Welcome to our 62 Ways
to Get Your Grinch On This Grinchmas & FREEBIES post! And since this here post is in honor of the Grinch, DIG his song:
If you are in need of some Grinch activity fun,
well, you have come to the right place! This here post is jam packed with 59
activity links, our Grinch light bulb craft tutorial, our Glitter Grinch craft and
even Grinch FREEBIES! So jump in this vintage sleigh with us and get YOUR Grinch on
today:
Well, my babes just
love the Grinch Who Stole Christmas cartoon and every year they watch it over and over,
and over, and over, and over, well you get the scene! And since they are such
Grinch addicts, like many others across the web, I thought we should make
Grinch light bulb ornaments for our tree.
What we used:
Green Craft Foam
Sheets
Green
"Fluff" - this is from my decades old vintage craft supply stash so I
am unsure what it is called as I just do not remember.
Pipe Cleaner Length
Green, Black &
Yellow Acrylic Paints
Clear Acrylic Spray
Paint
Child Size Paint Brushes
Slender Paint Brush
Smocks
Adult Scissors or
Cutting Board for Large Groups
Glue Gun
Glue Sticks
Used Light Bulbs
TP Tube
School Glue (Optional)
Black Glitter
(Optional)
What we did:
First I laid out some
newspaper on the table and taped it down. I put smocks (old adult T shirts) on my
babes and had them sit at their crafting table. Then I squeezed some green
acrylic paint on a plate and set it in the middle of the table. Next, I set a
tp tube in front of each child and set a used light bulb on top of each one.
Giving each of my babes a child sized
paint brush, they began to paint the entire bulb.
When they were finished with
one side, we let them dry. Then turning the bulb over, they painted the rest of
the bulb. After they had dried, using my slender paint brush, I painted the
Grinch's features in black on each one and let it dry, then I painted yellow
inside each eye.
Next on a sunny and
warm day, I laid some newspaper out on our deck and brought the Grinch bulbs
with their tp stands and placed them on the newspaper. Using the clear acrylic spray paint, I
sprayed each bulb and let them dry. I repeated the process a few more times to
be sure the paint was sealed and let the bulbs dry. Then I turned the bulbs
over on their stands and repeated the process.
While the Grinch bulbs
were drying, I measured and cut a strip of green craft foam, one for each
Grinch bulb. If you have a large classroom or group, you may want to use a
cutting board to save time. Using my glue gun, I glued the "fluff"
along the top edge of the craft foam and then I glued on a length of pipe
cleaner one end on each side:
After the bulbs had
dried, using the school glue, I traced
the black lines and had each babe sprinkle black glitter on their own bulb. I
set their bulb back onto the tp tube to let them dry. Once again, I sprayed a
couple of layers of clear coat to seal the glitter.
When the bulbs were
completely dry, I glue gunned the craft foam strip on the top:
Needless to say my grandbabes DIG their Grinch ornaments:
and l@@k how
pretty they are hanging on the tree:
If you want to make the
Grinch Light Bulb Ornament with your babes, you can print out the face design
and trace it onto your painted bulb:
If you are in need of some supplies to do the above Grinch Ornament Light Bulb Craft, DIG the quick links from Amazon:
Another Grinch craft
we did when my grandbabes were wee ones is this Glittery Grinch Deco. I gave each
of my babes a green crayon to color the Grinch's head I drew and printed out on
heavy weight manilla tagboard. Next using school glue, I traced the lines on
the Grinch and had my babes sprinkle green glitter on the glue. We let them dry
then I cut out the Grinch heads then stapled them to the fence we place around
the tree each year to keep them from climbing
it. This is a super simple craft as any babe who can hold a crayon, put it on the paper and draw a mark can make our Glittery Grinch Head Craft. And TRIP on this...they came out
real swell:
Your babes can make this
craft with your wee ones as well using my hand drawn Grinch head FREEBIE Printable:
Need some green
glitter? Why not try using different shades of green to highlight your Grinch head's various
features:
How about heavy weight
manilla tagboard?
Here are 59 more links
to Get Your Grinch On in YOUR classroom today:
Grinch Classroom
Activities, Resources and Ideas
Grinch Crafts
Grinch Games
Grinch Parties
Grinch Christmas Party
fun:
Grinch Venues
Go there with your fam
this Holiday Season:
If you live in or
near Jacksonville, Orange Park or St. John's Florida, be sure to catch this
FREE live theatre play:
If you live in San Diego, Ca. be sure to catch the Grinch at the Old Globe. This has been traditional gift to our wee ones over the decades:
On FB Dec 26 @ 12 AM
MST:
Grinch Recipes
Cakes
Grinch Cookies
Drinks
Adult Cocktails
Snacks
Who Hash
Grinch Science
Free Grinch Worksheets
What fun we've had! Now let's have MORE Grinch fun...let's go Grinch Shopping!!
Grinchmas on eBay
Grinchmas on Amazon
Grinchmas on eBay
Grinchmas on Amazon
And that makes 62 Grinch activities packed FULL of fun and well, it just cannot get any Grinch better than!
We hope you were able
to get an out-a-sight Grinch On this year with these most far out resources! Be
sure to bookmark this link for quick reference in the years to come and visit
our AKGVH blog soon for MORE teaching activities, fun & FREEBIES!
See you then!
C.S. Calkins
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