The strange weather in Snowquake City has everyone wondering what's going on. Why does the ground rumble and shake every winter? And more importantly, should the snowpeople be concerned? Find out in the 8th installment of the snowpeople series.
What did Santa use to pull his sleigh before he had reindeer? Dinosaurs!Santa Claus reminisces about "the good old days" when dinosaurs pulled his sleigh. The Tyrannosaurus rex wouldn't stop licking Santa, the Pterosaurs flew too high, and the Maiasauras ate presents when no one was looking! Santa thinks the reindeer are a treasure. But when he and his old dinosaur pals look in on a little girl who's sleeping, he admits that sometimes he misses "the good old days."
Children will love meeting Santa's prehistoric friends in Jerry Pallotta's silly and sweet new classic. Beautifully illustrated by Howard McWilliam, DINOSAUR CHRISTMAS is a Christmas like no other!
- Activity: Puzzle Piece Christmas Tree Ornament
- Materials: Green paint, old puzzle pieces, cardstock, yarn, sequins and glue.
- Directions:Use the cardstock and cut out a small triangular tree shape about 5 inches tall.Paint the puzzle pieces green, after they are done drying glue them on to the card stock, leaving a space at the top for a hole punch.Once you have the hole punch at the top pf the tree, string the yarn through and tie it. This loop will be what you use to to hang your ornament on the tree. Lastly, glue on sequins and/or any other embellishments.
Literacy Extenders:
- Look at the names of the Dinosaurs in the Dinosaur Christmas book and then go check out at nonfiction title to identify the dinosaurs and some facts about them.
- Make a snowflake from pipe cleaners and borax: See directions below.
What you will need
- Pipe cleaner
- Strong scissors or wire snips
- Borax powder (such as 20 Mule Team Borax found with the laundry soap aisle in the grocery store. Make sure it is the type that is NOT mixed with detergent.)
- Mixing bowl
- Measuring cup and spoons
- Water
- Disposable pie plate
- Wide mouth jar big enough to hold the snowflake shape
- Pencil or rod long enough to rest across the jar mouth without falling in
- String
What to do
- Use the scissors or snips to cut the pipe cleaner into 3 equal pieces. Twist 2 pipe cleaners around each other at their middles to form a cross shape then add the other piece of pipe cleaner to form a six-pointed snowflake. Bend the top point into a loop for a hanger.
- In the mixing bowl dissolve 3 tablespoons of Borax into 1 cup of water
- Pour enough solution to cover the bottom of the pie plate. Dip your pipe cleaner snowflake in the solution so that the pipe cleaners are completely dampened.
- Tie a short piece of string through the top loop and tie the other end of the string around the pencil. Suspend the snowflake inside the jar. Leave the jar undisturbed.
- You should start to see crystals forming on your snowflake after 1 to 3 hours and your crystal snowflake should be complete after 24 hours. DO NOT EAT THE SNOWFLAKE.
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