There was an old lady......

This book has been one of our favorites around the house for years.  I end up having to sing the book over and over again.  I remember singing it as a child myself! I don't sing the "perhaps she'll die" though-we sing "oh me, oh my".  After she swallows a horse, she is full of course:)  When I saw this on Pinterest I just had to make it!  The girls have so much fun singing the song with something other than our big book.  I saw the idea pinned from here.  Once we started making it, I couldn't stop!  I was also glad to get to use some of the felt that I have had forever! 

 

L singing the story!

We went through the house to find the things that the old woman eats.  Thankfully we were able to find everything we needed.

Ha!   Here she is!  I had this trash can in a closet and we decorated her with pieces of felt.  The arms are pipe cleaners.  I applied everything using a glue gun.

We also made a story game using  printouts that I got from here.

We colored the the cut outs.  It is hard to see but the old lady is covered with contact paper.  I then taped an overhead transparency to her belly.  Then I taped it to a large envelope (with a cut out circle).  The girls can feed her and you can see what is in her belly.