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Preschool Crafts for The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

In the "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" by Jon Scieszka, the infamous wolf from the traditional fairy tale "The Three Little Pigs" tells his side of the story. This story uses a tale that is familiar to children to teach them about different points of view. If you are reading the story to preschoolers, have them create simple craft projects that relate to the story as extension activities to help increase their comprehension of the tale.
  1. Wolf with a Cold

    • In the story, the wolf claims that he blew down the houses accidentally because he had a bad cold. Have children create a craft that illustrates the wolf having a cold. Print out pictures of wolf faces and distribute one to each child. Instruct children to color their wolf faces with markers or crayons and have them color the nose pink or red, indicating a cold. Provide children with tissues and instruct them to glue the tissue onto the picture next to the nose.

    Masks

    • Have children create pig and wolf masks from paper plates. Provide children with paper plates with eye holes already cut out of them. Instruct children to color the back of the plates brown if they are creating a wolf and pink if they are creating a pig. Have them cut pieces of pink or brown construction paper into triangles -- depending on which animal they are creating -- and glue them to the top of their plates as ears. They can also cut construction paper into noses for the animal masks they are making. To complete the craft, glue a craft stick to the bottom of each plate, which children can use to hold their masks up to their faces. Kids can use these masks as props and put on a play of the story.

    Clay Houses

    • Children can use clay to make models of the pigs' houses. Discuss the houses with children and talk about the reasons why the first two houses were so easily blown down when the wolf sneezed. Encourage them to use clay to build houses that would better withstand the wolf's sneeze. Invite them to share the reasons why they think their houses will be sturdier than the pigs' houses.

    Puppets

    • Use empty toilet paper rolls to create puppets of the pigs and the wolf. Have children color the tubes pink or gray with crayons, or they can wrap pink or gray construction paper around the tubes, which will represent the bodies of the animals. Provide students with construction paper and instruct them to use the paper to create ears and noses for the animals. For eyes, they can glue googly eyes onto the front of the tubes. Encourage kids to use the completed puppets to retell the story.

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