Dancing Gerald Craft
Objective: Students will create a dancing Gerald puppet and use it to act out the story
of “Giraffes Can’t Dance” by Giles Andrae.
Materials Needed: popsicle sticks, markers, scissors, glue, brown finger paint, yarn,
and beads.
Procedure:
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Have students color popsicle sticks yellow (or leave them tan)
Use brown finger paint to make spots with fingers
Cut out giraffe head picture and color (see handout) or have students draw their
own.
Glue the head onto the popsicle stick
Tie one or two pieces of yarn around the middle of the giraffe for dancing legs
String beads on the end of the yarn for hooves (two or four)
Extension: Once everyone has a dancing Gerald, read “Giraffes Can’t Dance” and let
the students act out the story with their giraffes.
*Credit Kidsoup.com
Other Lesson Ideas and Crafts for ‘Giraffes Can’t Dance”
http://www.kidssoup.com/blog/blog/story-time-giraffes-cant-dance
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/giraffes-cant-dance-lesson-plan
Dancing Gerald Craft Template