Ground Hog Day

Featured Ground Hog Day

Ground Hog Snack - In a 9x13 inch pan crumble 4 to 5 large shredded wheat pillows, press bicuits into the shredded wheat and poke raisins into them like eyes of the little groundhogs, sprinkle 1 cup of brown sugar over the top of the entire pan. Drizzle melted margarine over the top and bake for 15 to 20 minutes on 350. ...

Groundhog Day Shadow Screen - Hang a white sheet about 2 meters away from a wall (on a clothes line for example.) Place the bright light behind the sheet, hang on wall if possible. *Make sure the children don't touch the light or play with it. Children can take turns going behind the sheet and making their shadows.

Groundhog Day Song and Puppet - let the children color the outside of the cup (usually green) denoting the grass. Draw a face on the brown paper (groundhog face), they can also add brown ears. Glue the groundhog face to a popsicle stick. Poke the popsicle stick through the bottom of the cup. Sing this song with your puppet: I'm ...

Popping Groundhog - Have the child color the picture of the groundhog, cut it out and glu it on to the craft stick. Color the styrofoam cup, cut a slit in the bottom of the cup. Slide the groundhog-on-a-stick inside the cup.To move him slide the stick up and down.

Groundhog Tunnel Game - Have the children line up in a row. To make the tunnel, have them stand close together with their legs apart. Have the last person in the row start the game. Have the first groundhog crawl through the tunnel on his or her stomach. When the groundhog reaches the end of the tunnel, have him or her stand ...

Holiday Hopscotch - Make an indoor game for a rainy day. Allow children to use their gross motor skills and number recognition by playing Hopscotch. Use 10 pieces of heavy cardboard, or posterboard. Draw and color a holiday icon (Ground hog,Clovers, Hearts, Turkeys,etc.) on the cards and Number them 1-10,you can also color ...