Felt Monster Game

Want to see some kooky monster fun?

Here is a felt monster game I made for the classroom. It has oodles of learning objectives: color identification, body part identification, counting, cognitive matching, making choices, fine motor manipulation, and participating in organized play. But it is also just plain ole fun.

The object of the game is to complete your monster first.

Players roll a die to see what they can add to their monster.

The sides of the die are:
* eyes*arms* horns* noses* mouths* a flashlight (child uses a real flashlight to scare off a piece of another player's monster)
I ended up adding a free turn where you could pick any piece to add because the game was going on forever...I made my die using a free printable from online.

Here are the pre-designed monsters:





The game can be altered to allow for varying degrees of difficulty.

You set out the pieces in varying ways:

already grouped in color setsgrouped by type found on the diemixed up all crazyChildren can also be encouraged to create their own kind of monster (either using the die or completely open ended)


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Halloween Rock Creations

We have been at it again. Making more rock creations, this time Halloween themed.

Safety first, people.

While I made this cast of characters :


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CB made this bat. He's kooky.

And BBD is largely responsible for this creepy eye ball. (I added the pupil.}

Happy Haunting!

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Ghost Hand Print Garland

I have seen cute hand print ghost crafts while trolling the crafty blogs.

I have also seen tons of cute wreaths so I thought I could get CB to help me craft a hand print wreath.


The girl is always up for crafting. However, she definitely has her own ideas to contribute. And so I give you our (but mostly CB's) Ghost Hand Print Garland:


I tried this first with me tracing her hands but they were just so much cuter when she decided she wanted to trace too. So I went with hers.


I cut them out while she traced hand print after hand print and gave each ghost a well thought out face.


I especially like the pig nose one and the guy with the glasses.


These 2 are holding hands. Aww!


I made the "Boo!" with glue and glitter. BBD made an appearance for that part. He can sense glitter. Note to self: there is no such thing as "just using a little glitter real quick" with a 3 and a 4 year old on the premises. duh.


We used double sided stickers to attach them together {this proved not to be enough, I have since added a lot of scotch tape}. CB loved this part and it was easier for her than regular tape.


It is proudly displayed hanging across our banister.


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