Free Craft Ideas for Halloween Storytimes

The Ghost’s Dinner by Jacques Duquennoy is about a ghost named Henry who makes a colorful dinner for his friends. His food is magical and turns each dinner guest the color of the food they’re eating.  The dessert is even more magical because it makes them disappear all together. But don’t worry, everyone gets put back to rights. It is a book for children ages 4-7 and will delight the ones just learning their colors!
Storytime Stickers: It’s Halloween with Spookley the Square Pumpkin This book is full of fun stickers to dress up Spookley and his friends, decorate their parties and play games. I don’t know one child who doesn’t love stickers! You can hand them out to be stuck on whatever tickles the child’s fancy or they can decorate the pages with the stickers.
There Are Monsters Everywhere by Maurice Sendak The cute boy in this book bemoans his life because there are monsters everywhere, but his parents can’t see them. They are near when he empties the garbage, hiding when he takes a shower and they are all over his room.  He decides to take karate lessons to fight them off

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Free Halloween Craft Ideas for Story Time

Halloween is almost here, so I have some free Halloween craft ideas for you to use for storytime or just for fun with your kids! Two great books that have ideas are:
Pumpkin Decorating, by Vicki Rhodes
The Family Book of Halloween Fun by Fuller, Grover, Kawasaki, O’Sullivan & Rhodes

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Free Crafts for October

October is finally here! I Love October. Today on Crafts for Storytime, we have three little poems, two of which are fun  action rhymes, a couple of free  crafts to print out and make, and of course some great book suggestions to go along with your free crafts and action rhymes!  I hope you have a fun storytime with Free Crafts for October!

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Preschool Crafts and Stories for Harvest Season

My All time favorite book for preschool crafts and stories has to be Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens. It is such a fun book. It is about the infamous industrious Rabbit and the gullible lazy Bear. It not only tells a fun story, but it helps kids remember to think things all the way through! Not thinking things all the way through is what gets the lazy bear into trouble!
Tops & Bottoms

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Free Summer Printable and Book Suggestions for Kids

Summer Fun for Kids is here with free summper printable and book suggestions.

Everyone loves the beach but if you aren’t near one, you can still enjoy it! First get some seashells to show the kids, and then have them pack a pretend bag full of supplies for a day at the beach. Once they’ve shared what they’ve packed with you, you can all sit down to enjoy some summer beach time fun! I have some great summer reading below, with book suggestions and some poems that you can print out and use

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Father’s Day Crafts for Story Time

Father’s day can be a lot of fun for kids. Here are some ideas to make a father’s day story time fun. First of all bring a baseball and glove or a fishing pole and  some tools to show the kids. Have the kids talk about what the things are for, and why dads like or use these thing. Talk about what they like to do with their dad, or step-dad or uncle or grandpa and so on.

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Father’s Day Crafts for Kids

Father’s day is just around the corner and they are SO hard to shop for. But one thing they love almost as much as we mothers do, are hand made gifts from their kids. SO,  I have some ideas here that I got from Martha Stewart as well as a simple tool card the children can make.
A Perfect Father’s Day by Eve Bunting and illustrated by Susan Meddaugh
This story is about a wide eyed pre-schooler named Susie who wants to make Father’s Day perfect for her Dad. They have a some fun adventures together doing all the things Susie loves, so of course her father loves them too.  Story time is always fun around Father’s Day because the kids can make a cute card for their dad.  Here are some suggestions for books to read to kids around Father’s Day.

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Valentines Crafts, Poems and Sing Alongs for Preschool

I found MORE Valentines Crafts since I wrote my Valentines Crafts post so here they are. Also I have included some fun Valentine’s Day limericks, poems and acoustic poetry below.

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Valentine Crafts for Story Time

Valentine Crafts  for Valentine’s Day are one of my favorites children crafts  to do story time for.  It’s so much fun to help the kids make them because they love making Valentine Crafts for people, especially if they are creating a gift for someone they love, like Mom or Dad.

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