Simple Dr. Seuss Projects

In honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday this past weekend, I decided to take a break from the shapes we’ve been doing and do some Seussical projects! We’ve been reading all the Dr. Seuss books that Lily has in her collection. The group favorite is Dr. Seuss’s ABCs. We’ve read this so many times that I can recite it by heart, which now comes in handy when little hands want to hold the book and turn the pages. Or take the book and run from the room.

We have been doing a different hand or foot painting project each day. We started out making Thing 1 and Thing 2 by using a handprint in blue to show the Thing’s crazy hair and a footprint in red for the body. I sketched the faces and names and glued them together but with older kids they could make the faces themselves. Yesterday, we talked about the Lorax and had fun trying to say his name. We used handprints in yellow to make his silly mustache. Once again, I helped with the drawing of the body. Today we read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and made some corresponding artwork by turning handprints into fish. If I had a laminator, these would make adorable little homemade books for the kiddos to read and share! Maybe I’ll grab some contact paper and see what I can do.

I think tomorrow will try to make Horton the Elephant made out of a gray hand print, and if I can get organized, perhaps a Seuss-themed Photo Shoot Friday! I usually start planning those earlier in the week but we'll see what can be thrown together!