Where the Wild Things Are crown craft

Where the Wild Things Are is a classic picture book for young children. It is about Here are Where the Wild Things Are activities to try after you read the book. Max wears a wolf suit and causes havoc in the house. So his parents send him to Max’s room to bed and that is where the adventure starts in this great book. From wild creatures and the land of the wild things, one of the great things about this children’s book is that it inspires us to imagine and create. 

Here are a few fabulous activity ideas to try after you read this wonderful book:

Where the Wild Things Are Shapes Cut and Paste activity from Making Learning Fun is a wonderful way to develop scissor skills and shape matching.

Make a Wild Thing Mask from Red Ted Art. This is so much fun to make and play with!

Use construction paper to make this Where the Wild Things Are Crown from Making Learning Fun

Wild Things Dolls made from cardboard tubes from Matsutake

Wild Things Paper Dolls from Toy-A-Day

Make Wild Thing masks from paper plates and yarn and become the kind of all wild things! Source: Fairy Dust Teaching What a fun way to retell the story!

Check out the Color Tree Game from The Educators’ Spin On It! The trees are made from pipe cleaners and hanging your own monsters from them is great for fine motor skills. 

Where the Wild Things Are Counting Game from Mom Inspired life is a fun way to practice counting and one to one correspondence. 

Make Wild Thing Stick Puppets (from Preschool Printables by Gwyn). A great language arts activity for retelling the story.

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