Puppy Ears

I have a little girl who absolutely loves dogs. One of her first words was “puppy!” Her favorite shirt has a sparkly puppy on the front, she has two favorite stuffed dogs to sleep with and she loves crawling around with her brothers acting like a puppy. So today, we made her some real puppy ears to wear. Super simple and would go great during D week talking about dogs or E week for ears.

 

Supplies Needed:

• brown felt
• felt glue (or if you have your sewing machine out, just use it!)
• thin elastic
• scissors

 

 

 

 

1. Fold the felt in half

2. Cut out a simple dog ear shape. You will end up with two identical ears.

3. Use the elastic to measure around your child’s head. Add another inch or two and cut.

4. Tie the two ends together with a simple knot.

5. Apply a line of felt glue to the end of one ear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Fold the felt over the elastic and gently hold it for a minute. Repeat with the other ear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Or if you get tired of holding the ears until they dry, use clippies or anything else to hold them down.

TIP: this is when I decided it would have probably been much easier just to pull out the sewing machine and stitch a quick line across instead of messing with the glue.

 

 

 

 

You are finished!

Sorry about the lack of great pictures. She may love puppies, but she doesn’t like looking at the camera and smiling

 

Snack Idea: Give your new puppy a small plastic bowl with a little water and another with dog treats (aka: cheerios). Serve it on the floor and let them eat it like a puppy!

Ears

• Play a listening game ... record sounds, then play them back & guess what they are.
• Guess the Sound
  1. Close eyes.
  2. Make different noises & see if the kids can guess what it is ... drum, water running, clap hands, whistle, phone buttons.
  3. Take turns and let them make some noises for you! 
• Whistle Hide & Seek
  1. Give one person a whistle.
  2. Let them hide & blow the whistle until they are found!
• Listen Carefully!
  1. Set an egg timer for 3-5 minutes.
  2. Hide it somewhere in the room.
  3. Listen very quietly and try to find it.
  4. The nice thing is that it will ring loudly if they can’t find it!
• Go for a walk & listen to all the sounds outside. Come back & try to remember what sounds you heard.
• Sound parade
  1. Let the kids pick two utensils (metal or wooden spoons, metal whisk, tongs, whatever) or a bowl or pot and let them make noise!

snack idea:

Elephant Ears with jam or cinnamon sugar (or a quick version here) … Mmmmmm!

 

 

Photo from www.allrecipes.com