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Friday, October 10, 2014

Go Away Big Green Monster

What a fun craft project for Halloween - it's Go Away Big Green Monster!
If you've not yet met the book Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberly, you really need to check it out!
What a fun craft project for Halloween - it's Go Away Big Green Monster!
The children love the simple text, and cut out pages that allow big green monster to appear - and disappear, one feature at a time.
What a fun craft project for Halloween - it's Go Away Big Green Monster!
I saw this idea in Mailbox Magazine around 2001, and have done it with my kiddos every year since.
What a fun craft project for Halloween - it's Go Away Big Green Monster!
We start with a heavy piece of white paper, folded in half.  I add a dab of paint on the crease, and the kiddos close the fold and rub rub rub to spread the paint.
What a fun craft project for Halloween - it's Go Away Big Green Monster!
When they open it back up, there's a marvelous and symmetrical green blob - the start of our monsters.
What a fun craft project for Halloween - it's Go Away Big Green Monster!
I offer precut features, and the children put them into the wet paint as we retell the story together.
What a fun craft project for Halloween - it's Go Away Big Green Monster!
It is a very simple activity, but one the children remember from year to year, and are eager to do again.
What a fun craft project for Halloween - it's Go Away Big Green Monster!
So I have to wonder, what is it about this activity that so engages the children?
What a fun craft project for Halloween - it's Go Away Big Green Monster!
Ed Emberly's deceptively simple text certainly.  Even on a first read, the children can understand and predict the text, and by a second reading they are telling it along with me.
What a fun craft project for Halloween - it's Go Away Big Green Monster!
I think my favorite thing about this activity is how the same simple elements come together to create such different creations.
What a fun craft project for Halloween - it's Go Away Big Green Monster!
Each green monster has it's own personality, and is a unique creation, even as it shares it's features with all the others.
What a fun craft project for Halloween - it's Go Away Big Green Monster!
We love big green monster!

 If you're looking for more fun Halloween learning activities, you might like these treats from my TeachersPayTeachers store:
 Halloween Tree and Halloween Patterns

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