Materials
The Golden Egg Book by Margaret Wise Brown
9" x 12" brown and yellow construction paper, one piece each per child
stapler
cardboard paper
markers
scissors
orange, pink, and black construction paper
glue
cotton balls
yarn, optional
Instructions
1. Read The Golden Egg Book to the children.
2. Give each child one piece of brown paper and one piece of yellow paper.
Ask them to put the papers together and staple them at the corners.
3. Trace the bunny/duck pattern onto cardboard and cut it out. Let the children
take turns tracing the pattern onto the yellow paper.
4. Encourage the children to cut out both papers together so the shapes match.
Glue them together.
5. Cut orange construction paper into a beak shape (see illustration) and pink
construction paper into an ear shape (see illustration). Cut out pink and black
circles (for eyes). Give one of each to each child.
6. Encourage the children to glue the black eye and beak onto the yellow side
of paper (as shown below) and draw feet.
7. Encourage them to glue the pink eye and pink ear as shown, and draw a
nose and whiskers. Give them a cotton ball to glue on the back (for a tail).
8. The children can flip them back and forth to show the two characters in the
story.
9. If desired, add yarn at the top and hang them so they will spin.
More to do
Circle Time: Give each child a plastic egg to take home. Ask them to find
something that fits inside and bring it back to class for show and tell. Encourage
the child to give clues so the children can guess the contents.
Music and Movement: Add gravel, crayon pieces, and other small objects to
plastic eggs to make shakers.
