Thursday, October 30, 2008

Wild Rumpus

Today was the Wild Rumpus for 1st Grade, celebrating the book Where the Wild Things Are. Allison had to create her own Wild Thing and bring it into class. She won the award for Most Colorful Wild Thing! This morning was full of fun activities as the kids went from station to station. Lorien's mom worked the scary, stinky monster hand station. Kids put on a purple latex glove and then she poured baking soda and vinegar inside the glove. The kids were amazed as they watched their hand get bigger and bigger. What a fun science project!
Allison was busy doing pin art and showing off her Wild Thing tattoo. When she is finished poking holes through the picture, she can bring it home and hang it in her window so the light shines through.

I worked at the popcorn spooky hand station. The kids filled the finger tips with candy corn and then stuffed the hand with popcorn. They each used a spider ring to put on one of the fingers. So fun!


This was my favorite. The kids made yucky trail mix using ant eggs, bug eyes, dried worms, cocoons and bug feet. Actually, the cocoa puffs, raisans, chow mein noodles, marshmallows and sunflower seeds were quite yummy. This afternoon they will watch the movie and put on their Wild Thing costumes. Sounds like fun to me!