Poppins Book Nook – Castle Craft
We’ve been going to the library more regularly lately, and every time I read a new book to the kids my mind goes crazy with art and craft projects we could do inspired by the book. But we actually rarely get to the projects. So I was really excited at the opportunity to be involved in Poppins Book Nook, a monthly book club with book-based activities from our favorite kid-friendly bloggers. On the last Monday of each month I will be sharing a fun book inspired activity based on a monthly theme. March’s theme is Royalty, Kings, Queens, and Castles. So we checked out a couple books on castles and made a colorful shapes castle craft…
A Colorful Shape Castle Craft
Inspired by:
Supplies:
- large white paper
- colorful card stock or construction paper cut into various size and basic shapes
- glue sticks
- black permanent marker
Steps:
1. Check out the castles in Stephen Biesty’s Cross-Sections Castle book. Have the kids point out the different shapes that make up the castle. Help the kids notice the line details in the bricks, stones, windows, etc.
2. Have the kids create a castle by gluing down the provided shapes with the glue stick.
3. Have the kids use the black permanent marker to add line details to the shape castle.
4. While the kids are working, read King Jack and the Dragon to them.
The kids loved playing “I SPY” for shapes in the Cross-Sections Castle book. And Sawyer really got into adding silly details to his castle craft, like the cannonball shooting through the air!
Go visit these creative blogs to find more book inspired “Royalty” themed activities…
And follow along with the Poppins Book Nook on Facebook. Next month’s theme is Wizards; that should be fun!
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What a great way to practice making pictures with shapes, and I love the crazy castles they came up with!
Thanks, Ashley!
That castle is so cool! What a neat idea! We did King Jack and the Dragon too 🙂
Play Create Explore recently posted…Poppin’s Book Nook: King Jack and The Dragon by Peter Bently
That book is so sweet!
What a fantastic hands on learning lesson to bring shapes to life! The castles turned out wonderful!
They were very proud of them.
What an absolutely wonderful castle! I love it!
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Thanks!!
Love the creativity!
Thanks, Jodie. They did such a great job!
Fantastic Activity I just adore the little drawings in the windows. It’s great that you looked at non-fiction books as well.
Thank you for linking up to Tuesday Tots and letting you know that I’m featuring this over on Rainy Day Mum this week.
Thanks, Cerys! My son is really into non-fiction lately. It was lots of fun!