Inspired by Emma Garcia’s fabulous book Tip Tip Dig Dig and Jane at Piper Loves the Library, I give you:
I typically use this as an extension activity after reading the book. I do a take on “Brown Bear, Brown Bear”:
Red crane, red crane, what do you see?
I see a yellow digger looking at me.
Yellow digger, yellow digger, what do you see?
I see a purple mixer looking at me.
(etc.)
It doesn’t have the perfect cadence at “Brown Bear”, but the kids really enjoy the mash-up. I did run into a small problem at storytime this past fall when my parents tried to chime in with me, but couldn’t stay with me on beat as I changed speed to make the rhyme fit. I warned the next group ahead of time to just let me do my thing, haha.
As for the template, I photocopied the pages from the book to make my pieces. I used the biggest spreads, but I would consider shrinking it down if I were making this flannel again!
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storytime katie 
Absolutely wonderful!
Thank you for the inspiration!
Hi! These flannels are wonderful! I’m wondering how you got the variations of color on the felt. I’m hoping to make my own soon, and I would love it if mine could look half as good! 🙂
I definitely painted the felt sheets before I cut out the construction vehicles.
I used fabric paint (the puffy paint you can find at most craft stores) and a TOOTHBRUSH to paint. 😀