A house for hermit crab

A House For Hermit Crab Art & Literacy

“A House for Hermit Crab,” is a much beloved book by the skilled author Eric Carle. It follows the story of a hermit crab who needs to find a, “House,” to live in. This craft draws inspiration from the book, allowing children to make their own, “House,’ for a hermit crab–a paper shell.

A House for Hermit Crab Activities: Three fun printable activities for kids to compliment Eric Carle's A House for Hermit Crab. #EricCarle #AHouseForHermitCrab #printableactivities #bookactivities #teaching #education #kidlit #GrowingBookbyBook via @growingbbb

We've got a fun free printable pack for you that is perfect for summer. This three page download is inspired by the children's book, A House for Hermit Crab. The activities include beginning sounds, a crab craft as well as a big and small worksheet.

Are you looking for engaging ideas for Eric Carle's book? Try our A House for Hermit Crab activities and free printables!

Today we read Eric Carle's Hermit Crab. After discussing the book and talking about the letter C and sequencing, we made ourselves into a hermit crab. We took special care to decorate our shell just like the hermit crab in the story.

In this classic story from Eric Carle, Hermit Crab has outgrown his snug little shell so he finds himself a larger one. And along the way he finds many new friends to decorate and protect it.

Keeping with the beach/ocean theme, our book for this week was Eric Carle's A House for Hermit Crab . We read it each day. It follows a crab...

Paper Plate Hermit Crab {Kid Craft}