Wheat Stalk Fork Painting – Little Red Hen
Folktales are a lot of fun to learn about. There are so many to pick from. My girls really liked the Little Red Hen. Our activity this month for Poppins Book Nook was for this folktale.
What I like about the story of the Little Red Hen is that you learn that you have to do hard work for something to happen. You can’t just sit around and do nothing and get something. We have been studying the Little Red Hen for a bit. I have a FREE Little Red Hen Pack.
We read The Little Red Hen (Little Golden Book)
What you need: a foam brush, paints (yellow & brown), fork and paper.
They painted the stalks of the wheat using foam brushes. We used the side of the brush so that it had a point at the top.
They then used the fork at a slight angle to make the wheat at the stop of the stalks.
They painted the ground under the wheat stalks.
The final project
You can also check out our other activity to go with the Little Red Hen.
Don’t forget the Free Little Red Hen Pack.
Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com
My favorite folktale as a child was “The Little Red Hen.” I loved how it showed hard work pays off and laziness doesn’t! 🙂
I love the fork prints! That is one technique we definitely need to try!
What a fun idea for a farm unit! Thanks for linking this information up with The Thoughtful Spot!
I’ve never heard of fork painting, but this made really cute pictures!
I love the moral of this story. It is a great lesson for kids to learn at any age.
Fork painting? What a unique way to paint Cassie!
Thank you for helping to bring a spoonful of reading fun to the Poppins Book Nook this month!
What a great painting idea- we haven’t used forks yet so I bet my kids will love giving this a try!
Thanks for sharing (and for the printable pack too!). I can easily see The Little Red Hen as a great literature study for my kids, and I even have a version or two sitting on one of our bookcases! 🙂
Love this book activity! So simple and so much fun.