Crafting Stories - What was I Scared Of?

Book: What was I Scared of? by Dr. Seuss

Craft: A pair of scary green pants with nobody inside them!

 

 

The Book:

This is a story about a little character that goes out in the night and keeps stumbling on the "a pair of scary green pants with nobody inside them"!  He gets scared and runs away until one time he finds the scary green pants crying...they bond and then the pants are no longer scary.  Then when they pass each other at night - they happily say "Hi".

 

 

 

Craft:

This craft will make a pair of green pants that can say "Boo" and "Hi".  Like the pants in the story, the craft pants can "scare" people with its "Boo" and happily say "Hi" to people.  My four year old hid behind the island when her Dad came home and put the pants with the "Boo" and "Hi" signs sticking out.  When her Dad saw the pants, she jumped out and said "BOO!" <pause> "Hi!".  Totally adorable!

 

 

Materials:

• Green construction paper
• A bright colored construction paper (eg yellow)
• A dark colored construction paper (eg black)
• Marker
• Scissors
• Hole puncher
• String
• Stapler 

How to:

• Cut out 2 pieces of green construction paper in the shape of pants (template: template link)
• Staple them together around the sides a bottom so that there is a pocket at the top.
• Cut a circle out of a bright color (we used yellow) and write "Hi" on it.
• Cut a circle out of a dark color (we used black) and write "Boo" on it.  We used "Boo" cut out of white paper and used a hole punch to make the circles for the "B" and the "o's".  You can also use chalk to write "Boo" on dark paper.
• Punch 2 holes in the pants.
• Punch a hole in each of the circle pieces.
• Tie one circle piece to each of the holes in the pants. 
• Decorate the pants!
• Scare somebody! 

 

Enjoy!