Groundhog Day Free Printable and Activity

It's Groundhog Day everyone!

Caleb and I decided that we were going to see if OUR groundhog saw his shadow...so here's how we did it.

FIRST

We colored our groundhog...

(scroll to the bottom of the page to print out your very own groundhog to color!)

I guess he took a little coloring break, it's hard work ya know.

Gazing out the window, in lala land...okay Caleb, get back to coloring!

 NEXT

We cut out our little groundhog:

Ran outside and grabbed a stick and hot glued it to our groundhog.

Then we took Mr. Groundhog outside and swung him around a little bit.

Played with him...tried to stick him into the porch slat...the usual things one would do with a Mr. Groundhog

Then we stuck him in the ground.

We looked and looked...Caleb, what are you looking at there buddy?

Looked some more...

Then we gave up...our groundhog did NOT see his shadow!  

So, at least at our house, Spring's a comin' early!

This was a fun way to introduce Caleb to our American tradition and a great way to teach him about shadows.  

Unfortunately, the sun was not out so our groundhog did not have a shadow at all, but we left him sticking in the ground and after nap time we will be examining him again since the sun finally came out!  

It's perfect for introducing children to the positions of the sun throughout the day as well...you can even take a piece of chalk out with you to trace the shadow and compare the difference in positions.  

Lots of options with this activity.

If you would like to print out your own FREE Mr.Groundhog printable, just click on the picture or click HERE!

Happy Groundhog Day!!!

These are FUN!

I've been working on this project for over a week now...tweaking it and brainstorming. But this idea has been in my head for months!

I still have other ideas for it but this is what I have so far and I'm pretty excited about these cuties, which can all be found here in my Etsy shop...or I have included a new purchasing option at the bottom of my post!

I started with this painting on oak board:

It looks so cute in Caleb's room.

Caleb loves it.

He stands and stares at it saying, "Dat's Caweb!"

Of course, I also had to test some designs out on dishes:

These really are my new favorite thing to make.

Something so fun about adding hair styles and eye colors to each one.

I think these would make great gifts for birthday's or new baby gifts...or a great gift for parent's or grandparents, perhaps with more than one child face!

Interested in purchasing one of my new Child Face item's?

Not interested in going through Etsy and/or don't have a Paypal account???

You can purchase right here!

Here are your options:

LARGE 24" x 24" (Square) Personalized Child Face Painting on Oak Board, comes ready for hanging!

MEDIUM 11" x 7" (Rectangle) Personalized Face Painting on Canvas:

When placing order, include your choices of the following options in the provided section at checkout:

1. Background color

2. Boy or Girl

3. Skin Color

4. Eye Color

5. Hair Color

6. Hair Style

7. Shirt Color

8. Position of name

9. Any extra's (hair bow colors, add earrings, etc.)

Be sure to list number's 1-9  with your choice beside each number so I know exactly what personalizations you would like!

Child Face Painting Options

Canvas 11"x7" $40.00 USD Oak Board 24"x24" $50.00 USD

Include Your Personalizations.

Children's Face Juice Mug:

When placing order, include your choices of the following options in the message section at checkout:

1. Boy or Girl

2. Skin Color

3.. Eye Color

4. Hair Color

5. Hair Style

6. Position of name

Choose Type of Dish

Juice Mug $20.00 USD 8" Plate $20.00 USD

Children's Face 8" Ceramic Plate

Microwave and Dishwasher Safe.  Refrain from using knives on painted areas.

When placing order, include your choices of the following options in the message section at checkout:

1. Boy or Girl

2. Skin Color

3.. Eye Color

4. Hair Color

5. Hair Style

6. Position of name

Choose Type of Dish

Juice Mug $20.00 USD 8" Plate $20.00 USD

Please contact me with ANY questions!

PaulaKathlyn.com@gmail.com

Waxy

Yesterday, Caleb and I did a little crayon craft.  

We taped crayons onto a canvas.

Very sporadically.

Then we used a little hair drying power.

 Starting to look cool!

Gets a little messy, but it wouldn't be as much fun if it was a clean craft.

Some of our crayons fell off, but we just held them on.

We kept on blow drying until we liked what we saw.

Ta da!  

The power of wax, a blow dryer and a kid who might turn out to be a scientist.

Summer Version:  I was thinking that it would be fun to cut crayons up and lay them on the canvas out in the hot sun, then check back every hour or so to see the progress.  Plus, my hand wouldn't be so tired from holding a hair dryer... ;-)

We stayed home all day yesterday and this really helped break up our day.  It was a craft that took longer than 5 minutes...and those are the ones I really love!