Flannel Friday - Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

While planning my toddler Thanksgiving story time, I was completely stumped on what flannel story to include.  I really wanted to step out of the box and pick something that the little ones wouldn't guess!  So... I crossed turkeys, pilgrims, and Indians off my list.  What did that leave?  Well, actually not much.  But it did make me look in other places for inspiration.  And inspiration struck in the form of a song my boys sung in preschool.  There are many websites that use this song and there appears to be slightly different versions.  I could not find the exact same wording as my boys' song, so maybe they made it up themselves. 

 

The song goes like this...

 (To the tume of "Where is Thumbkin?")

 

Turkey and stuffing,

Turkey and stuffing,

Pumpkin pie,

Ten feet high!

We were so much thinner,

Before we ate our dinner.

Me-oh-my!  Me-oh-my!

 

 

This is how the flannel set works..

Turkey and stuffing,

Turkey and stuffing,

 

 

Pumpkin pie,

 

Ten feet high!  (This is where it gets fun!)

 

We were so much thinner,

Before we ate our dinner.

Me-oh-my!  Me-oh-my!

(I didn't make a flannel for this section of the song. 

I plan on holding my belly like I am super full from eating too much!)

 

I think the little ones will be super excited to see the pie magically grow!  To accomplish this, I made two pie crusts and glued them around the edges like a pocket, leaving the top unglued.  I glued the bottom of the pumpkin pie filling to the inside of one of the pie crusts.  I rounded the top of the pumpkin and added a dollop of whipped cream.  When dry, the pumpkin can be folded down and hidden in the pie pocket until needed.  I used this pie and this turkey as templates.

 I hope you enjoy my flannel song!  --  Miss Kristie

 

And as a Thanksgiving Bonus, Miss Sue is sharing her felts that go along with I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie, by Allison Jackson.  This Thanksgiving book really is fun to share at Thanksgiving.  Allison Jackson does a great job maintaining the natural rhythm of the original song too, so the book can be sung!  There are scads of versions of this flannel board out on the internet and a good search will bring up a lot of additional activities to print as well.  This is just to show another technique when making felts - usually Miss Sue uses puffy paint on her felt, but in these earlier days, she used Sharpie markers in all colors to do the shading and detail on the felt.  I especially like the salad!