Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on December 16th.

The Stories

If You Take A Mouse To The Movies By Laura Numeroff

Christmas Mice! By Bethany Roberts

Bear Stays Up For Christmas by Karma Wilson

The Songs and Fingerplays

We Wish You A Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year. 



Now let’s all do a little clapping (clap), 

Now let’s all do a little clapping(clap), 

Now let’s all do a little clapping (clap),

And spread Christmas cheer (raise arms above head)



Now let’s all do a little jumping (jump), 

Now let’s all do a little jumping(jump),

Now let’s all do a little jumping (jump)

And spread Christmas cheer (raise arms above head)



Now let’s all do a little waving (wave),

Now let’s all do a little waving(wave),

Now let’s all do a little waving(wave), 

And spread Christmas cheer (raise arms above head)



We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas 

And a Happy New Year.

Ring Those Bells (Sung To: Jimmy Crack Corn)
Ring those bells and stomp your feet (stomp feet),

Ring those bells and stomp your feet (stomp feet),

Ring those bells and stomp your feet (stomp feet),

Christmas time is here!



Ring those bells and turn around (turn around),

Ring those bells and turn around (turn around),

Ring those bells and turn around (turn around),

Christmas time is here!



Ring those bells and jump up high (Jump),

Ring those bells and jump up high (Jump),

Ring those bells and jump up high (Jump),

Christmas time is here!

Santa Claus Ho, Ho, Ho (Sung To: Where is Thumpkin?)
Santa Claus, Santa Claus 

Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, 

Santa Claus, Santa Claus 

Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho,

The Craft: Candy Cane Felt Mouse

What you’ll need:

• Felt; green and red
• Wiggle eyes
• Small red pom pom

How to make it:

Cut a 6″ by 3.5″ wide-tear drop shape. 

 Measure two inches from the tip of the nose towards the middle of the tear drop shape. Mark with a pencil on the under-side. From that point, place a ruler and measure in from each side one inch. On each side, make a one inch slit with your scissors.



Next, we will be making the ears. Cut a 5″ by 2″ strip of felt in a complimentary color. Round the edges and fold in half to make easy to insert. Take the folded piece and insert into one of the slits we previously made. Pull from the other slit until even on both sides. At this point, it should begin looking like a mouse. 



Glue the wiggle eyes below the ears. After the eyes are placed, take your nose (pom-pom ) and glue onto the tip of the mouse.



Take a candy cane, with the straight end first, and slide into the pocket made on the under-side of the mouse. Turn back over and your mouse is now complete with a tasty, candy cane tail!

Craft idea via Spangler Candy

About Fun Friday

Fun Friday is a weekly event at KangarooBoo in Valley Junction. Join us for interactive storytelling, singing, and crafts. A fun way to foster a love for reading and develop your child’s imagination. This event is free — no registration required.

Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on December 9th.

The Stories

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell! By Lucille Colandro

When Santa Lost His Ho! Ho! Ho! By Laura Rader

The Songs and Fingerplays

The Rudolph Prance
Give each child a red sticky dot to wear on her nose as she imitates Rudolph in this song.
(sung to the tune of “The Hokey-Pokey”)
You put your [hooves] in; you put your [hooves] out.
You put your [hooves] in and you shake ’em all about!
You do the Rudolph Prance and you shake it all around—
That’s what the reindeer do…woooo!
Repeat the verse, substituting antlers, red nose, and white tail for the underlined word.

We Wish You A Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas 

And a Happy New Year. 



Now let’s all do a little clapping (clap), 

Now let’s all do a little clapping(clap),

Now let’s all do a little clapping (clap), 

And spread Christmas cheer (raise arms above head)



Now let’s all do a little jumping (jump), 

Now let’s all do a little jumping(jump),

Now let’s all do a little jumping (jump)

And spread Christmas cheer (raise arms above head)



Now let’s all do a little waving (wave),

Now let’s all do a little waving(wave),

Now let’s all do a little waving(wave),

And spread Christmas cheer (raise arms above head)



We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year.

Santa Claus Ho, Ho, Ho (Sung To: Where is Thumpkin?)
Santa Claus, Santa Claus

Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho,

Santa Claus, Santa Claus 

Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho,

Ring Those Bells (Sung To: Jimmy Crack Corn)
Ring those bells and stomp your feet (stomp feet),

Ring those bells and stomp your feet (stomp feet),

Ring those bells and stomp your feet (stomp feet),

Christmas time is here!



Ring those bells and turn around (turn around),

Ring those bells and turn around (turn around),

Ring those bells and turn around (turn around),

Christmas time is here!



Ring those bells and jump up high (Jump),

Ring those bells and jump up high (Jump),

Ring those bells and jump up high (Jump),

Christmas time is here!

The Craft: Paper Bag Reindeer Puppet

What you’ll need:

• Brown paper lunch bag
• Construction paper; white, black, brown and red
• White craft glue or glue stick
• Scissors
• Star stickers

How to make it:
Trace both hands on the brown construction paper. Cut out hands. Set aside.

Cut two circles from the white construction paper. Cut two smaller black construction paper circles. Glue the black circles on the white circles to make the eyes. Glue eyes on the bottom flap of the sack.

Cut a strip of black paper with width of the paper bag, about one inch wide. Attach star stickers to the black strip of paper (collar). Glue collar to the sack just below the bottom flap.

Use glue stick to attach the hands to the back of the bag as the antlers.

About Fun Friday

Fun Friday is a weekly event at KangarooBoo in Valley Junction. Join us for interactive storytelling, singing, and crafts. A fun way to foster a love for reading and develop your child’s imagination. This event is free — no registration required.

Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on December 2nd.

The Stories

One Mitten by Kristine o’Connell

The Missin Mitten Mystery by Steven Kellogg

The Songs and Fingerplays

You put your right mitten in,
You take your right mitten out.
You put your right mitten in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the winter pokey, [shiver]
And you turn yourself around.
That’s what it’s all about!
Others Include:
You put your left mitten in….
You put your right boot….
You put your left boot….
You put your winter hat in….
You put your snowsuit (whole body) in….

The Craft: Snowflakes

What you’ll need:

• White pipe cleaners
• Pony beads (silver & blue or assorted colors)
• Scissors
• Ribbon or yarn

How to make it:
Cut two pipe cleaners in half. Twist the four pieces together in the middle to form a snowflake. Slide the beads on the pipe cleaners. Fold the end of the pipe cleaner over to keep the beads from falling off. Tie a ribbon around one of the pipe cleaners if you want to hang the snowflake.

About Fun Friday

Fun Friday is a weekly event at KangarooBoo in Valley Junction. Join us for interactive storytelling, singing, and crafts. A fun way to foster a love for reading and develop your child’s imagination. This event is free — no registration required.

Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on November 18th.

The Story

I Know an Old Lady that Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson

Silly Tilly’s Thanksgiving Dinner BY Lillian Hoban

The Songs and Fingerplays

If You’re Thankful and You Know It

If you’re thankful and you know it, clap your hands.

If you’re thankful and you know it, clap your hands.

If you’re thankful and you know it, 

Then your face will surely show it.


If you’re thankful and you know it, clap your hands.


If you’re thankful and you know it, stomp your feet.

If you’re thankful and you know it, stomp your feet.

If you’re thankful and you know it,

Then your face will surely show it.


If you’re thankful and you know it, stomp your feet.


If you’re thankful and you know it, shout “I am!”

If you’re thankful and you know it, shout “I am!”

If you’re thankful and you know it, 

Then your face will surely show it.
If you’re thankful and you know it, shout “I am!”



If you’re thankful and you know it, do all three.

If you’re thankful and you know it, do all three.

If you’re thankful and you know it, 

Then your face will surely show it.

If you’re thankful and you know it, do all three.

WALK LIKE A TURKEY

Walk like a turkey,

Waddle, waddle, waddle.

Talk like a turkey,

Gobble, gobble, gobble.

Run like a turkey

‘Round and ‘round.

But when it’s Thanksgiving

Don’t make a sound!

Gobble, Gobble (if you’re Happy & You Know It)

“Gobble, gobble, gobble,gobble”, says the bird-

“Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble”, says the bird.

Mr. Turkey gobble-gobbles

And his head goes wobble-wobble

“Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble”, says the bird.

The Craft: Turkey Memo Holder

What you’ll need:

• 1 small red paper party plate
• 3 colored popsicle sticks
• 1 clothespin
• 1 heavy-duty magnet
• 2 small wiggle eyes
• craft glue
• scissors
• red magic marker

How to make it:

1. Cut small the paper party plate into quarters.
2. Take 1 of the quarter-plates and cut slits about 1-inch apart along the edge of the plate, creating a coarse fringe.
3. Draw a nose at the top of the clothespin with the red magic marker (my nose looks like a backward “S”). Then glue the 2 wiggle eyes to each side of the nose.
4. Glue the clothespin to the center of the quarter-plate. Make sure the pinchy part is facing down, so it can be used to hang/display notes and art.
5. Cut each popsicle stick in half with heavy-duty scissors (I used kitchen shears), or break them in half and trim off splintery edges with regular scissors.
6. Glue the popsicle stick halves to the curved part of the plate in between the slits you cut earlier.
7. When the glue is completely dry, turn the plate over and glue a heavy-duty magnet to the back. 

8. When the glue is completely dry, hang your craft on the fridge and use it to display Thanksgiving art and reminder notes.

About Fun Friday

Fun Friday is a weekly event at KangarooBoo in Valley Junction. Join us for interactive storytelling, singing, and crafts. A fun way to foster a love for reading and develop your child’s imagination. This event is free — no registration required.