Groundhog Cupcake Pop-up Puppet I'm a Little Groundhog Shadow Time Activities Archive Main Activities Page WQLN.org Back to WQLN Kids What do you want to see on this page next? Click here to let us know! February 2007 Crafts, Recipes & Songs For a Great Groundhog Day Groundhog Day Cupcake Ingredients: Baked cupcakes Almond Joy candy White frosting While jelly beans Black decorator's gel Watermelon slice candy Brown M&M Minis Directions: Remove a piece of cake the width of an Almond Joy candy from the center of a baked cupcake. Set the candy upright in the hole. Spread a layer of white frosting on the cupcake For the groundhog's eyes, trim the ends from a white jelly bean and stick them to the Almond Joy candy with frosting. Then dot them with black decorator's gel. Add a tiny triangle cut from a watermelon slice candy for a nose. Use brown M&M Minis for ears and cheeks. Create the groundhogs teeth with a rectangular piece of white jelly bean. Sprinkle chocolate cookie crumbs around the partially emerged groundhog, so it looks like dirt. Presto, your groundhog is ready to look for its shadow! Recipe found at: http://jas.familyfun.go.com/recipefinder/display?id=50097 Back to Top Pop-up Groundhog Puppet Supplies Needed: Paper cup Craft stick (popsicle stick) Brown construction paper Crayons, markers, or tempera paint Scissors Glue Googly eyes (optional) Directions: To make the groundhog: Cut a circle or oval from brown construction paper (this will be the body). Cut a smaller circle out of brown paper (this will be the head). Draw a mouth and eyes on the head (optional-glue on googly eyes). Glue the two pieces (the groundhog) onto a popsicle stick. To make the groundhog's home: Cut a small slit in the bottom of a paper cup. Decorate the paper cup with markers or tempera point. Insert the bottom of the popsicle stick into the hole. You now hove a pop-up groundhog puppet to tell the forecast! Craft found at: http://www.zoomschool.com/crafts/groundhogday/popuphog/ Back to Top I'm a Little Groundhog Sing-a-long (Tune: "I'm a Little Teapot") I'm a little groundhog, it's my day. Wake and stretch; go out and play. Down in my burrow, down so deep, Time to wake up, from my long winter's sleep. Grumble, grumble, scratch, scratch, (dramatic action) Grunt, grunt, yawn. I'll eat my breakfast in your front lawn. I'm a little groundhog, it's my day. Wake and stretch; go out and play. Song found at: http://www.childfun.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=15 Back to Top Shadow Time Sing-a-long (Tune: "The Itsy-bitsy Spider") The furry little groundhog Goes in his hole to sleep, Through the cold winter's Snow and ice so deep, In February He stretches to and fro, Does the furry little groundhog Get scared by his shadow? Song found at: http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems12.html Back to Top