Welcome back to another installment in our Summer Reading Ideas Series: Race into Summer Reading. Today, we’ve rounded up some great read-aloud crafts/activities for your preschooler through 3rd grader.
Spice up those bedtime stories with some fun daytime crafts. Perfect for rainy summer days, or when the kids have had far too much sun!
Read-alouds with Crafts & Activities
From Mom to 2 Posh Little Divas: There Was an Old Monster & Craft
Check out these 5 Book Themed Picnics from Reading Confetti
From Happy Home Fairy: Pete the Cat Crafts
From Diary of a First Grade Teacher: Read Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus & make this pigeon craft
*with a link to free pigeon printables for this craft*
From The Crafting Chicks: Read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and make this coconut tree craft!
From Serving Pink Lemonade: There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Storyboard Magnets
{with a link to free printables!}
From Apples and ABCs: Read How I Became a Pirate and make these pirate-themed crafts!
From How Does She: Read Pinkalicious, and make these bottlecap necklaces
From Slightly Nerdy, Sometimes Cool: Read Bartholomew and the Oobleck and make some ooey gooey oobleck
From Teach Preschool: Read Elmer and make this mosaic elephant craft
From Cute Food for Kids: Read The Very Hungry Catepillar and then make this snack
Other posts from Race into Summer Reading:
Also, please peruse our grade level galleries above. They are loaded with hundreds of ideas!
Stay tuned for more Summer Reading Ideas!
Thanks for reading,
Nicolette & Karen
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The Before Five in a Row program also have some great suggestions. We get the books from the library and find free downloads online. There are great indoor and outdoor activities to be found for each book. My 4 yr. old is loving it this summer!
Thanks so much for including our book picnics! Great list!
Thank you for featuring Happy Home Fairy in this great round up of ideas!
Great Blog by the way!! Thank you for posting my Oobleck! I have a ton of other book based category crafts on my blog,,,hint hint 🙂