Core Knowledge language Arts New York edition PresChool
7A-1
MATERIALS NEEDED: Empty walnut shells, cotton balls, glue, large wooden
beads, fine-tipped markers, bits of fabric, artificial flower petals or leaves
Directions: Provide students with the supplies to make Thumbelina in her walnut
shell bed. Read each step out loud to students as you point to the pictures. Then,
have students make Thumbelina by following the instructions themselves.
Good Night,
Thumbelina
- Glue wooden bead to
cotton at end of shell.
- Glue cotton ball inside shell.
4. Glue fabric, petals, or leaves
as blanket over cotton ball.
- Draw face on wooden bead.
5. Goodnight, Thumbelina!