Egg Shakers

I've wanted to make myself a set of egg shakers for quite some time, but never got around to it. But today I found the perfect set of plastic eggs for $3.50. They even come with their own case!

Right away I found some popcorn kernels, warmed up the glue gun, and got to work! I figured out real quick that I'm not coordinated enough to put the glue around the edge of the egg and quickly put the top on, so I had to resort to snapping the egg closed then gluing the seam shut. I double checked the quality of the hold by trying with all my might to open one back up, and the glue did not fail me!

The seams might look a little rough, but I don't think the babies and toddlers will know the difference.

I can't wait to try them out at my Eggcellent storytime next week!

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Books

Jamberry by Bruce Degen

Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin, Jr.

Baby Says Peekaboo by Dawn Sirett

Songs

Sing With Me

--from Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Tall as a Tree

Tall as a tree.

(stand up tall with arms over head)

Wide as a house.

(stretch arms out to sides, feet apart)

Thin as a pin.

          (arms at sides, feet together)

Small as a mouse.

          (sink down to floor and crouch)

-- source unknown

They're a Part of Me

--from Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

One Elephant Went Out to Play

One Elephant went out to play

Upon a spider’s web one day

He had such enormous fun

He called another elephant to come.

(HEY, ELEPHANT!)

Two elephants went out to play

Upon a spider’s web one day

They had such enormous fun,

They called another elephant to come…

etc.

--Miss Mary Liberry

Shake Your Shakers

-- Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.