Anyways, here's what I could salvage as proof of my Penguin Week/Save the Animals Success (<---I think that shows just how disorganized I am, that I can't even pick one name for the event! Note to self: fix that).
First we read a special penguin story together. Next year I would love to do a song or poem, too.
Penguin Cookies (I didn't take pictures, but the idea is from here):
Oreo Cookies
Raisins (for eyes)
Cut-up Peach Rings (cut in half for feet across the bottom/small triangles for a beak)
This was a little hard and, honestly, a lot of the kids ate their oreos before the other parts came around. Still, parents were great about helping and this is were having the older K and Grade Schoolers at the party came in really useful assisting the little ones! And since Oreos come in a pack of 45 - there was enough for everyone at the party!
Pin the Beak on the Penguin:
This was the brainchild of one of my 4 year olds who walked in that morning and said, "I'm so excited, I hope we get to play 'pin the feet on the penguin'!" Beaks are easier than feet, so I whipped this up at naptime!
Penguin Books:
The kids illustrated their own books about penguins (see little black books) and I wrote down the facts on the pages for them (i.e. My penguin likes to eat squid. My daddy penguin holds the egg on his feet. My penguin made a snow camera to take pictures of all the eggs :)). How much fun to let parents read the books with their child!
Block Center:
I added half a dozen penguin blocks to block center and let imagination go wild! My kids are crazy about blocks - boys and girls - and it's always educational and entertaining for parents to see their children in action at their favorite center.
Make Your Own Penguin:
I always get a kick out of artwork where my kids go through the process of ordering and applying pieces to create a whole. This was a great cooperative project since the kids had to share the pieces and the glue with each other.
Creative Play:
This is where I really wish I had taken pictures! I cut out penguin headpieces (construction paper with a loop strip of paper taped around the back), "explorer" headpieces (that looked like eskimos) and a few fish headpieces for the kids to wear. The kids loved waddling around and parents loved taking photos! This is one of the few pieces that survived the night (sadly, we were out of stock on contact paper to reinforce my works of art against four year old hands) and I could stage a photo with. At the party, the dramatic play area was covered with an old blue tablecloth and the play stove and table were covered with silver tablecloths to create "icebergs". The kids really wanted to climb on the icebergs, but were happy swimming away from sea leopards in the water instead!
Now that I've pulled off my first party, I'll hopefully be better organized and more coherent for the next! Or at least enough so that I manage to take a few pictures!
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