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book & craft: Paper Plate Cherry Pie

Thursday, September 20, 2012 17 Comments

As part of the Virtual Book Club this month, we read Pie in the Sky by Lois Ehlert.

This book is one of V’s favorites.  What does that mean exactly?  Well, it means I read it over, and over, and over, and OVER, and over, and over some more!

We also sang the song “Sing a Song of Sixpence” (this book cover always reminds me of that song, so I thought, why not?)





He are the words if you’d like to sing along with us:

“Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye.

Four and twenty blackbirds, Baked in a pie.

When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing;

Wasn’t that a dainty dish, To set before the king?

The king was in his counting house, Counting out his money;

The queen was in the parlour, Eating bread and honey.

The maid was in the garden, Hanging out the clothes;

When down came a blackbird and pecked off her nose”.

And then after singing, we made this great craft with easy household supplies.

This activity also works with fine motor skills (the weaving & the stamping).

Tools

  • #2 pencil
  • red paint
  • brown construction paper, cut in 3 – 4, 1/2 inch strips
  • paper plate
  • scissors

Steps

  • Cut the paper plate across, from top to bottom, then from side to side, dividing the paper plate into four equal parts.  In pie terms: start with the whole pie & cut it into four pieces ;)
  • Cut four vertical slits in each individual piece of pie.  The slits will sit in the middle of each piece, not connecting to either the top or the bottom.
  • Have your child weave the strips through the slits up & down, alternating the pattern for each strip.  The basket weave technique replicates the lattice on pies.
  • Next, dip the eraser end of the pencil in red paint.
  • Have your child dab the eraser end with paint onto the pie slices creating the cherries.

And there you have it, a cherry pie fit for a queen (or king)!

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  1. Theresa from Capri + 3 says

    Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 6:56 pm

    The cherry pie is really cute. I have missed seeing you on Artsy Play Wednesday. Please come on over and link up. : 0 ) Theresa

    Reply
    • mamamissblog says

      Monday, October 1, 2012 at 10:41 am

      Thanks Theresa! I plan on reemerging this week with link-ups.
      I’ve been working on some projects – the blog redesign one of them :)

      xx ♥ m

      Reply
  2. Jen Fischer says

    Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 6:47 pm

    I love this – so great!

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    • mamamissblog says

      Monday, October 1, 2012 at 10:40 am

      Thanks Jen!!! Thanks for swinging by too!! :):)

      xx ♥ m

      Reply
  3. Kim @ The Educators' Spin On It says

    Friday, September 21, 2012 at 4:36 pm

    This is such an adorable idea! Thank you so much for sharing on our Virtual Book Club for Kids. Just shared it on our Facebook page and Boards too. Can’t wait to see what you share next month with Amy Rosenthal!

    Reply
    • mamamissblog says

      Friday, September 21, 2012 at 10:26 pm

      Thanks Kim! I’m glad I got to do it this month. Things just get so busy – I intended to do last month but time just got away from me :) Thanks for stopping by & checking it out too!

      xx ♥ m

      Reply
  4. jdaniel4smom says

    Friday, September 21, 2012 at 3:58 pm

    I love how you combined weaving and painting in this craft. Please think about linking this post to Read.Explore.Learn on my blog.

    Reply
    • mamamissblog says

      Friday, September 21, 2012 at 10:24 pm

      Thanks! It was honestly a last minute idea that popped into my head! I’m glad it all came together so nice! Sometimes (all the time!) things come together in my head but don’t always work cohesively once implemented…I’m a dreamer :) I’ll head over now & check out your link up too.

      xx ♥ m

      Reply
      • jdaniel4smom says

        Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 3:31 pm

        Thank you so much for linking up! I love it when ideas come together that way.

      • mamamissblog says

        Monday, October 1, 2012 at 10:37 am

        Thank you Deirdre! And thanks for swinging by :)

        xx ♥ m

  5. Bonnie says

    Friday, September 21, 2012 at 9:56 am

    This is awesome! Great craft idea.

    Reply
    • mamamissblog says

      Friday, September 21, 2012 at 10:20 pm

      Thanks Bonnie! And for stopping by :)

      xx ♥ m

      Reply
  6. Jenny says

    Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 12:58 pm

    Very cute project. I love literature and craft combos.

    Reply
    • mamamissblog says

      Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 5:46 pm

      Thanks Jenny!! I have a lot more in the works :)

      xx ♥ m

      Reply

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