Puppy Storytime

Last night we had a puppy storytime at the library. I haven't ordered "Charley's First Night" by Amy Hest with adorable illustrations by Helen Oxenbury, or I would have definitely used it.

 The books I included were "Some Dog" by Mary Casanova,







 "Good Boy Fergus" by David Shannon,







 and "Little Dog Lost: the True Story of a Brave Dog Named Baltic" by Monica Carnesi




I have done quite a few dog storytimes, and I needed a new craft. After looking online for a dog front and back template, I thought to myself..."I am capable of drawing something better than that."  I drew my pup front and back and made copies of it on cardstock. My storytime kids are pretty young, so I cut the shapes out myself, leaving the coloring, folding and gluing up to them. Each dog will need a strip of paper (approximately 2" x11.5)  This will be accordion folded and glued to the front and back of the dog. Please glue the folds so they face sideways and not up and down. If you glue up and down, the dog will sit down, and I think the kids would prefer that they stand.  I wish I had thought to take pictures of the finished dogs that were every color of the rainbow. 

Here is my sample: 


And here is the template. Feel free to use it.