to be precut into squares (approximately *8 inches X 8 inches)
*Glue
*Scissors
*2 Googly eyes or 2 white circles with black circles drawn on for the eyes

Week of October 22: 
*one sheet of construction paper in preferred color (this will be the head and wings for the bat)
*small scrap of white paper (this will be the teeth)
*two googly eyes (or eye stickers, or make your own eyes ahead of time)

Week of October 29: It's Pumpkin Time! by Zoe Hall with pumpkin craft
*paper plate painted orange or large orange construction paper circle
*construction paper scraps: brown (pumpkin stem) and green (pumpkin leaf - optional)
*1-2 green pipe cleaners
*PDF
*crayons, colored pencils, or markers
*scissors
*glue 



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Week of November 5: My Daddy is a Hero by Hannah Tolson with patriotic wind sock craft
*paper plate painted with red and white stripes
*large blue star
*string
*scissors
*single hole punch (or stapler to attach string to wind sock)

Week of November 12: Thanks for Thanksgiving by Margaret Sutherland with turkey craft
*brown construction paper
*various colors of construction paper to trace hands for the turkeys feathers - I used red, orange, and yellow
*googly eyes
*glue
*scissors

Week of November 19: No Class

Week of November 26: Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett with a Gingerbread Baby Craft
*brown construction paper
*PDF printout (I recommend printing this on the brown construction paper, or you can print out on white paper and use it as a stencil)
*sequins, pom poms, gems, stickers, ribbon, pipe cleaners, buttons, etc.
*googly eyes
*markers, crayons, and/or colored pencils
*glue
*scissors

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Week of December 3: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell by Lucille Colandro
*PDF printout (can either color the shapes or use the PDF to trace the shapes onto construction paper) - red, white and skin colored construction paper - if you do not have skin colored construction paper use white and color it
*2 handprints traced on white paper and cut out
*2 white rounded rectangles for the eyebrows
*Black marker or googly eyes (depending on if you want the eyes open or shut)
*6-8 cotton balls (or substitute them for large white pom poms)
*glue
*scissors

Week of December 10: If You Take a Mouse to the Movies" by Laura Numeroff
*PDF printout (can either color the shapes or use the PDF to trace the shapes onto construction paper) - red, white and skin colored construction paper - if you do not have skin colored construction paper use white and color it
*2 handprints traced on white paper and cut out
*2 white rounded rectangles for the eyebrows
*Black marker or googly eyes (depending on if you want the eyes open or shut)
*6-8 cotton balls (or substitute them for large white pom poms)
*glue
*scissors

Week of December 17:

Week of December 24: 
*Dark construction paper for background (black or blue)
*White constructions paper for snowman (can either have 3 circles cutout for your child or have a circle for them to trace and cutout)
*Glue (liquid will work best for pipe cleaners, buttons, pom poms, etc.)
*Decoration ideas:
-Pom poms
-Scraps of felt (or various colors of construction paper or scrapbook paper)
-Orange construction paper triangle for snowman's nose (or can use markers, colored pencils, or crayons)
-1 brown pipe cleaner cut in half (for snowman's arms)
-Glitter glue (various colors - silver looks great for "snowflakes" on background)
*Buttons
*Ribbon (for snowman's scarf)

Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Some activities will include scissors.