I did a dress-up storytime this week so the toddlers would have another opportunity to wear their Halloween costumes. All my books were about playing dress-up. Surprisingly it was really hard to find books at the toddler level about playing dress-up. So, I used a couple of flannel board stories instead of reading the actual books. If anyone has book suggestions, I would like to do the same storytime again next year. Our volunteer made this wonderful flannel board of the board book Spot and Friends Dress Up by Eric Hill. I got a used copy of the book from Amazon and used it as the template.
Spot and Friends Dress Up by Eric Hill
Spot and his friends want to have a dress-up party.
Spot wants to be a cowboy.
He puts on his hat and boots.
Yippee! Now he is a cowboy.
He puts on his hat and boots.
Yippee! Now he is a cowboy.
Tom wants to go to the party as a pirate.
He puts on his pirate hat and striped sweater.
Yo-ho-ho! Now he is a pirate.
Helen wants to be a ballet dancer.
She needs her tutu and ballet slippers.
Tra-la-la! Now she's a ballerina.
Steve wants to dress as a clown.
He puts on his funny shoes and clown shirt.
Ha-ha-ha! Now he's ready to be a funny clown and make everyone laugh.
Spot and his friends have lots of fun playing dress-up at their party. When they are all ready, they share yummy milk shakes and cookies while they have fun playing games.
Dress-up... that's a good alternative to Halloween (which we sometimes get complaints about, believe it or not)! This is such a great flannel - I am a sucker for details. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great adaptation! I have to remember to do a dress-up storytime, that would be so cute.
ReplyDeleteWe stay away from Halloween in our scheduled storytimes for the reason that not everyone is okay with the holiday. I love Halloween, so I find some way to make it about something fun and toddler friendly. If anyone has book suggestions about dressing up that I can use next year, please post a comment.
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