The mitten crafts preschool

This week at Small Talk, we're all about one of my favorite winter stories, The Mitten by Jan Brett. It's a great story about forest animals who all push their way into a cozy mitten that was dropped in the snow. I thought I'd share one of the activities we'll be doing with you. It is this easy mitten "craftivity" that your little ones are sure to love and you can use to cover a variety of goals. Start by tracing a large mitten shape onto white card stock and cut it out. Next, cut a smaller…

Download and print this Mitten Template for an excitingly simple craft for your toddler or big kid. Get your free mitten template here.

Winter is the perfect season for mitten crafts! Toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners will enjoy using our printable template, washable paint, and basic craft supplies to create a fun and colorful mitten craft at home or school. #winter #craft

So I (Amber) have had this mitten pattern for years. We always cut two and glue or staple them together and put the characters aside. And honestlybit was driving me nuts! They always got torn, or put too much glue for their animals to fit, and I just really didn't like the project. So this year I changed it up. I decided a paper bag would be the perfect way to have an opening for sequencing the story. I just cut about half of the bag off so that it would be the same size as the mitten tracer…

Library Story Time - The Mitten Activities and Printables.

A collection of 30+ activities, crafts, and printables to go along with the book The Mitten by Jan Brett.

The Mitten activities are perfect for building early literacy skills after enjoying Jan Brett's book. Includes free printables. #themittenactivities #janbrett #winterbooks #GrowingBookbyBook

Free printable The Mitten sequencing activity perfect for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kids. Great The Mitten extension activity.

This winter, keep the kids busy with this super easy paper plate and cardstock paper mouse in a mitten craft!